Q: I am considering installing a border of dark walnut around the main light planking of my kitchen DIY project. Some of the border planks will have to be at 90 degrees to the main direction of the planks and one will have to be at 45 degrees to the main direction. I think...
Monthly Archives: August 2008
Some pictures from a tourist stop
My camera actually died while I was in China a few weeks back so I used my phone, so the pictures aren’t great, but they are all I can share. Below are a couple shots from Shanghai:
Slow going
I have not been able to post regularly as normal when travel gets crazy it is hard to keep up. Last week I traveled to North Carolina to see the Exdura plant as well as Georgia to see a laminate factory and a area rug factory. We also saw a hand full of key...
T-Molding Transitions
Q: I have an area of transition from the hardwood I am installing over to a tile floor where the span is longer than 1 piece of T Molding. What is the best way to make the cuts and join these 2 T Moldings together so that they won’t shift from each other at...
Laminate Over Vinyl
Q: We have vinyl in the kitchen and laundry. Must I remove the vinyl before installing laminate? A: As long as your vinyl is in very good shape – no peeling, crackling, bubbled up spots, etc then you should be fine to install laminate over it. Floating installations are rather versatile in this sense,...
Columbia Click Floor Buckling/Warping
Q: Help! About 7 years ago my wife and I installed Columbia Click flooring in our Condo. IT has been great – up until about two weeks ago. In our dining area, which is about 100sq ft in size, right about in the middle it started to buckle and warp upwards. There are no...
Pergo for a Bathroom
Q: What do you think of laminate flooring in a bathroom? Also if you use Pergo would you still need and underlay and what type? Thanks Leo A: Laminate can work in a bathroom, but if you have younger children or expect to have standing water or wet clothing on the floor relatively often,...
Laminate Flooring – AC Ratings
For our August edition editorial here on the Ask the Expert blog, I wanted to break down and discuss AC ratings for laminate floors. AC or Abrasion Class ratings are a way for folks to determine cost versus durability of laminate floors. So, before we determine what each rating means, let’s know what the...
Gas prices are all we hear about
You can’t go anywhere these days without hearing about gas prices, and since we ship more flooring across the globe than just about anyone, I probably hear about it more than most. This is one issue that affects everyone and the one thing that we seem to have no control over. Or do we?...
