COMMUNITY FORUM: FLOORING & STAIRS

Wood Laminate Flooring

I am about to have WilsonArt flooring (planks)installed in a good part of my home. An estimate I received for 1080 sq. ft. was close to $10,000. Th...

almost 14 years by CoEkim

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hardwood floors

We have a 100 year old home and have uncovered the original hardwood floor in our living room that has been covered by three other floors for over ...

almost 14 years by caedmonds

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Carpet in basement

Any advice regarding laying carpet directly over a concrete floor? Should I glue the pad? Glue a tack-strip? Thanks

almost 14 years by Sally

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cobblewood???

I think I am interested in the cobble wood also. I caught the show in the last few seconds of how to. The same floor is in a building at Vanderbi...

almost 14 years by claporte

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Floors

I need some suggestions on how to fix squeaky floors. No basement. Crawl space only. My carpet is 2 years old, I don't want to have to rip it up if...

almost 14 years by dtethridge

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cutting ceramic tile in place?

I am renovating and would like to cut five nine-inch tiles in-place (or remove to cut if feasible). Any recommendations for tools and methods would...

almost 14 years by johnincarolina

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Removing linoleum from wood floor for refurbishing

I recently pulled the very old linoleum up from my dining room floor. The hard wood below is beautiful, and I want to refurbish it. Most of the l...

almost 14 years by Wick

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wall-to-wall carpet installation

I'd like to save a few dollars by installing wall-to-wall carpet myself, but cannot find any information (here or elsewhere) on how to go about it....

almost 14 years by Martha

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waterproof grout?

I'm adding tiles to a shower stall in quite a lengthy (for me) repair job. For this job, since a shower will be subjected to a lot of running wate...

almost 14 years by WmB

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Building Tile Bathtub

I'm trying to find information on how to build a bathtub with tile, specifically type of tile to use, grout, underlayment, etc. Feel free to post ...

almost 14 years by Tracy

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tak strip removal under carpet

We are removing our carpeting ourselves. What is the easiest way to remove the tak stripping? Is there a special tool? We are replacing the carp...

almost 14 years by Wick

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Saltillo Tile

I am interested in the proper finish for raw saltillo tile. I understand that a traditional older method involved linseed oil & butcher wax, but I...

almost 14 years by Erika Brigham

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O.S.B.

Does O.S.B. contain formaldehyde?

almost 14 years by tsquare

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Repairing water damaged hardwood floors

I just bought a brand new home (meaning new construction) and we had a leak that caused our new hardwood floors to buckle a bit between the boards....

almost 15 years by cjjohnson

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cobble wood

I remember the show but not all the specifics. It will be perfect in my family room but I can't remember what kind of wood or the glue that was us...

almost 15 years by ichabod51

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pre-finished wood flooring

We are installing a glue down pre-finished wood floor in our kitchen. We have discovered that the floor is not level. The wood strips are not comin...

about 14 years by gandfhol

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vinyl floor glue....removal

Was wondering if anyone knows how to remove the glue that bled through on vinyl floor when vinyl was installed on a new house....any ideas?.....thanks

about 14 years by Rick Lopez

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