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What’s The Best Basement Flooring?
If shopping for a basement floor, you now have a lot of options that weren’t always available to you. Choosing the right floor for a basement is almost…
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The Best DIY Bathroom Floor
When shopping for a bathroom floor, you have more options today then you’ve had in the past. The old standbys are still available, but now you have…
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Strand Woven Bamboo: The Best Floor For An Office
If you’re shopping for new flooring for the office there are more things to consider than the floor’s durability. The type of floor you choose says a lot…
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Exotic Engineered Hardwood Floors: The Best Of Both Worlds
Exotic hardwood flooring stirs the soul and inspires all sorts of possibilities. There is just something about exotic wood floors that we love to have in…
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Need Flooring Installed Before The Holidays? There’s Still Time.
If you’re like many, the holidays have crept up on you, you’re expecting guests to arrive soon and you desperately need new flooring installed before the…
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Cork Flooring: The Cold Weather Floor
Now that we’re entering Winter, many of us are thinking of new ways to keep warm. And believe it or not, the type of flooring you choose can greatly…
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Do-It-Yourself Hardwood Floors Are Easier Than Ever
It seems the popularity of hardwood flooring is at its peak, and in the last ten years we’ve seen a lot of changes in hardwood floor manufacturing and the…
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Bamboo vs Oak Hardwood
Q: Hello; my question is this, we are putting new floor in our living room and very much want Bamboo, but we have read horror stories that bamboo…
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Random Width Laminate Flooring
Q: We were looking at installing hardwood floors and like the way we could change the width of the board. Is this possible in the laminate floors? We have…
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Finishing a Basement
Q: We are about 1/2 way done with finishing our basement. We pretty much have everything “floor wise” decided except for the exercise room. The floor is…
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Flooring Below Grade
Q: We want to float a floor in our basement over a cement slab, but can’t tell when looking through all the products out there, which are recommended for…
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Flooring for a Florida Room
Q: I live in northwestern PA. We have a Florida room which is not heated. Right now we have carpeting, but it fades so badly I would like to use a…
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Flooring for a Weight Room
Q: We have just built a garage with a room above it. We are wondering what type of flooring would be best for an area used for weight lifting and aerobic…
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Patio Deck Flooring Help
Q: I have a patio deck of a commercial building that I need flooring for. The 2′ square rubber-like existing flooring has proven totally useless as it is…
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What Floor Will Stand Up to Multiple Pets?
Q: I want to remove my rugs and put a wood floor down. Problem is that I have 6 cats, 1 dog and 1 bird. The floor takes a beating. I need one that will…
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Flooring for an Elevator
Q: I am looking for some light-weight eco-friendly flooring for our elevators in our condo. Do you have suggestions. It is a contemporary building with…
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Flooring Advice – Laminate or Hardwood?
Q: Which flooring would hold up the best in heavy traffic areas? I was leaning towards wood, but heard laminate was good. Please give me advice. Thank…
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Flooring Covering Advice
Q: What would be good durable floor covering choices for a basement apartment remodel. The existing floor is concrete. A: Depending on the type of…
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Hardwood Flooring And Older Dogs
Q: I have 2 dogs 10,13,yrs. So i have to plan for accidents.my mother had gym finish on her floor, does any hardwood come with a protective finish or…