Archive Flooring
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
We are still rocking and rolling on the road. We have now been to Dallas, Chicago, Atlanta and Orlando in the last 2 days. Still going.
Archive Floor du Jour
The flooring library
Page 49 of 65 — reporting, guides, and hard-won buying intelligence.
Start here
The latest from this collection
Clear reporting and practical guidance for the decisions beneath your feet.
Archive Keep reading
More from the collection
-
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…
- Flooring
Buckling Laminate Flooring – Beware of Seconds
Q: Mr. Simonson – I recently read an article on your Web site concerning a company called Floors Today (…
- Flooring
Mixing Wood Species To Make a Custom Floor
Q: Is it possible to mix and match different wood species for a custom floor and if so can you recommend which different species that would be compatible…
- Flooring
Moving Flooring show – iFLOOR is on the roll
Well we have a store tour in full force. I’ve met a number of incredible people who are sharing the passion about flooring around the nation. So far we…
-
Alloc vs Quick Step
Q: I am in the market for a high quality laminate – I will be laying the laminate in throughout my home, including the kitchen, excluding the bathrooms…
-
Saso Quick Click Longstrip
Q: I am looking at the Saso quick click longstrip in the walnut natural 2-strip and I could not find any information on the internet. Is this a new…
- Flooring
No Comment
Since the high amount of SPAM we have to clean each day from the BLOG – around 200 a day and growing, I decided to remove the comment button. Of course…
- Flooring
Ceramic Tile – The flooring that is perfect for bathrooms and laundry rooms
Ceramic tile is a great product because it is so strong against water. It also has beautiful looks and textures and other fashion elements which makes it…
- Flooring
Vinyl Tile over Linoleum
Q: I have Linolium in my laundry room & want to change it ti vinyl tiles. Would I be able to apply the tiles over the linolium if its without cracks or…
-
Expansion Gap for Bamboo Flooring
Q: I am installing solid bamboo flooring in a doublewide and the manufacturer suggests 5/8 in expansion gap. This is probably worst case, we live in…
- Flooring
Hitting the Friendly Skies Again – Steve ’em and Leave ’em.
Well it’s time to take the flooring show on the road again. This time a group of us are going to goto a bunch of cities to see some of the people who…
- Flooring
Be prepared to be shocked!!!!
If you love exotic hardwood get ready for a shock: Especially Brazilian cherry, tigerwood (aka Koa), walnut, angelim, amendiom, brazilian hickory…
-
Laminate Advice
Today’s post comes from iFLOOR.com’s CEO, Steve. Steve gave a bit of advice from his own experience to a customer who wrote in, and I felt it would be…
- Flooring
Repairing Scratches on Laminate Floors
Q: I have in my living room Westhollow Laminate Beveled Impressions 4 pad (Suwanee Oak). My wife dragged the coffee table on the floor and it has a long…
-
Using Cork for Sound Dampening on a Wall
Q: I want to install cork on the wall behind washer and dryer for sound damping (and looks). Which type of tile would be best for this? A: First I would…
- Flooring
Removing Quick Step Flooring
Q: I took down a few walls and now have to add uniclic/quickstep flooring where the wall used to exist. To do this I need to remove some of the existing…
- Flooring
Will cork underlayment void my flooring warranty?
A very insightful customer was discussing their flooring project with me the other day and I recommended cork underlayment for her flooring to help…
-
Wood as a Border Around Travertine Tiles
Q: How would I use wood as a border around travertine tiles? I would like the wood to border each individual tile. Gail Before getting into an explanation…
- Flooring
Moisture Matters – A quarter a day keep the flooring doctor away.
I don’t have enough time to go into the detailed reasons why moisture is so critical when you think about flooring, but I wanted to give a quick note…