Removing mortar from concrete subfloor
I have removed some old ceramic tiles in preparation for laying carpet. I am having trouble removing the old mortar that secured the tiles to the concrete subflo...
I have removed some old ceramic tiles in preparation for laying carpet. I am having trouble removing the old mortar that secured the tiles to the concrete subflo...
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answersany tips on removing the glue from old plastic tiles with plastered walls (it is the party wall to the adjoining house as well)? i will most likely be putting in...
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answersI am making repairs to an approximately 100 year old vacation cottage. I am in need of a vintage style ceiling tile. The tile is plain white fiberboard (no patt...
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answersI have a very strange thing going on with the grout in my tiled wall around the bathtub. I had some water damage due to some water dripping into some cracked cau...
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answersWe're planning to tile our kitchen floor. Some experts told us to just tile over the existing linoleum floor. Since the floor is somewhat wavy, we pried through...
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answersI wanted to get Pergo floors in my family room but when the carpet was torn up it was discovered that part of our concrete slab foundation gets damp when it rains...
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answersAfter tearing out the carpet in my fixer upper, the base flooring was just unfinished concrete, and stained chipped terrazzo. I would have liked to have kept the ...
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answersWhen intalling a glue-down floor paralled to a fireplace hearth, any suggestions on a flexible expansion gap filler that will look decent? My hearth is an irregu...
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answersI recently ordered some flooring and I've found out that there are many types and prices of adhesives. The store from which I ordered sells something called Bost...
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answersHow much would installation be for installing laminate over hardwood in a 10x10 room?
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answersI'm going to cheat and have hardwood installed. The cost to have pre-finished installed is about $300 cheaper than unfinished. However, the installer has warned t...
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answersWe are having Maple hardwoods installed over concrete floors and are above grade. What is the normal time for the woods to acclimate to the humidity in the unit...
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answersHello all. I recently bought a house and removed the carpet in the dining room to find some very nice finished wood floors. One problem... the previous owner ha...
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answersWould like to purchase or borrow video or DVD on how to install linolium rug and the underlayment. Need to get rid of all our carpets, allergies! Don,t want to do...
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answersI've removed carpet in my house and uncovered a hardwood floor in a very good condition. I would like to finish it, but based on the drying time, we would have to...
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answersI want to tile over parts of my basement floor but it is very rough. It is rough because the original floor was removed and the contractor poured the new floor ou...
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answersWhich is better: cement board or Hardi Backer?
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answersWe are thinking of staining the floors in our house. We plan to leave the 3 bedrooms carpeted, but stain the kitchen, dining, living, hall and foyer, and 2 bathr...
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