Q: I’m interested in putting laminate flooring in my family room but I have one problem. We have a limestone fireplace, and there is about a 2 inch variation at the bottom of it. So obviously I cant just lay the flooring up next to it. What would be some of my best options?...
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Q: I purchased a Shaw laminate floor about 6 years ago. I was told by the sales associate in the flooring department at Home Depot to treat the floor just like a laminate counter top. So I started out mopping it with pine o pine. That left a definite streaking on the floor. So...
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Q: I just installed a laminate floor in the living room and it has a scratch. Is there anything I can apply to hide the scratch??? Marge A: There are a few products out there which can help to hide scratches. Several companies make an acrylic color fill type product which is built to...
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Although I didn’t rehearse I got most of the answers to this question wrapped into this video. Take a peek. Because the question arises so often about people asking to put their vinyl flooring or laminate flooring or even hardwood floors on their deck, patio or porch we wanted to discuss it briefly. The...
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A few days ago I posted this blog entry: PERFECT WORLD INSTALLATION Basically that was the video how things go in the perfect world. However this video is a slightly humorous view of some of the “real world” obstacles that can stand in the way. The video was originally to be designed to have...
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Q: I have a large dog who has put scratches and some poke holes in my hardwood floor. 1. How can I fix the floors without taking them apart and re-doing. 2. Is there something that I can put on the floor to make it harder and prevent further damage. Thanks, CP A: More...
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Q: We want to float a floor in our basement over a cement slab, but can’t tell when looking through all the products out there, which are recommended for below grade installation? I know in our local home shop they have them on display by grade (above/below) but when looking on line I can’t...
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So often people get excited about getting flooring projects going and they forget what a tremendous impact their stairway makes in an entry of the home. So often stairs are new the primary entry of the home and so often it is a missed opportunity to really make a visual impact by extending the...
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Q: We have a 2 yr old bamboo floor (Teregren). Installation was partially glue down (edges and in smaller spaces) and rest was nailed. Subfloor is partical board. Temp/humidity controlled. Once-per week we clean with a damp mop. There are several spaces that make a cracking noise when walked upon; it is not the...
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I was just looking at a couple of my pictures and noticed I snapped a couple photos when I was in Hong Kong and landed and took off during a typhoon Signal #8 (whatever that means). I would say the pilots did a great job, I think I was flying Cathy Pacific and Dragon...
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