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Hairspray on Laminate Flooring
Q: I’m looking for a way to remove hairspray from a laminate floor. Can you assist me? A: A paste of baking soda and water is effective for removing…
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How can you tell the difference in laminate flooring?
When you look at a laminate floor it is very tough with your eyes to detect the differences between a awesome laminate and a crappy laminate. (Sorry to…
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3/4″ Bruce Hardwood Installation Question – Door Transitions
Q: I’ve bought the material to install 3/4″ Bruce pre-finished hardwood. I’ll install it against the front door, looks like the door threshold will be…
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True Luxury –
If you ever wondered what a truly luxurious American floor looks like let me show you: This is a WIDE plank Hickory flooring with a hand scraped…
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Best Floor for Pets
Q: I am looking for some advice as to what type of floor would function best for pets. My husband and I live in Tampa FL and we do dog and cat rescue…
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Bubinga Deep Cognac from Westhollow – Will Adding More Finish Help?
Q: I have installed the 3″ Bubinga Deep Cognac Westhollow® Wood 3/8″ Engineered. I wanted to know if I could put a coat of wood floor polyurethane on…
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A Holiday Miracle
We are shipping so many orders and samples that the volume is tough to keep up! Recently we have had so many orders for samples the guys have been buried…
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Travel again
Well I took a quick trip on the red eye Saturday to New Jersey from Seattle to check out a couple location potentials there. Very promising. Also popped…
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Subfloor Prep for Laminate Flooring
Q: I am ready to purchase 10mm laminate flooring for my family room. I pulled the old carpet and noticed some of the subfloor joints were uneven. I made…
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Cognac Horizontal Satin – Ming Dynasty Bamboo Install Follow-up
Q: I have a couple of more quick questions. 1) will I need to glue the tongue/groove as well? (with a different type of adhesive obviously) 2) Is the…
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Question on Molding
Q: I’m having laminate installed in my kitchen. Since there are several different transition areas, I want to order the transitional 4-in-one molding that…
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Cleaning a Mullican Hardwood Floor
Q: I am presently installing Mullican wood flooring throughout my house. It has a 25 year warranty and says it has an Aluminum Oxide finish. I am not…
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Holidays and Floors
As a bit of a tribute to Thanksgiving, I wanted to put out some advice to anyone trying to get their new floor in by the holidays. For the flooring…
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Thanksgiving Holiday
Happy Thanksgiving. I will take a couple days off Blogging to enjoy turkey!
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Snapping, Popping, Creaking Floor
Q: I had an Alloc floating floor installed and it started popping and creaking immediately. A floor inspector came out and found nothing wrong with the…
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Ming Dynasty
The Ming Dynasty line of bamboo has always been about high end fashion and design. The design inspiration seems like it mirrors the cutting edge in…
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Stair Nosing Installation Question
Q: We recently ordered an engineered hardwood floor (Appalachian) for our kitchen, living room, and hallway. Most of the installation should be…
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Envirochoice Cork
A quick overstock of cork has become your opportunity to invest in top quality cork flooring at great savings for you. This overstocked cork is just…
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Laminate Underlayment Question
Q: I have installed several Pergo floors in the past using Pergo’s SilentStep. I really liked the quietness of the floors with this underlayment. How does…
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Bourbon Angelim Stained
5″ Angelim Stained – Bourbon Westhollow® Wood Exotic Solid Hardwood If you are looking for a spectacular wide planked floor take a peek at the Angelim…