Home Design
Project

 

Designing My Home

Task 2B: Covering the Floors

  1. Research
    Investigate different types of flooring using the Internet, phone calls to stores, or by visiting a flooring showroom (home improvement store field trip). Write a report summarizing four types of flooring, listing the advantages and disadvantages of each type.
  2. Choosing Your Floor
    Using your findings, determine what type of floor you would like to use in each room of your home. Write a brief summary for each room including justification as to why you chose each type of flooring.
  3. Pricing Flooring
    For each room, determine the flooring cost. Show your organized calculations on a separate sheet of paper. For carpet, indicate the width of your carpet (12 ft. or 15 ft.) and use the www.homedepot.com carpet calculator. Summarize your costs using the attached chart. A sample is shown below:
ROOM TYPE OF FLOOR UNIT COST FLOOR AREA TOTAL COST OF FLOORING COST OF INSATALLATION COST OF FLOORING AND INSTALLATION TAXES (GST & PST) TOTAL COST
Dining Room oak $5.99/ft.2 12 ft x 18 ft. = 216ft.2 $1,293.84 $2.99 x 216 = $654.84 $1,939.68 $239.28 $2,178.96
Bedroom#1 carpet (15 ft.) $25/yd.2 13 ft. x 13 ft = 139 ft.2 = 22yd 2carpet $550 $50 $600.00 $90.00 $690.00

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