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Installing Laminate Flooring at 45 or 90 Degree Angles
Q: I am considering installing a border of dark walnut around the main light planking of my kitchen DIY project. Some of the border planks will have to be…
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T-Molding Transitions
Q: I have an area of transition from the hardwood I am installing over to a tile floor where the span is longer than 1 piece of T Molding. What is the…
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Laminate Over Vinyl
Q: We have vinyl in the kitchen and laundry. Must I remove the vinyl before installing laminate? A: As long as your vinyl is in very good shape – no…
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Wood Flooring Over Uneven Wood and Cement Subfloor
Q: My husband and I recently purchased an older home and are remodeling. We pulled up the old carpet in the family room and discovered that a little more…
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Floating or Nail-down Installation?
Q: We plan to install about 600 sq ft of engineered wood floor over in 5 areas, all interconnected. Are we better off using a floating system, or nail…
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Floating Hardwood Meets Stair
Q: I’m going to install Mannington Caspian 5″ LocNgo and I have a problem with the hallway. One side of the hall is wall, the other meets the molding to…
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Gluing vs Stapling
Q: I am interested in purchasing some engineered flooring. I have installed engineered flooring before that could be glued or stapled down. I chose to…
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Bruce Flooring Problem
Q: I had Bruce hardwood floors installed in my retirement home. Weeks later, holes and cracks and everything else started happening to my floor. Called in…
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Transitioning Between Different Laminate Floors
Q: I’ve just had my old Pergo oak floor removed due to warping from water damage. My house is on the market and I can’t afford to wait weeks to match the…
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Installing Laminate Over Tile
Q: Have ceramic tile on my floor now thinking of replacing it with laminate do have to remove the tile or can I lay on top of it A: Assuming that your…
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Bamboo Installation Questions
Q: I have chosen solid vertical natural bamboo for a remodel and have some questions, if you would be so kind to answer. 1. Since the bamboo I want comes…
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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…
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Vinyl Composition Tile in a Garage
Q: I want to lay down vinyl composition tile in my garage. I don’t know what to do. I have a seam (expansion joint) running down the middle of my garage…
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Flooring Over Concrete in a Kitchen
Q: I have a long thin crack in my cement slab kitchen floor. The crack is about 1/4 of an inch, but is about 12 feet long. I have tried ceramic tile, but…
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Nailing 3/8″ Engineered Floors
Q: I am installing 3/8″ Bubinga Deep Cognac Engineered hardwood flooring that I ordered from iFloor. I have chosen the staple/nail option for…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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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…