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Radiant Heat and Flooring
Q: We’re building a new home and intend to include radiant heated floors, with PEX tubing in concrete below grade, and in gypcrete, as part of a…
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Now Open in San Francisco
The downtown(ish) San Francisco location has been opened recently and I was pleased to see the first of our signage getting installed recently. This will…
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Laminate vs Hardwood
I got this question from a comment on our video How to Install Westhollow Laminate Flooring on YouTube. Check it out if you get a chance as its a great…
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Ok Made it – Dinner with the Stars
Finally made it to our destination and time to get to work. More posts soon. Here are a couple photos to share from a Dinner with some of the brightest…
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Question: REALLY Uneven Floors
Q: I own a 200 year old farmhouse, I bought it as a fixer-upper. The biggest problem that I’m running into is that none of the floors are anything close…
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Cat Odor – Can I Remove it from Wood Floors?
Q: My husband and I are considering buying a house that needs a lot of work which was built in 1840. It has heart of pine floors throughout the house. The…
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Yes, I’m turning Japanese – I really think so
After a series of long delays I have been held over in Japan. Hopefully more progress tomorrow. Already behind schedule! Here are a couple snapshots I…
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Bamboo Over Black Mastic
Q: I have wood parquet tiles that are attached to a cement slab with black mastic. The tiles are in bad shape and some “pop” as they detach and reattach…
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Time to go site seeing…Manila Here I come
Time to go visit my partners, colleagues and friends in the Philippines, but since my schedule is so tight I will only have a few days there so I plan to…
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BR-111 5/16″ Solid Brazilian Hickory – Installation Question
Q: We’re interested in the BR111 Brazilian Hickory, 5/16 solid for a kitchen floor. Currently have above grade, solid sheet no-wax Mannington floor in…
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Floods
As many of you have heard the great Northwest has been very wet recently. As a side effect shipments from Seattle are suffering 1-2 day delays. Obviously…
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How many square feet?
Alot folks start the floor buying process without arming themselves with a critical piece of information. What is that piece of information? How big is…
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Vinyl Flooring Tiles – Harley Davidson Theme
Q: I am looking for orange and black vinyl flooring squares (we are Harley-Davidson people and would like to do the floor of our enclosed trailer in the…
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Exotic Hardwood Flooring
Not alot of time at the moment, so here are more shots of exotic floors which take my breath away. When people think about exotic hardwood, tigerwood…
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Slopping Floor – What should I Do?
Q: We just bought a home built in 1950 and we just notice that our second floor is slopping and I would love to put new floors down so i would like to…
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A Bamboo Forest
Here are some photos of a bamboo forest that was freshly culled. Of course culling a forest is better than clear cutting so I thought I would share some…
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Home Office Flooring
Q: My home office is upstairs and next to my son’s bedroom. I would like to replace the carpets with a harder surface but I am concerned about noise. I…
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Can I Install Laminate Over An Existing Floor?
Q: This summer we decided to take up the rugs in our dining room and living room, along with the adjacent tiles(peel and press) to expose the oak flooring…
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Problems With Finish – Dull or Milky Appearance, Spots, Flaking and Bubbling
Up for December in our line of editorials will be a bit of information on reasons why problems occur in a finish. From spots and dull or milky appearances…
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Square Footage Question
Q: How do you figure out how much square footage of flooring you need to cover a room? My room measures 15.4 x 11. Which I was told was a little over 165…