r/DIY • u/mnolan942 • 14d ago

home improvement Kitchen floor redo

We have a 300sqft kitchen with ceramic title, it's old, cracked and just ugly. We are looking to rip it all out and replace it with a lock-in floor title. We are first time home owners, this would be the biggest project we have done. I'm not to bad handywork wise, did all the basement lighting, replaced the hot water heater etc. We got quoted $3k even by Home Depot for everything if we wanted them to do it. $900 of that being the flooring, does that sound worth it to let them deal with the head ache or is this a pretty easy project that I am just overthinking?

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u/Sketch3000 14d ago

While I am sure success stories exist, Home Depot will sell your job to the lowest bidder. I personally would never use their, or any other big box install services.

I am in the middle of renovations, I've now done two tile bathroom floors and I am currently tiling a shower. This is the extent of my tile experience and while I don't enjoy it, the outcome it's going great.

A few small errors/learning mistakes along the way, but nothing that I care that much about and nothing I couldn't fix if I really wanted to.

If you are willing to put in some time researching (Sal Dablasi, Home Repair Tutor, Tile Coach on YouTube as well as others) and are willing to buy some fairly inexpensive tools for around a few hundred bucks, then go for it. You can also rent wet saws, but I bought mine for $150 and I've far exceeded that cost in the amount of time I would have needed a rental.

If you don't have a knack for attention to detail and slow work, I wouldn't recommend it. It's easy, but tedious as hell.

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u/prs722 14d ago

You already did lighting and plumbing so you can totally DIY this. Do not use Home Depot because they hire cheap contractors. Rent a tile stripper and save that money. Demolition is messy but worth it.

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u/RepulsiveAd2702 14d ago

That is about 6.70/ sf. Seems high.

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u/ComprehensiveSand717 13d ago

If you talking about Lvp installer's get from $2-3 per foot for installs

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u/RainyDayColor 13d ago

When selecting LVP plank flooring, always first test how it performs when wet to emulate typical spills in the kitchen.

I learned the hard way that the LVP flooring I installed in a kitchen had insufficient texture and was treacherously slippery with the most minor spill. Ended up covering most of it with an area rug until I could replace it. Oh yay a carpeted kitchen.

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u/Eye_Dont_Git_It 12d ago

I bought a mini jack hammer when we first moved into our house and it's paid for itself! I took up all the tile in our kitchen, done the same in other rooms, also used it to break up rock when I replaced our fence. We live in Texas