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Allergy and Noise Reduction Issues
Q: My parents are moving into a co-op building with hardwood floors. However, now they have chosen to enforce the wall to wall carpet rules in ways they…
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Moisture Concerns and Replacing Warped Flooring
Q: Hello. I need some advice. About a year ago we installed a bamboo floor (glue down) with no moisture barrier directly on our cement slab. It completely…
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Brick Flooring with Wood Trim
Q: I have seen photos of brick flooring with wood trim. I asked a representative of a brick company about the photos as they were in their advertisements…
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Light Weight Flooring Options
Q: I am placing a wood floor on an old airstream trailer and an important factor in choosing the right floor is the weight because the trailers needs to…
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Flooring Suggestion – Upstairs rooms and Dog Woes
Q: We raise Shih Tzus dogs and we installed Wilsonart Flooring in a kitchen/dining/living area portion of our basement area a few years ago. Our dogs…
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Children’s Museum Flooring Suggestions
Q: I am opening up a children’s museum where I will have an arts and crafts room and party room sized 11.6′ x 24′. Children will be using paint easels…
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Engineered Floors and VOCs
Q: Because of respiratory problems, I too am looking for an engineered wood flooring that contains no VOCs, formaldehyde, etc. I think this is a more…
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Garage Conversion to Playroom – Follow Up
Follow-Up: Lev and I have gone into depth about this project. Lev mentioned he has had a flooding issue in the past and was a bit worried about the stale…
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Garage Conversion to Playroom – What to use for Flooring?
Q: We have two questions about a job we are about to start: 1) We are in the process of converting our garage into a recreational room and connect it to…
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Stair Floor Covering
Q: I want to replace carpet floor covering on two different sets of stairs and am confused about what would be the best choice other than more carpet. One…
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Westhollow 3/8” Engineered 3” Bubinga Deep Cognac
Q: I am wanting to replace the carpet and vinyl in an “L” shaped area that is my living (approx 310 sq. ft.) and dining area (approx 110 sq. ft.) with…
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Tile Alternatives
Q: I have a quick question. I’m interested in reflooring all of our downstairs – living, dining, kitchen, half-bath and laundry area. I am very interested…
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Outgassing Concerns
Q: Dear Steve, Thank you very much for writing that detailed article comparing different brands of laminates. It was very helpful and goes way beyond what…
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Engineered Wood Floor over Concrete
Q: I am considering laying a high end 9/16″ thick x 3-3/4″ wide engineered oak floor over concrete in 3 rooms and 2 hallways. I intend to glue the floor…
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Bookcases on Wood Floors
Q: After the laminate flooring is installed, I plan to move the large (8′ tall) bookcases that are currently in a small hard-wood-floored bedroom to the…
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Cork Flooring for an Outdoor Porch
Q: We are considering using a cork or bamboo flooring for our three season porch. Being from Minnesota where temps often get below 0 degrees, is this a…
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Waterproof Flooring
Q: I’ve been Googling in a search for waterproof flooring that’s not tile. I found one company, Foresta Waterproof Flooring, which makes fake wood out of…
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Flooring Recommendation – Confused
Q: I have read all the great articles on your site comparing solid and engineered wood floors and laminates. Great articles. I have read the…
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Cork in a Wine Room
Here is another special boost of information from Ryan W. helping folks out with a flooring question for their upcoming wine room. Q: Ryan, We are…
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Laminate Floors with Pets and Kids
Q: We are looking at putting hardwood floor / laminate in our home. Just wondered what you would recommend for a high traffic area, plus we have 2 kids…