Q: Can I lay lino flooring in my bathroom over laminate underlay instead of using hardboard? A: Laminate is a floating floor. Regardless of the style of laminate (older glue-together vs newer click-together) these floors are not directly anchored to the subfloor. This means they move and will NOT make a suitable subfloor for...
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Archive for December, 2007
Linoleum Installation Question
Peg Flooring
Q: Our home was built in 1965. It has some amazing peg hardwood flooring throughout the house. (70% of the flooring is this). The problem is the Den, Breakfast Nook, and Hallway sub flooring all have grooves due to age and weathering. The crawl space under the home is right below these areas. How...
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Scratches in a Pergo Floor
Q: A workman at my home wanted to improve the finish on my Pergo Floor, so he applied a lacquer over it. It looked good until the dogs ran on it and the furniture moved creating many noticeable scratches. Is there anyway to remove it and bring it back to it’s original finish? I...
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Floating vs Glued Wooden Floor
Q: We have a floating wooden floor on very small portion of our floor. I want to put a wooden floor over the complete floor. Our builder suggested that due to moisture issue, they put floating floor. I want some suggestion on what can I do now. Can I put a glued wooden floor...
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Cleaning a Wood Floor
Q: I’ve installed a engineered Mullican flooring. How do you clean it? What I mean is if you want to mop, do you just use fresh water then dry it with a towel. I sweep it every day . I was wondering if you use so kind of floor cleaner or what on it....
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Winter Wonderland
The snow is nice to look at, but brutal to drive in. We have run about 800 miles much of which was covered by snow and ice. But we chained up and pressed onward. Idaho is beautiful in the winter, but it just keeps snowing! Still on vacation, but back to work next week.
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Patio Sweating
Q: What can be put on top of a concrete patio to stop the sweating. We thought about brick pavers with plastic under the brick. Will this work? Is there anything else that will work? Thanks, Terri A: Based on what you are describing it sounds like you have ground water coming up through...
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Merry Christmas
Traveling in Idaho with lots of snow. A close friend sent me a copy to this video recounting the “good ol” tech days. Here it is for your Christmas pleasure:
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Problems with Gypcrete
Q: We are installing stretch in carpet in a multi level condo bldg. The contractor leveled the floor with gypcrete( the manufacturer escapes me). The floor varies from 0.0 to almost 3″. We haves used several different concrete nails and roofing nails w/ minimal success. We have gone to gluing the floor with Chemrex...
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Different Woods in Flooring
Q: We bought an older home and once we removed carpeting and linoleum discovered that the wood flooring underneath is made up of different kinds of wood. In our kitchen, which we are presently remodeling, the floor is Southern Yellow Pine. The dining room, living room and den are Red Oak. We would like...
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