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Well folks, we’re almost at the end of this particular chapter of watchuswreckafloor.com. There may be other chapters to come. But, for our 12mm Toklo laminate flooring, which we’ve installed outside on our penthouse deck and subsequently abused, it’s pretty much the end of the line.


Laminate flooring wreckage isn’t nearly as fun when there isn’t anyone watching. Don’t ask me how I know. Anyway, we’re having a big party tonight, having invited some of our friends over much like we did a few weeks ago. In any case, this is a bit of a thank you to everyone who followed our adventures. Here’s Rob, er, me:


We really tried hard with this one. We were sure that the wasabi mayonnaise would not only stain our 12mm Toklo laminate flooring over the weekend, but perhaps would have evolved into a new, intelligent life form too. But, sadly no. Here’s Marc:


Hello floor-wrecking fans!
You know how your fridge seems to give birth to bottles and bottles of half-used condiments?   Like the History of the Blues, no one really knows how old they are.
Well, it’s no different here in BuildDirect’s penthouse suite office in downtown Vancouver.  We have our own collection of stalwart condiments of undeterminable [...]


Well, folks. So far, we’ve exposed our laminate flooring to all kinds of torture, the most recent being a bunch of chickens.
We’ve left some of the, uh, refuse to stand over the weekend. It’s pretty corrosive stuff, as is all bird, um, stuff. Roofers the world over will tell you that.
Let’s see [...]


Well, here it is folks – real, live chickens on our patio where we’ve laid laminate flooring in order to test out just how tough it is. So far, disappointingly, it’s held up pretty well. We even had some bloggers and Realtor-types around to confirm it.


We are incredulous.  Flabbergasted.  Terrified, even.  But, kind of excited too.
In speaking to Jeff, CEO of BuildDirect, it appears that he is fully in favour of the chicken idea.  But, clearly there are some practical concerns.  For instance, what about bird safety?  Well, we’ve made sure that any chickens on our outdoor laminate flooring will [...]


We’re excited to reach out to our friends in local media, traditional and otherwise, to include them into the fun. Marc is a presumptuous upstart here, pulling no punches with his intention to encourage them to write about us once they’re finished checking out the floor after a beverage or two.


Marc and Rona were set up with their own chairs to play a little blind chicken. And of course to try and wreck a laminate floor in the process. The filming today was done in two sessions – third person and first person. Here’s the third person perspective, which I shot:


Marc brought in his dog Luca Brasi (brown fur) to show us what a dog’s claws, and other things, can do to our particular laminate floor, installed ill-advisedly on our patio.



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