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Hardwood Floor Removal and Installation
Q: After pulling up the carpeting in my living room, I found red oak hardwood floors. However, they’re 40 years old, and in poor condition due to water…
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Cork Flooring Sheets in a Sail Boat
As a special treat after coming back from his vacation, iFLOOR.com’s CEO, Steve Simonson, forwarded this great email to me to post in our blog as a post…
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Nice Application for flooring and education
I was impressed when I first saw this application that was made by Easy2 for us at iFLOOR (using Westhollow brand) to learn about laminate flooring. I…
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Fish Tank on Laminate Floor
Q: We just installed Pergo laminate flooring in our dining area – it looks great!! My question is – we have a 55 gallon aquarium that weighs roughly 650…
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I’m back –
Ok – after my longest time away I am back. I was going to post some of the pictures and so forth from my trip to Alaska – but I figured it was not really…
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Basement Floors and Flooding Issues
Q: We have installed carpet in our basement and had flood so we remove the carpet and needs to install the new flooring, but not carpet and ceramic tile…
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Bamboo Flooring Over Tile
Q: When installing floating Bamboo flooring over uneven concrete (Old tile mortar and slightly uneven) What would be the best material to use underneath…
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Wood Flooring with Tile Insets
Q: I am trying to find where I can purchase wood flooring with insets of tile. A friend’s home at Marriott’s resort in Hemet, CA has this in her hallway…
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Installing Hardwood on Stairs
Q: Hello. I am ordering hardwood from iFloor that I intend to install myself, as I have some hardwood flooring experience. To obtain a finished look in…
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Removing Thinset
Q: What is the best way to remove the thinset? T&B Flemming A: There are several methods to removing thinset. You can use a grinder to grind the thinset…
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Floating Floors and Carpet
Q: Can you put a laminate floor over carpet? Abohanna A: This is a pretty common question. The answer is “no,” but lets get into a deeper explanation of…
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Screening/Re-screening Floors
Q: What is meant when someone says “re-screen a floor?” A: This goes back somewhat to our question from Lucy about her cork flooring. Re-screening a floor…
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I am off to a cruise…
Well I will be gone for about a week on a cruise. I may log in from time to time, but I wanted to just let everyone know that I would be less likely to…
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Crawlspaces and Wood Floors
Q: We are planning on a new solid hardwood floor. In order to eliminate a height difference between rooms the new hardwood will be installed over a new…
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Cork Flooring and Adding Additional Finish
Q: We have installed Westhollow cork floor in the kitchen(Monticello) and would like to add a top coat to help seal the seams and for make it more…
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Welcome to Dalton, Georgia – Carpet & Flooring Capital of the World.
Well I was really hard pressed for time in Dalton, GA – Flooring Capital of the World, but I snapped a few photos. To add a little backdrop. Dalton is a…
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Bookcases and Laminate Floors
Q: I am doing a 16×16 foot room with laminate. I will be putting floor-to-ceiling bookcases on 3 of the 4 walls, and an entertainment center on the 4th…
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Concrete Floors
If you have concrete floors as your subfloor then you have a more limited set of options for your flooring…or do you? Yes at the end of the day the…