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Floating Floor Over Parquet
Q: I have a parquet floor that is glued to a 3/4″ plywood underlayment. The parquet is sound, but showing wear, and I would like to replace it with an…
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Nashua, New Hampshire iFLOOR Store – Tax Free Haven
A well known tax free haven in Nashua New Hampshire is home to a iFLOOR location to allow customers from near and far to pick up product there without…
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Laminate Flooring in Kitchen with IKEA Cabinets
Q: I was reading your answers and came upon something discussing problems with cabinets or heavy objects resting on a floating floor. IKEA’s cabinetry…
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Naperville (Aurora?) Illinois iFLOOR Store
Flooring has a new name in Naperville with the recent iFLOOR store opening there. We have customer routinely surprised at the values they find at iFLOOR…
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Click Type Hardwood Floors
Q: My handyman told me that there is a new type of installation for hardwood floors – click – no glue, no nails and that the finish is strong and durable…
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Palatine- Chicagoland area iFLOOR store
Part of a recent journey through the Midwest included a stop in Palatine, Illinois among other Chicagoland stores. Here are some photos from this stop at…
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Pergo Floors are changing
Every so often brands “refresh” their line up and right now Pergo is no exception. There is a large amount of change coming in the pergo line up. If you…
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Hardwood, Laminate or Bamboo?
Q: I was wondering what the difference between bamboo flooring, hardwood floors, and laminate flooring? I have two cat’s and two dogs, I’d like something…
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Danvers, MA – iFLOOR Store
We had a nice visit recently at the Danvers iFLOOR store. Great people really engaged and getting the local community dialed in. Here are some photos I…
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Installing Hardwood Over Vinyl
Q: We are wanting to install 3/4 inch solid hardwood in our kitchen. Do we really have to take up the old sheet vinyl? I can only imagine it would be a…
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Handscraped bamboo flooring – very unique
Our talented in-house designers worked a number of years ago with a manufacturer to invent a new category of flooring. The emergence of this category came…
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Westhollow Cork Question
Q: I’m planning to install Westhollow cork floating planks throughout my new house: 3 bedrooms, kitchen, living room and basement/playroom. I have few…
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Laminate or Tile?
Q: Our contractor recommended we buy our flooring products from you. We are adding a large family room onto the back of our house with a master bedroom…
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A Chicago Tradition
Anyone who has been in or around Chicago for a long period of time can tell you a tale about a sandwich place so cool, so groovy – you’re not really sure…
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Removing Carpet in a Boat
Q: We just recently purchased a 50′ yacht and we want to remove all the carpet from its floor. I am not sure what type of flooring is underneath whether…
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Houston Making some Laminate flooring deals
Houston was in full motion Thursday lead by a capable leadership team. There’s very little more fun that to load out a car or truck with flooring…
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Moisture Concerns in a Basement
Q: I’m finishing a basement on a concrete slab, that is about 800sq ft and I want to do a small bathroom also in the area, the home is at the beach and…
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A great kit to help any installer with their flooring
The best value DIY kit for flooring every created is the delexue home install kit. the parts in there are worth 2 times more than the price of the kit…
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Red Oak – A Classic Hardwood Floor
Red Oak Hardwood flooring remains a classic hardwood look. I believe that some people remember this style from their youth growing up in a home with oak…
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Refinishing Parquet Flooring
Q: I have refinished hardwood floors before however I have never done parquet. The house we have just purchased has 20 Year old parquet that has never…
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Snap-together Laminate Flooring Question
Q: My husband and I recently installed the laminate hardwood look snap-together type flooring according to mfg instructions, in our kitchen. We didn’t lay…
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Hardwood flooring
After all my travels I have been under the weather(yes I took tons of preventative stuff) and lost my voice even for a couple days. I guess that’s what I…
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Cork Flooring
Q: We have a small block home on a river in Michigan. The kitchen/ bedroom/bathroom were built on a concrete slab and the living room is over the walkout…
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Laminate Flooring for a Condo
