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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…
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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…
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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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Floating Installation Question
Q: I purchased over six hundred sq ft of 3″ American Maple Natural Westhollow® Wood 3/8″ Engineered / 6mm cork underlayment From iFloor.com I plan on…
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Top Nails Popping Up
Q: I have an old floor, about 80 years old. It is an oak veneer top nailed floor that is very thin. I have noticed lately that some of the nails are…
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Installing Wood Flooring Over Tile
Q: Purchasing a house and it has all white tile downstairs (large tiles). I am used to having wood floors so the tile must go! The kitchen also has white…
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Tongue and Groove Flooring Over Concrete Slab
Q: What is your opinion on how to place tongue and groove flooring over concrete slab ? Jack Flounders A: Any time you are putting a wood floor onto…
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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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Vinyl Floor – Full Glue vs Perimeter Glue
Q: Under what circumstances would a vinyl floor be fully glued vs. perimeter glue? Diana Buffalo, NY A: Vinyl has come a long way as far as how it is…
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BHK Brazilian Rosewood
Q: I’m interested in the Brazilian Rosewood BKH Laminate by Moderna SoundGuard and would like to know if this type of flooring is the easiest to install…
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Which Way Do I Lay My Floor?
Q: How do I figure out which way to lay the flooring in the dining room. Cathie & Dan A: Typically wood floors are installed so that lengthwise they run…
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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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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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Laminate Over Commercial Carpet?
Q: Hello – I am interested in installing laminate in my office. Can I place it over the commercial carpet that we have now? Thank you, Michelle A: The…