Floor installation
I recently had a new 3/4" solid hardwood floor installed. The installer did not over lap some of the joints the recommended 12" of this site, nor the 6" recommen...
I recently had a new 3/4" solid hardwood floor installed. The installer did not over lap some of the joints the recommended 12" of this site, nor the 6" recommen...
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answersi purchased a home that has peg wood floors that have absolutely no finish of any kind on them, not even in the corners. this house is 60 yrs old. could they hav...
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answersI acid stained and sealed my concrete floors. (They look phenomenal!) As anyone familiar with the process knows, the concrete sealant is good to seal the concre...
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answersI am planning on installaing tile flooring in our kitchen/eating area. The subfloor is concrete, about 35 years old, there are no creacks and is very flat and lev...
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answersI am planning on laying ceramic saltillo tile in my laundry room (aprox 11' x 8 ').This room is in the center of my house, and you must pass through it to get to...
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answersI have posted this question in heating and cooling but thought I should post it here also.We are installing radient floor heat in a new home. No one has been abl...
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answershelp! i have someone redoing my entire bathroom and everything seemed fine until he layed out the ceramic tiles for the floor. i noticed that there are hairline c...
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answersI had a new bathroom installed in may 03. In the last few months I am noticing yellowing of grout in areas where water doesn't hit. It doesn't form on sides of sh...
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answersQuite a few of my beautiful 1950s mint green tiles are falling off from my kitchen wall. I want to take them all down and want to know if there is a good way to g...
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answersHey Folks,And Thanks in advance,I am redoing my bathroom, I am going to tile the bath room, Here is my question, I am going to also replace the toilet,Can i remov...
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answersI'm installing a ceramic tile floor in my second floor bathroom. The existing floor is 40 year old sheet vinyl, smooth and solid and fairly level. My question is ...
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answershave a rather naive question :We are thinking to install laminate interlocking floors in our condominium complex.Some folks come up the idea; not to rip ut the c...
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answersCan you guys tell me about cork flooring?How costly is it? How durable? Can my husband and I install it ourselves?
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answersHi,On a "glue" laminate floor instalation, can you use a filler strip to put two boards together groove to groove?In this setup, the filler strip would act as the...
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answersBesides thickness, what is the main difference between buying/using the the 3/4 vs the 3/8" inch hardwood flooring? Are there condditions which you would choose ...
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answersHello all,We have bought a 1935 home with beautiful hardwood planks throughout the first floor except for the back hallway, 1/2 bath, and 13' x 9' kitchen. In th...
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answersIhave recently taken up carpet and tacking in several rooms of my house and some of the tacking was nailed with thick nails which left some small to larger holes...
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answersHi there. We had a toilet catastrophe in our house and as a result I pulled up most of the wall-to-wall carpet (which smelled absolutely atrocious, by the way!),...
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answersWe are renovating our bathroom and want to replace the ceramic tile floor with hardwood. Any suggestions one way or the other ?
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answersI have an 1850 sq. foot house I just purchased with no fewer than six different types of tile! What reflooring options do I have? Can I put other flooring over ex...
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