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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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Wood Flooring Over Uneven Wood and Cement Subfloor
Q: My husband and I recently purchased an older home and are remodeling. We pulled up the old carpet in the family room and discovered that a little more…
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Floating or Nail-down Installation?
Q: We plan to install about 600 sq ft of engineered wood floor over in 5 areas, all interconnected. Are we better off using a floating system, or nail…
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Vinyl Flooring on Stairs
Q: I am elderly and due to age – the carpet’s and mine, I need to replace carpet on the stairs and upstairs. I want something other than carpet for ease…
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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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They made too much, so I bought it all!
One of the benefits of being one of the largest flooring companies in the world is that when your vendors overestimate on production or have other…
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Replacing 9″ x 9″ Parquet Tiles
Q: I am looking for 9″ by 9″ tongue and groove parquet flooring to replace water damaged tiles — I believe it may be model “K-36.” Do you know where I can…
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Kudos to LA
Kudos to Jamie and the good folks in LA who are getting it done. From: brent Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 8:57 AM To: Jaime Lopez Subject: final shot…
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Success is their middlename
We have such superlative installation talent – they have no conducted more than 10,000 in home service calls and the number continues to grow. A video…
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Floating Hardwood Meets Stair
Q: I’m going to install Mannington Caspian 5″ LocNgo and I have a problem with the hallway. One side of the hall is wall, the other meets the molding to…
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How to clean your floor?
As I have mentioned many times in the past cleaning and maintenance of your flooring is CRITICAL to long term satisfaction. Check out my video with a…
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Radiant Heat and Floating Floors
Q: I am expanding my kitchen and some part of the expansion will be over an open area underneath; therefore, I want to put in a heated floor, preferably…
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Frequently Asked Flooring Questions (VIDEO Responses)
We were talking about some FAQ’s (Frequently Asked Questions about Flooring) and we had an idea to just turn on the iFLOOR TV Camera and have me talk for…
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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…
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Pine Flooring Outside
Q: My contractor wants to use tongue and groove pine flooring on the deck. The deck doesn’t have a slope. Will there be enough space for the wood to move…
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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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Transitioning from Laminate to Tile
Q: We have laminate over the majority of our upstairs and in some rooms it connects to ceramic tile and the laminate piece in between the two types of…
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Flooring that Fits
Here’s a quick tip of the day: When installing your floating flooring (or fitting your floors for our British friends) you need to consider what type of…
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Installing Tile on a Wood Deck
Q: We currently have a raised wood deck off our living space, and we are wanting to have stone laid on top of the wood. I have heard about floating tiles…
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Gluing vs Stapling
Q: I am interested in purchasing some engineered flooring. I have installed engineered flooring before that could be glued or stapled down. I chose to…