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Click Type Hardwood Floors
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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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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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Bellawood or Pergo?
Q: What are the differences between bellawood and pergo? Which would you recommend over a concrete subfloor? Chris A: From the start here we are trying to…
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Flooring for a 3-Season Porch
Q: I have an existing 3-season porch/sunroom (completely enclosed but no heat or air conditioning) and I want to finish the floor… It’s currently just a…
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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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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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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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Movement in a Floating Engineered Floor
Q: I recently purchased the engineered wood red oak flooring from Pergo (5 inches and 3/8 thick). It is to be floated. I hired an installer and noticed…
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Hardwood in a Basement
Q: I would like to install a light maple hardwood floor in my basement, poured in 2000 and is level. From reading your responses to other questions the…
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Concrete Joint Preparation for Flooring Install
Q: I am going to install an engineered wood floor (Kahrs-Woodloc Original Collection – 15mm) in my basement. I understand some self leveling compound can…
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Engineered Hardwood Install Question
Q: I’d like to install an engineered hardwood floor over the linoleum in my kitchen. The flooring would also extend into the area between the kitchen and…
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Hollow Spots in a Bellefloor Maple Floor
Q: I just got 1100 sf of Bellefloor hard maple installed over concrete sub-floor. I had the installer put MVP sealer just to be on safe side. After the…
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Wood Flooring Over Tile
Q: I have bought a house in Bella Vista, Arkansas. I would like to use engineered wood floors over the existing white ceramic tile. Can I do that or do I…
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Basement Installation Question
Q: I live in New York and need to do my basement using wood flooring. Do I need to do anything other than what you have suggested? Should I buy certain…
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3/4″ Naildown on Concrete – Follow Up
I heard back from Gordon after his question about nailing down a 3/4″ solid floor to concrete – so here’s our follow up work with him. Q: The only problem…
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Westhollow White Oak Butterscotch 3/8″ Engineered Installation Help
Q: Hello Ifloor Experts I placed the order today (10/8/07) for Westhollow White Oak Butterscotch Engineered wood 3, 3/8 to be installed over concreted…
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Amendoim from BR-111
Q: We spent a lot of time researching wood and colors and finally decided upon Amendoim, we like the look of Oak and the hardness greater than oak. I…
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Engineered Flooring Over Radiant Heat
Q: Are there any species of engineered hardwoods that should not be used over radiant heat? Thank you A: Generally speaking you can use any species of…