On 2021-03-16 1:51 p.m., bruce bowser wrote:
> On Monday, March 15, 2021 at 12:58:05 AM UTC-4,

>> Be my guest, I'd still not risk it. When I had new vinyl laid in my
>> kitchen about 25 years ago I opted for 1/4 inch plywood laid over
>> it for a super smooth surface for the new vinyl.
>
> Get 4 or 5 separate installers over to the house for estimates for
> you - yes - literally - at the same time. That way you get them to
> quote prices to you at the same time and one can tell if the other
> one is padding expenses or not. Then, you get the cheapest price.
> That's when you ask them about making the floor level, for example.
>

I doubt that you could get contractors to do that, and if they did come
they might get ****ed off and give you high estimates because they don't
want to work for someone who would do that.

For goodness sake don't do what my wife did when we had a plastered
estimate a job for us. We wanted to get the upstairs walls refinished
with interior stucco. It was hard to find someone who does that kind of
work but this company was recommended by a friend in the construction
business. When the guy was here my wife said that we didn't want to
spend more than $4000 on it. Son of a gun. The estimate came to a
little more than $3900.