Q: Which flooring would hold up the best in heavy traffic areas? I was leaning towards wood, but heard laminate was good. Please give me advice. Thank you, Mary A: This will be massively dependent on the quality level of the floors you are comparing. Generally speaking, most laminate will hold up better to...
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Archive for July, 2008
Flooring Advice – Laminate or Hardwood?
Wood Flooring Over Uneven Wood and Cement Subfloor
Q: My husband and I recently purchased an older home and are remodeling. We pulled up the old carpet in the family room and discovered that a little more than half the room has the original raised, wood subfloor while the rest is a cement slab from an expansion/addition the former owners had constructed....
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Floating or Nail-down Installation?
Q: We plan to install about 600 sq ft of engineered wood floor over in 5 areas, all interconnected. Are we better off using a floating system, or nail down? We would like some advice prior to selecting our floor. The rooms connected include: Entryway, kitchen, family room, bathroom, and hallway. Thanks Rick A:...
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Vinyl Flooring on Stairs
Q: I am elderly and due to age – the carpet’s and mine, I need to replace carpet on the stairs and upstairs. I want something other than carpet for ease of cleaning and am on a limited budget as well. Is it possible to use vinyl on the stairs? I have two labs...
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Flooring Covering Advice
Q: What would be good durable floor covering choices for a basement apartment remodel. The existing floor is concrete. A: Depending on the type of durability you are going for will determine your choice here. If you don’t intend to move or drag a lot of furniture or heavy objects through this area, cork...
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They made too much, so I bought it all!
One of the benefits of being one of the largest flooring companies in the world is that when your vendors overestimate on production or have other customers that cancel orders, they compensate by offering deep discounts to those that are capable of purchasing quick and selling in volume. That’s definitely us! Bottom line, they...
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Replacing 9" x 9" Parquet Tiles
Q: I am looking for 9″ by 9″ tongue and groove parquet flooring to replace water damaged tiles – I believe it may be model “K-36.” Do you know where I can get it? Thanks John A: The only Parquet that I know of off-hand with K-36 as a product number was an old...
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Kudos to LA
Kudos to Jamie and the good folks in LA who are getting it done. From: brent Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 8:57 AM To: Jaime Lopez Subject: final shot James, Here is the final shot of our floors. Thanx again for your help and speedy delivery! Brent
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Success is their middlename
We have such superlative installation talent – they have no conducted more than 10,000 in home service calls and the number continues to grow. A video that I really like is shown below. I feel proud and fortunate to be around people who are passionate about flooring and their customers.
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Floating Hardwood Meets Stair
Q: I’m going to install Mannington Caspian 5″ LocNgo and I have a problem with the hallway. One side of the hall is wall, the other meets the molding to the railing overlooking stairs. The easiest solution would be to lay a board flush with the molding and the milled straight edge should look...
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