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Laminate Near Limestone Fireplace
Q: I’m interested in putting laminate flooring in my family room but I have one problem. We have a limestone fireplace, and there is about a 2 inch…
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Streaks on Shaw Laminate
Q: I purchased a Shaw laminate floor about 6 years ago. I was told by the sales associate in the flooring department at Home Depot to treat the floor just…
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Scratched Laminate
Q: I just installed a laminate floor in the living room and it has a scratch. Is there anything I can apply to hide the scratch??? Marge A: There are a…
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Can you use flooring for your porch (or exterior deck)?
Although I didn’t rehearse I got most of the answers to this question wrapped into this video. Take a peek. Because the question arises so often about…
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Installation in a Perfect World vs. The Real World
A few days ago I posted this blog entry: PERFECT WORLD INSTALLATION Basically that was the video how things go in the perfect world. However this video is…
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Hardwood Floors Damaged by Dog
Q: I have a large dog who has put scratches and some poke holes in my hardwood floor. 1. How can I fix the floors without taking them apart and re-doing…
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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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Don’t forget your stairway to Heaven.
So often people get excited about getting flooring projects going and they forget what a tremendous impact their stairway makes in an entry of the home…
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Cracking Noise from Bamboo
Q: We have a 2 yr old bamboo floor (Teregren). Installation was partially glue down (edges and in smaller spaces) and rest was nailed. Subfloor is…
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Hong Kong – What does a Typhoon Look like
I was just looking at a couple of my pictures and noticed I snapped a couple photos when I was in Hong Kong and landed and took off during a typhoon…
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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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Wood Flooring for Condos
Q: I am working on a condo remodel project for my second home. I would very much like to install an engineered wood floor in the great room and dining…
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Removing Self-Leveling Compound
Q: I have recently started to renovate a house. I took the carpet up and found the floor had been self leveled. Some of the self leveler had come off and…
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Wilsonart Laminate Blemish
Q: I have a real problem. My hallway is laminate and some type of acid was spilled right in the middle and caused a blemish about 2’X2′. I found someone…
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Malawi, Africa – NO MORE HARDWOOD EXPORTS
The Malawi Government, through the Ministry of Industry and Trade, has imposed a ban on export of hardwood and its products with immediate effect. The…
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Nail-down Installation Subfloor Requirements
Q: My dining room was carpeted. I removed the carpeting, pad & 5/8 ” sawdust board that was swollen and crumbling. I am left with 5/8″ plywood sheeting on…
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Cork Flooring for an Office
Q: I will be building a new office and am considering using cork flooring. I am concerned about how it will wear under areas where an office chair will…
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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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Flooded Basement with Pergo Laminate
Q: We have Pergo laminate flooring in our basement and it recently flooded (3″ of water) Do we need to pull the flooring and padding out or will it be OK…