FLOORING & STAIRS: FLOORING
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Bamboo flooring has won fans both for its look and performance, not to mention its environmental sustainability.
Exotic in look yet inexpensive to buy, sustainably harvested bamboo flooring continues to grow in popularity as an alternative to hardwoods.
With the right tools and some basic skills, you can install laminate flooring this weekend.
I’ve looked at flooring from both sides now. . . and it’s the horrors of applying polyurethane I recall. Apologies to...
My son recently asked for help installing vinyl flooring in his bathroom. So we took a trip to the local home center ...
Vinyl tile and laminate flooring is attractive, durable, and long-lasting, even under a home's highest-traffic condit...
When it comes time to clean concrete, you don't need to be delicate; after all, it's a very hard material. In order t...
I have a slate fireplace surround that makes my living room feel really warm and earthy, even if the fire is not lit....
Special problems need special solutions—and that's particularly true of wood flooring. When accidents happen, first ...
Recently my wife and I moved into a co-op. It’s kind of like a condo but with a few additional restrictions about wha...
You can't beat the low cost and easy installation of a laminate floor. It's a great do-it-yourself project that can r...
Sustainable, versatile cork floor options abound for today's eco- and design-conscious homeowner.
Something’s stirring underfoot—a growing interest in cork floors. Crafted from sustainable materials and available in...
If you don’t want to spend another holiday season with your worn-out kitchen floor, but the timing’s not right for a ...
Home improvement projects are messy business: Whether you’re painting, re-tiling, or just moving furniture, you want ...
A squeaky floor is easier to fix if it’s a floor that you can access from below. Listen to BOB VILA ON SQUEAKY FLOORS...
60 to 70% of the homes in the U. S. contain carpeting made from nylon, polyester, or vinyl—materials dependent on non...
A couple decades ago, no one would have considered it, but one of today’s most popular flooring products is bamboo. ...
Stenciled floors date back to Colonial times, but these examples represent some of today's best painted floor fashions.
Weathered wood floors grayed from years of wear go so well with the ubiquitous reclaimed wood and industrial furnitur...
Tint your drab concrete floor an eye-catching color with easy-to-apply dye.
An environmentally friendly alternative to wood or tile, remodelers often neglect to consider cork flooring as a viable option—but it is.
Think linoleum and vinyl flooring are the same thing? Wrong. While many people mistakenly call vinyl tile 'linoleum',...
Surprises abound when you take on a home remodeling project. You never quite know what you will find; and once you’ve...
Few do-it-yourself projects deliver the "wow" factor as potently as refinishing hardwood floors.
There are a lot of decisions to make when constructing a new home. Having a large production builder as our contracto...
Floor sanding and refinishing is unforgiving work. Make a mistake and it will show. However, a refinished floor can b...
Surprises abound when you take on a home remodeling project. You never quite know what you will find; and once you’ve...
Unless you plan to sand many floors in your lifetime, the best choice for do-it-yourself floor refinishing is the ran...
Glass block floors invite more light into your home and provide a unique decorative accent.
Interested in choosing the right floor? Appearance matters, but don't forget the ongoing demands of material maintenance.
The basic requirement of any floor surfacing material—from ceramic to wood—is that the subfloor remain free of moistu...
Flooring products have benefited from green technologies that serve the consumer as well as the planet.
Protect an unfinished home from the elements by building a durable subfloor from new, improved options in engineered wood.
Bob looks at the new carpet being installed on the third floor and at a bathroom tile installation.
Bob quickly reviews the completed work in the kitchen, and then oversees the installation of a herringbone-patterned floor in the den, which will essentially func...
Jesse Bartuesek joins Bob for the installation of Brazilian Walnut floors
Bob confronts the remodeling challenge of choosing a flooring material that will deaden sound without sacrificing the sleek, clean look of tile or stone. So contr...
Don and Kerry Carlisle (from Carlisle Restoration Lumber) visit the modern Colonial house to discuss the custom flooring being installed in the kitchen area.
Work continues at the sister project house where a new laminated floor system is being installed.
Howard Brickman has begun sanding the old growth Eastern white pine floor in the bedroom of the modern Colonial.
Bob checks out Shaw's Chateau wood flooring, which contractor David LaFosse and his crew are about to install in the great room.
Fred Giuggio (from QuickStep) and his crew are busy installing wood laminate flooring in the barn of the Victorian restoration project house.
Bob and Tim Colgan (from Kahrs) discuss the white oak flooring being installed in the bedroom.
Bob looks at the beech flooring in the key hall, before moving to the media room to discuss the carpeting with Gary Johnston (from DuPont) and the electronic comp...
The crew is using a crane to install the engineered wood flooring system.
Carpenter Bob Ryley joins Steve Yates (from Pergo) to learn installation tips for, and the features of, Pergo wood laminate flooring and installation tips.
Bob visits the Perstop Flooring Factory to see how Pergo, wood laminate flooring, is made.
Bob talks with carpenter Bob Ryley and general contractor Kevin Kalman, as they lay down the subflooring.
Carpenter Bob Ryley and contractor Grady Garrett install a reclaimed Yellow Pine hardwood floor.
Bob meets with preservationist Fred Ecker to go over the process of making repairs to the floors.
Bob meets with Heather Sheehan and Scot Lintz (from Allied Signal) to discuss the production and use of recycled carpet.
Bob learns about hand-stitching carpets, as he watches Peter Mead use a traditional technique.
Joel Trepitti (from Pergo) talks Bob through the installation of the wood laminate flooring.
Bob Riley and Howard Brickman install a reclaimed hard pine floor. The orientation of the boards is explained, and the moisture content of the subfloor is checked...
Bob and homeowner Gavin repair and refinish a 75-year-old oak floor. Because the new patch floor panels have a different thickness from the original, a belt sande...
Bob visits with Butch and Dennis LeDonne, who are using thin-set epoxy to install an aggregrate product from Rover Tile on the master bathroom floor.
Flooring specialist Mary Docker introduces Bob to Amtico. A flooring product from England, Amtico is vinyl that mimics the look of wood and marble. It's water-res...
Flooring contractor Leo Boudreau shows Bob how to recycle hardwood flooring. First, the floor must be salvaged. A pry bar is used to lift and remove the wood, pie...
Bob observes as workmen create a template that's used to cut vinyl sheet goods for an exact fit on the floor.
Bob helps carpenter-contractor Bob Ryley build an insulated floor so as to extend living space into the basement.
Contractor Tom Forest repairs a hump in the dining room floor, then revives the floor’s maple finish.
Installer Ed Janecek demonstrates how to add a creative touch to vinyl flooring, while painter Dirk Van Kinette rolls high-gloss paint onto the master bathroom wa...
General contractor Tim Berky installs the white oak, tongue-and-groove floor. Since the flooring will be nailed over the hyrdronic heat system, it is critical to ...
