If shopping for a basement floor, you now have a lot of options that weren’t always available to you. Choosing the right floor for a basement is almost harder than it was, because now there’s so much more from which to choose.
Engineered Hardwood
Exotic Engineered Hardwood Floors: The Best Of Both Worlds
Exotic hardwood flooring stirs the soul and inspires all sorts of possibilities. There is just something about exotic wood floors that we love to have in our homes, and if we could, we’d install it throughout our homes. Most would never dream of that possibility, but exotic engineered flooring can make that dream come...
The New Super Floor
There’s a new kid on the block and everyone else is taking notice. This new type of flooring combines all of the advantages of hardwood floors and laminate floors to give today’s flooring consumer all that he/she could ever ask for in a green floor.
How to install an engineered hardwood floor
A quick view of a typical engineered hardwood flooring installation showing what the real world challenges can be for getting a flooring installation accomplished.
Engineered Hardwood – to be or not to be affordable?
Will proposed anti-dumping tariffs and duties impact you? Why is this happening and what can you do about it? Is Made in the USA all that matters?
Shopping for Pre-finished Hardwood: Basic Training
What should you prepare for when shopping for prefinished hardwood flooring? The basic training is what you need to be a smart flooring shopper!
Random Width Laminate Flooring
Q: We were looking at installing hardwood floors and like the way we could change the width of the board. Is this possible in the laminate floors? We have particle board as a subfloor. Is there anyway we can have plank hardwood with this subfloor? Thanks Bobbi A: I can only think of one...
Engineered Hardwood Floor "Popping Noise"
Q: I have just install a engineered hardwood floor and I suspect the floor did not adhere to the substrate (e.g. popping noise after I walk over the area in question). I have heard about a kit that might help which involves a syringe and adhesive. I guess you drill a 1/16 inch hole...
Hardwood Installation in a Condo over Gypcrete
Q: I’m a new condo owner and would like to install hardwood (like the BR-111 Engineered Tigerwood or Triangulo Tigerwood). The builder didn’t offer hardwood on the main level, citing the need to minimize noise transmission from my unit to the unit below. However, there’s nothing in the building codes or condo bylaws to...
