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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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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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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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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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6mm Cork Underlayment
Q: I am going to install a Pergo Vintage Home Traditional Strip floor in my dining room. I am going to use 6MM cork as an underlayment. Does the cork…
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Installing Solid 3/4″ Brazilian Cherry
Q: I will be installing solid Brazilian Cherry, 3/4″. I want to install parallel to the longest outside wall. However, this would be parallel to the floor…
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Wood Flooring with Tile and Installation
Q: I have two questions to ask. First I would like to know the different ways and the best way to install 3/4 inch red oak up against tile? Can you build…
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Flooring Help for an Older Double Wide
Q: We just bought our first place which we plan on building on in the future. Currently the lot has a 1977 double wide on it which we want to fix up as…
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Installation Problem – Groove to Groove
Q: I have laid out the engineered hardwood and started nailing down the floor. My room is a combo living and kitchen with a nook. I laid out the full…
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Cork Installation – Design Ideas
Q: Would it be possible for the “Experts” to assist with the Design, or make a suggestion? With your collective experience, I’d bet y’all have some clever…
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Bamboo Floating Floor in a Hallway.
Q: I am planning on installing your bamboo in my hallway it is 60 feet long. I am planning on floating the floor. what is the maximum length that the…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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…