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advice for extra marmoleum

15 years ago

I don't know if this is good news or bad, but I discovered that I have approx 75 square feet of Marmoleum left over after our install. It is upsetting because I have 3 boxes of the long planks, yet had been told I needed to order 2 more a few weeks ago when we ran out of the squares. I did need 6 boxes of squares, but was told to order 8. I have assorted extra pieces, but am concerned about the full, sealed boxes.

Marmoleum is not cheap so I have spent well over $400 for materials I don't need.

If I return it, I will have to pay shipping and a restock fee. The stuff weighs a bunch, so I imagine shipping would be high.

I don't know if there is a market for it on CL or Ebay as it is not a well known entity among the general public.

If anyone has any ideas of how to best recoup as much of my money as possible, please let me know. You can post here or email me. If it makes any difference, I am on Long Island, NY, approx a half hour east of NYC.

The colors are Raven in the 1 x 1 size. I also have 2 cases of Eternity in the 1 x 3 planks and 1 of Volcanic Ash in the 1 x 3s. I also have a lot of extra full and part tiles that are not in sealed cases.

Comments (11)

  • 15 years ago

    If you CL it, also put it in the RV section. It's a nice floor for a camping trailer. Very swanky!

    (I know it's pricey, but it's a great shelf liner, or at least the sheet Marmoleum is!)

  • 15 years ago

    Dianalo - Same with me. I have 75 s.f. left over of the 12x12 Silver Birch, sitting in my living room. And you are totally right - people on CL don't really seem to understand what the product is. It's frustrating, I had one guy say, "I thought it would look like stone."

    Do you think it's a product that could go in a 3 season porch?

  • 15 years ago

    I am not sure it would be good for a porch because if you left a window open and there were a sustained rain blowing in, you could have issues. We have a newly installed screened/glassed in porch and are going with stained concrete there.

    Carrie - where are you located? Put together, our 2 batches would make one nice big floor! Even your color would work with my 3.

    I am hoping that by word of mouth, I will find someone who wants it. I can tell everyone I know about it, but most people have no clue what it is and think of the old style cheap linoleum, when it is quite the opposite. Ours is the Click version. I am just so annoyed that I was told to order more, at significant cost, and that over $300 of that was for naught. I'd have had extra without the second order... grrrrr.....

  • 15 years ago

    Unfortunately, I am in Minneapolis. But yes, mine are also click - and we also put in a second order. Too funny!

    I wish I had a laundry room or powder room; I suspected the porch wouldn't work, but I had to see it go to waste.

    BTW, my husband was blown away by your floor. We wish we'd have done something more interesting! It's really amazing.

  • 15 years ago

    Marmoleum makes a great countertop in a dry location. I see it a lot at Whole Foods checkouts. We used it as countertop in a mudroom in the previous house.

    If you put it on CL, try the "materials" section. Also, emphasize that it's an environmentally green product. The word "retro" might help as well.

  • 15 years ago

    dianalo... living near NYC, i would think you could find some saavy urban dweller wanting it to decorate their space.

    maybe you ought to post another pic on this thread of your fab floor. (no joke!)

    seriously, your finished kitchen pictures (eventually) will be a big advertisement for marmoleum. i can seriously can see people posting "dianalo... can you tell me about your marmoleum floors?")

    it's kind of like carrie_eileen's walnut counters or remodelfla's soapstone! people sit up and say wow!

    don't give up hope on the idea. :)

  • 15 years ago

    Not only can you look at my floors, but I was watching a tape of Hot in Cleveland and see their kitchen floor is like mine, just different colors! So much for being different, lol.... I noticed their stove and cabs are great, so the set designer must be on the same wavelength of using stuff I like.
    There used to be a lot of Marmoleum on this site, but I haven't seen as much lately. GW is where I first heard of it and all the pretty ones I saw here inspired me to look into it.
    I need to take better shots and from a real camera but in the meantime, here is my pic:

  • 15 years ago

    It's too bad you're on the other side of the country, since we have about the same amount of Eternity in 1x3 left too! Ah well. We stuck ours in the garage for now and will probably save some in case anything gets damaged in the kitchen and we have to extricate and replace a tile (which I'm really not looking forward to ever doing!) Who knows. Stupidly, we ordered extra and had to have it shipped (b/c local store where we got most of it needed a week lead time) a couple days before the install after my husband panicked and thought we didn't have enough---and then we didn't even open them. Argh.

  • 15 years ago

    I have red marmoleum in my mudroom/laundry room (paid regular price for it). I love it! But I always search CL for STUFF - seems to sell there quickly if priced right. I would place it there for your cost minus the re-stocking fee. Attach a pic of your floors - they are truly fab!!! Good luck!

  • 15 years ago

    I'd try CL first, then you wouldn't have to worry about shipping. I love your floor BTW, you must be so happy with it.

  • 15 years ago

    Thanks again everyone.
    I watched the rest of Hot in Cleveland and at the very end you can see that they used what appears to be vinyl composite tiles with all the flecks in it. If anyone's budget can't cover the Marm, the vct tiles are a nice alternative. It was something we considered before biting the bullet and getting the Marm.

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