Hey guys! It's nice to see this place alive and buzzing! I used to have a 40 breeder that I was very much involved in. Long story short, had to sell b/c thought were moving out of state. That didn't pan out and renting at the time. So I never got back into it b/c of the hassle of dealing with rental agreement and all that jazzy annoyance with the landlord. Nothing we did, just the house had structural issues the LL didn't want to fix that was becoming a huge safety concern and him wanting us to pay a stupidly heavy deposit on top of what we had already paid when we moved in.
Fast forward to today. We've bought a home. Yay first time homebuyers! A month into actually. I GREATLY want to get back into the hobby. I've missed it so much. So with that comes being a little bit more responsible and conscientious of costs and a whole bunch of other things.
We are looking to redo the floors for the downstairs, which is our main entertainment, and currently, it's less than ideal.
There's cheap laminate that was put on top of really thin carpet with a concrete sub. We will be redoing the flooring and taking that up. So here's the issue: in order to minimize water damage from the tank (which is inevitable, I believe no tank is leak-proof regardless of the steps) what flooring do we go with? We will not be considering more expensive laminate b/c of durability and weight retention concerns. And we aren't considering wood flooring b/c of moisture retention. However, I love the wood look.
We were thinking of either tile or doing a sealed concrete. Wife and I are stuck deciding and personally, I'm frustrated that we can't come up with which one over the other. So can you guys that have far more experience than I give guidance as to which is the better choice and why? Not saying make my decision. I just need to consider things that maybe we've missed. Thanks guys! And I'm excited about returning to the reef world!
Fast forward to today. We've bought a home. Yay first time homebuyers! A month into actually. I GREATLY want to get back into the hobby. I've missed it so much. So with that comes being a little bit more responsible and conscientious of costs and a whole bunch of other things.
We are looking to redo the floors for the downstairs, which is our main entertainment, and currently, it's less than ideal.
There's cheap laminate that was put on top of really thin carpet with a concrete sub. We will be redoing the flooring and taking that up. So here's the issue: in order to minimize water damage from the tank (which is inevitable, I believe no tank is leak-proof regardless of the steps) what flooring do we go with? We will not be considering more expensive laminate b/c of durability and weight retention concerns. And we aren't considering wood flooring b/c of moisture retention. However, I love the wood look.
We were thinking of either tile or doing a sealed concrete. Wife and I are stuck deciding and personally, I'm frustrated that we can't come up with which one over the other. So can you guys that have far more experience than I give guidance as to which is the better choice and why? Not saying make my decision. I just need to consider things that maybe we've missed. Thanks guys! And I'm excited about returning to the reef world!