Q: I have a couple of questions, I would like to replace all my flooring (with the exception of the bathrooms) with durable, moisture resistant laminate…
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Underlayment for Alloc Laminate
Q: I’ve read through many of your answers regarding using cork as an underlayment for laminate for sound and even warmth. I notice though that some of the…
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Karndean Flooring
Q: I found a product from Karndean Flooring, which seems durable, and almost realistic to hardwood flooring. It is very thin, flexible and seems to have a…
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Quick Step Stair Nosing
Q: I have Quick-Step flooring in my entry along with a sunken living room. To handle the edge where the flooring ends, I have installed the stair nose…
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Laminate with Attached Underlayment
Q: What is the best brand laminate with attached underlayment. This will be installed in a foyer and hallway. I notice there are different thicknesses…
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12mm laminate vrs. 8 mm laminate
Q: I read an article in your blog explaining why thicker wood doesn’t mean better and/or that will have better durability. Does the same apply for…
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Installing a Floating Floor in a Room with Tile Walls
Q: My kitchen has 1940’s tile that goes from the floor to 1/2 way up my walls. I have been searching for flooring options and was wondering about either…
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Travel
I had a great week last week traveling to all stores in California. Having a really cool flooring source in local communities in California like Los…
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Floating Installation Over Slab and Vinyl
Q: Hi Flooring Expert! I’ve found your answers very helpful on other topics so I’m hoping you’ll be able to help with this question. I’m preparing to…
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Bruce Engineered Floor – Subfloor Prep for Glue Down Install
Q: I am installing a Bruce engineered hardwood floor over a concrete slab. When the house was built and the base board was painted, the painters left…
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Armstrong Grand Illusions vs Bruce Park Avenue
Q: I have seen the Armstrong Grand Illusions and Bruce Park Avenue laminates. They are as close to hard wood as any laminate that I have seen. What I…
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Flooring a Kitchen – Hardwood or Laminate?
Q: I want to re-do my kitchen floor, which would be best hardwood floor or laminate in a wood grain? A: When it comes to kitchens, nearly any floor can…
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Floor or Cabinets – Which Comes First?
Q: I’m planning a kitchen remodel with new cabinets and nailed-down hardwood floors. About 30% of the floor space will be covered by cabinet bases. I can…
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Vinyl Flooring – Glue Down or Self Adhesive
Q: I want to put down vinyl planks in my kitchen, living room and entrance way and I want to know what would be the best way to go. There is both the glue…
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How is bamboo made?
Although I don’t have time to demonstrate the full process I wanted to include some photos from a nice bamboo mill in the Shanghai area to illustrate a…
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Bamboo Flooring in a Basement
Q: We have just finished remodeling our basement. We are looking at flooring options. I would love to do bamboo in my new office but I realize being below…
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The funny thing about Europe
It’s always fun to goto Europe and explore different cultures. I love to see old buildings and think of the past. One thing I found interesting on a trip…
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Quick Step Laminate Floor & Water Damage
Q: I have Quick-Step (Perspective 4) laminate (only 6 months old) installed throughout my home and we recently experienced flooding from the flat above…
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Repairing a Gouge in Stone/Tile Floor
Q: We have 12 inch tile stone flooring and when someone was here working in the attic, their ladder leg made a gouge in one tile. How can I fill that in…
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Gapping in a Cork Floor
Q: We had a cork floor installed 3 years ago and each winter the ends pull apart and a gap of 1/8 to 1/4″ is evident. I’ve had the installer out and the…
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Refinishing Hardwood Floors
For May’s editorial we’re going to go into a bit of depth about refinishing floors. As the DIY season is coming around, many people will look into various…
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Flooring and Lizards – huh?
On my recent trip to Melbourne Florida I came face to face with a wild animal. Ok maybe not wild. (if you knew Josh you would say, yes – wild.) Anyway…
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Cork Flooring Installation Question
Q: I notice that a number of snap together cork floors require expansion joints at 30 feet. I have a game room that is 41 feet long and 18 feet wide. I do…
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Denver – Littleton Colorado – Rocky Mountain High!
I had the opportunity recently to fly into beautiful Denver Colorado to see the iFLOOR store there and had a great visit. What a tremendous team! It was…