Q: I’m just bought a brand new house that was built on a concrete slab and the entire 1st floor is tiled. I would love to put in hardwood floors everywhere except the kitchen and powder room, but my husband believes we are limited to a thin, floating floor or ripping up the entire...
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Archive for September, 2007
Installation Options Over Tile
Finally
Ok I am back in the office, a bit of catch up to get after, but I expect normal posts for next week. Keep your eye on the website for some exceptional offers coming over the next couple days. You will be glad you did.
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Can I Install Laminate Flooring in My Kitchen?
Q: Can I install laminate flooring in my kitchen? A: The short answer to this would be that you can put any floor anywhere you want, but that doesn’t mean you should. Laminate can succeed very well in a kitchen as long as you get a product which is very good at standing up...
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Berry Flooring – Frustration – Need Help
Today’s question makes several references to Steve’s Stage of Floor Shopping, which I highly recommend to folks who are just beginning their floor shopping experience. Adam also makes reference to Laminate Brand Wars II: A Laminate Showdown, which is another great article from Steve giving lab and experience based comparisons of many popular lines...
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Flooring Over Black Mastic Adhesive
Q: I removed carpeting in my concrete basement and wooden stairs leading into basement. When we pulled up the carpet there were 9×9 tiles that were stuck to the carpet. So we removed the remaining tiles, and now am left with black mastic on the concrete floors and wooden steps. I got a few...
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Moven' Moven' Moven' – Rawhide
Still going. Today Orlando, Baltimore – flew into Providence, Drove to Boston and will be done here tonight about midnight. Tomorrow – NY and then back home! Some quick photos to keep you in the loop. More posts with actual information next week upon my return…
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Hardwood in the Basement
Q: I am going to install hardwood in my basement. I will most likely use the engineered wood, but I was wondering if I need to install a vapor barrier? Also, have you ever heard of someone installing a foam layer beneath the wood to offset the “unlevel” concrete basement floor and prevent popping...
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Planes, Trains and Automobiles
We are still rocking and rolling on the road. We have now been to Dallas, Chicago, Atlanta and Orlando in the last 2 days. Still going.
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Allergy and Noise Reduction Issues
Q: My parents are moving into a co-op building with hardwood floors. However, now they have chosen to enforce the wall to wall carpet rules in ways they had not chosen to do before and they are making my parents oblige to this rule. My mother happens to be allergic to dust and as...
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Buckling Laminate Flooring – Beware of Seconds
Q: Mr. Simonson - I recently read an article on your Web site concerning a company called Floors Today (http://www.ifloor.com/steve/2007/03/floors_today_gone_tomorrow.html). We recently purchased 12mm laminate flooring from Floor & Décor that our installer had a real hard time putting in, which he is claiming is because of poor milling. My new floor is now...
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