Q: I have installed laminate flooring. I own a Bissell steam hard flooring cleaner. It heats water until steam comes out and its special padding mops the floor. I have used it on vinyl and ceramic tile. Bissell says that it is safe for laminate. However, I am afraid the heat of the steam...
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Pergo Over Tile
Q: I have an older home and when we first moved in back in 1991 we put a 6 x 6 ceramic tile in our kitchen for flooring. After removing all the carpeting from the rest of our home, we found we had oak flooring. We have sanded and refinished all the other floors....
Laminate Floor Questions – Prep Work and a Piano
Q: I’m looking at using some of the floating laminate products and wondered if the 30 yr old vinyl should be removed? It’s got some cuts and scrapes, and only in the areas around a few of the cabinet edges are there any slight tears/buckling; in fairly good shape for 30 years i suppose…very...
Laminate Flooring in a Basement
Q: Hi. I want to install laminate flooring in the basement of our house. Currently, there is carpet over concrete in the basement, but it looks old and I’m just ready for something new. We have never had any problems with moisture in the basement (our house is one a hill, so the back...
Solution to a Noisy Laminate Floor
Q: The owner of the condo above mine has installed laminate flooring. He did so because of the amount of noise (loud talking, TV, and especially footsteps) coming through to our apt below with the vinyl flooring. He installed it himself. I know that the sub-floor is wood joists with 1 by 4 or...
Animal Urine and Laminate
Q: I have been looking at laminate flooring to replace my carpeting in my home. My major concern is doggie urine. Can these floors resist the urine that my son’s doggie brings with him every time they visit. Thanks in Advance Penny A: This is a question with a yes and no answer. Will...
Quick Step Question
Q: I am getting ready to install laminate floors on the entire downstairs of my house – I want these to look as close to wood as possible, and I’ve found 2 potential Quickstep floors, for which I have questions on both: 1. UF987 Dark Varnished Cherry – 4″ Planks. I believe these are...
Self-Adhesive Tiles Over Pergo
Q: I just put down my new Pergo flooring my house and it looks beautiful! I was wondering if I can stick 10 self adhesive vinyl tiles on top of Pergo laminate. It is for decorative purposed and am putting the tiles in front of a gas fireplace. It is going to be around...
Flooring for a Cabin
Q: I want to put laminate or some kind of flooring up at our lake cabin.. The cabin is not heated during the winter time the cabin sits on a wood flood up on a cinder block foundation. The flooring we have now is the 9″ square glue down tiles. these tiles are starting...
Decorating with Pergo
Q: I have a decorating question. In 1998 i put Pergo laminate in my kitchen and laundry room. Let me back up a minute. I live in a mobile home. I now want to put pergo throughout the rest of the house. I now prefer the wider plank look and maybe a little darker...
