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DIY Floor Installation – 90 Degree Angle Follow Up
Q: The direction of existing (not changing) wood in kitchen/fam is from left/right. The other rooms are having new wood. Please notice I said rooms not…
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Seattle – Some re-entry photos
I flew back into Seattle recently and looked out the window at some stunning scenery so I grabbed my camera (although I think I wasn’t supposed to use…
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Laminate Stair Nosing
Q: I have recently had laminate flooring installed on my stairs but I must say I think something is wrong. The stair nose is not flush with the tread and…
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DIY Floor Installation – 90 Degree Angle
Q: If I install in the direction of the homes entry, but when that runs into the dining room (no doorway, just runs into it) I would like to change…
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Mullican Chalmette Provincial Hickory – Glue or Float?
Q: I will have two questions: 1) I will have Mullican Chalmette Provincial Hickory Engineered wood installed. Have you seen this laid down up close? Does…
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Did you know?
Did you know that the “grade” of hardwood is not an indicator of strength but only a indicator of the color uniformity and other visual aspects of the…
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Noisy New Floor – Pergo Wynwood Oak
Q: I purchased Pergo’s Wynwood Oak flooring, and had it installed by my handyman, who does awesome work. This was in a basement, and the concrete under…
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Matching Old Tile to New
Q: We have white ceramic tile w/antique white grout in kitchen and hall that is about 16 years old. We were thinking of extending it into attached family…
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Best Flooring For Big Dogs
Q: We have 2 large dogs and as you can imagine, their claws are very hard on flooring. Hardwood is a bit out of our price range and we are debating…
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Alloc – Super Tough!
One of the toughest laminates in the market is Alloc. It has been around for years and is tried and tested both in terms of the locking system and well as…
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Transition from Old Hardwood to New – Follow Up
Jamie sent in an email with a similar situation to Lisa’s problem with trying to transition from old hardwood to new. So let’s delve in a bit to this…
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Flooring For A Media Room
Q: What is the best option for media room flooring? My husband wants hardwoods but we’ve been told carpet is best for a media room with surround sound…
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Flooring Over a Concrete Subfloor
Q: I am currently constructing a concrete house in the sunny isle and would like to know which flooring is best. I would like to have finished flooring in…
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Pergo on Stairs
Q: I have just recently installed Pergo Savannah oak (accolade) throughout my home. I have a split foyer design home. I have seven steps up and 6 steps…
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Is Bamboo For You?
I get a ton of questions about Bamboo so I am going to repost an article here that I have written in the past. There are 2 key things that I encourage…
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Floor Leveler Cracking
Q: Adding a basement bathroom, painted concrete floor, going to add ceramic tiles. Used latex bonding over the painted floor, allowed to dry according to…
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Tip ‘O the Day
Getting into the St. Patrick’s day spirit I thought I would give you a quick tip: When you prepare for installation moving appliances or heavy things is…
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Kudos Corner
Hello, I wanted to comment on the terrific experience I had in placing my first order with ifloor.com. It began with my initial telephone call and…
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Replacing Salito Tile With Hardwood
Q: I have Salito flooring and I would love to have hard wood flooring installed in the entire house. My question is do I need to remove this floor and if…
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Workout Room Flooring Suggestions
Q: I would like to install a laminate (floating) floor in my basement, in a workout area (under a treadmill and a recumbent bike). My home is 17 years…
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Overage also known as Waste
When you plan a construction job of any kind you are inevitably going to need to talk about a so called “waste factor.” To a guy like myself that tries to…
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Need Help Choosing a Floor – Scratch Problems
Q: I have two four year olds and a large dog. I installed bamboo in the bedrooms, but its scratched already. Is laminate scratch proof or what type do you…
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Area Rugs
Any home that searches for a unique look must consider art work of some kind. The kind I like the best is art work for your floor. Recently I was looking…
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Installation Question – New Floor and a Grand Piano
Q: I am going to have my parquet floor with new hardwood floor in my living room, which houses a small concert grand piano. The subfloor is concrete, and…
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Old Floor, Old Dog, Old Dad
Q: We have an old (30 years) linoleum kitchen/dining room floor and an old dog who slips quite a bit on the floor. I’ve spread throw rugs and runners…
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Konecto with Underlayment
Q: I am interested in using the Konecto vinyl planks in my kitchen/breakfast nook/den. Unfortunately the existing flooring is the old ’70s style “brick”…
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Laminate – Which Brand is the Best?
Q: What is the best brand and series Wood laminate flooring on the market today? A: This is a very tough question to answer as the “best” is usually a…
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Void Where prohibited
There are lots of neat opportunities if you are a flooring consumer in the market right now. Cool products, innovative design, spectacular engineering and…
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Installing Over Tile
Q: Is there a floor that can be install over ceramic tile? Vinyl or wood..has this been done where you can put a floor leveler on ceramic fill the grout…
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Kudos Corner
Joan Castillo did an outstanding job in placing our order and tracking our delivery. Her customer service skills are excellent. She polite, courteous…
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Bruce Locking Hardwood Over Concrete
Q: We recently decided to pull up our carpeting and install hardwood flooring on the rest of our home’s ground floor. There is currently Bruce engineered…
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Commercial Laminate Flooring
The newer line of True Flooring is something really impressive. I realize I have talked about it before, but the more I see this wide planked luxuriously…
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Clicking Noises from Oak Parquet Floor
Q: Hello – Four months ago, we moved into our home which has 3 year-old oak flooring throughout. For the last few weeks, we have been hearing ‘random’…
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Konecto Flooring
I have really seen a lot of excitement around this newer evolution of vinyl flooring which will finally get this category competitive with laminate. A…
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Possible Water Damage To Floor?
Q: I recently had 20” x 20” porcelain tiles installed in my kitchen – tiles were installed on top of an old raised wood subfloor and then used a 1/4”…
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Smudge Marks On My Floor
Q: I used Murphy’s soap on my maple hardwood floor this past Christmas; I didn’t dilute it enough so I had a film over my floor and every mark noticeable…
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Congoleum Kitchen Floor Buckling
Q: Hello, recently this week we had a leak from our dishwasher which caused some water to go between our congoleum floor and the wood sub-floor. Now as a…
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Hidden Values!
I did a search to find some of the coolest hidden hardwood values and I really loved what I saw! (at least the ones with Images) These are cool and have a…
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Concrete Basement Flooring
Q: We currently have carpet in our basement, however during wet weather we detect a musty damp smell. We want to remove the carpet and install a non…
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Kudos Corner
(w/e) Martin, I have told my colleagues to request you since you provide excellent customer service. She is an interior designer and he is a general…
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Sub Floor Question
Q: I recently removed the carpeting on my 1929 year old floor with the hopes of refinishing the floors but with the condition of the wood, I decided to…
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Show your colors!
iFLOOR colors from the Marketing department. Kudos to Bryan for his honor! We hit the objective he wagered on and he delivered!
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Underlayment for Laminate
Q: We are considering buying laminate flooring in our 11 year old house. Should we go with attached underlayment or not? Will we have to put down…
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Floating Bamboo Question
Q: I have a parquet floor over hard concrete. I would like to install cork underlayment and an engineered floating bamboo floor in its place. Some of the…
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Flooring Over Concrete
As we get closer to the DIY season for home improvements, I wanted to go a bit in depth on what products and preparation is necessary to put hard surface…
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Installing a Border with Laminate – Can This Be Done?
Today we get to look into a question answered by iFLOOR’s CEO, Steve, who is a real guru when it comes to flooring and has helped many people complete the…