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Flooring for a Bathroom with Children
Q: Can you use wood flooring in the bathroom, which get very wet with children? Thank you – Nancy Click Below For The Answer!
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Laminate for a Sun Room
Q: I would like to install a wood laminate in a new sun room. The room is built over a wood deck, but will be insulate. Is a laminate a good choice for…
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Waterproof Flooring
Q: We are refinishing our basement and I want to use a waterproof flooring material to prevent potential flood damage, yet it must be very comfortable to…
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Wood Flooring for Bathrooms
Q: Is a wood floor ok for a bathroom? A: Tough question because the answer is not simple. Yes and no both apply here, so let me dig in a bit and explain…
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Flooring for an Outdoor Porch
Q: What do you suggest as flooring for a screened in porch? It does get wetness from rain and wind. A: Any time you plan to put some form of flooring…
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Rolling Chairs Over the Hardwood Floor
Q: We are planning our new office and would like to have the hardwood floor in it. One hesitation is that all our computer stations have chairs with…
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Laminate Flooring in a Basement
Q: Hi. I want to install laminate flooring in the basement of our house. Currently, there is carpet over concrete in the basement, but it looks old and…
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Flooring for an Unheated Summer Cottage
Q: I am considering laminate and hardwood for my flooring choice in a lake facing home which will be left unheated for most the winter months (i live in…
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Outdoor Patio
Q: We have an outdoor cement ‘patio’ that we are thinking of refinishing with the patio wood tiles and we are wondering what we need to do to the cememt…
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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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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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Wide Plank Flooring
Q: We are building a 2300 sq ft ranch w/ heated basement in the Chicago area. We like the look of wide plank flooring but builder has not worked with it…
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Hardwood, Laminate or Bamboo?
Q: I was wondering what the difference between bamboo flooring, hardwood floors, and laminate flooring? I have two cat’s and two dogs, I’d like something…
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Laminate or Tile?
Q: Our contractor recommended we buy our flooring products from you. We are adding a large family room onto the back of our house with a master bedroom…
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Moisture Concerns in a Basement
Q: I’m finishing a basement on a concrete slab, that is about 800sq ft and I want to do a small bathroom also in the area, the home is at the beach and…
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Laminate Flooring for a Condo
Q: I have a couple of questions, I would like to replace all my flooring (with the exception of the bathrooms) with durable, moisture resistant laminate…
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Laminate with Attached Underlayment
Q: What is the best brand laminate with attached underlayment. This will be installed in a foyer and hallway. I notice there are different thicknesses…
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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…