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  • How to Figure the Cost of Installing Carpet

    New carpet can be an expensive investment, and it can be difficult to figure the total cost of installing carpet. With careful evaluation, you can figure the cost of carpet installation without...

  • How to Seal a Laminate Floor

    Laminate flooring is a popular and stylish choice for do-it-yourself homeowners, and many of the new styles and brands are warranted for installation in rooms with water, such as kitchens, baths...

  • How to Tell If Carpet Is Installed Well

    New carpet can be a costly investment, and one that should give you years of enjoyment. Since most people don't purchase carpeting on a regular basis, it can be difficult to discern whether the...

  • How to Regrout a Ceramic Tile Floor

    Nothing short of a full rip-out and replacement will offer a more dramatic transformation of your ceramic floor than regrouting. Grout is the mortar that sits in the lines between the tiles,...

  • How to Glue Engineered Wood Floor

    Engineered wood flooring is a pre-finished hardwood veneer on top of particle board or some other wood structure, with tongue-and-groove connections on the sides. It tends to be thinner and...

  • How to Size Hardwood Flooring

    Installing a hardwood wood isn't as simple as laying a course at one side of the room and working your way across. First of all, you need to leave an ``expansion gap'' all around the edge of the...

  • How to Repair a Urethane Hardwood Floor

    Hardwood floors are generally stained to bring out the natural grain of the wood, then glossed with urethane (also called polyurethane) gloss, a shiny, glasslike shell that gives it a finished...

  • How to Remove Linoleum Glue Stains From Floor

    Removing linoleum glue stains from flooring can be a tricky task. Linoleum is made from renewable materials like linseed oil, pine rosin and cork dust, and is a very durable flooring. To secure...

  • The Best Type of Carpet for High Traffic Areas

    High traffic carpeted areas, such as those in rental properties, need a sturdy and long-lasting carpet. Depending on the appearance and quality you desire, there are several carpet options available.

  • How to Finish a Mesquite Floor

    Adding finish to your hardwood floor preserves its functionality and provides an aesthetically beautiful gloss. There are several types of finishes, including sealants and stains. Only sealants...

  • What Direction to Lay Wood Floor

    Laminate flooring is a beautiful alternative to real hardwood floors. This is a floating floor system and installs by snapping the planks together. There is no need for glue or nails. Careful...

  • How to Lay Pergo Laminate Flooring

    Pergo was first introduced to the United States back in 1977. Since then, the brand has become one of the most popular laminate flooring choices. It's easy to see why--Pergo is relatively...

  • How to Grind a Garage Floor

    Concrete garage floors offer simple and resilient surfaces for parking automobiles and installing work spaces and appliances. Finished concrete, though, may be too rough and uneven for applying...

  • How to Lay Stick Down Vinyl Tiles on Concrete Floors

    Ceramic tile is a commonly used flooring material in homes today; however, the installation is often a costly and time consuming process. Vinyl tiles have grown to be an effective alternative to...

  • How to Choose Underlay

    Choosing the right laminate flooring underlayment is just as important as choosing your laminate flooring. Using the wrong underlayment can result in costly damage to your floor. There are several...

  • Is Laminate Flooring As Good As Hardwood?

    Hardwood floors have been a staple in homes for many years, but laminate floors have recently become a popular alternative. While many older homes still feature hardwood floors, laminate floors...

  • How to Maintain Slate Floors

    Natural slate floors are strong and durable, offering an attractive surface for most rooms. The non-porous nature of the slate makes the material highly stain resistant meaning that the...

  • How to Easily Install Laminate Flooring

    Considering installing laminate wood flooring in your home? Seems like a daunting task to those who are new to laminate flooring. But with some good advice, tips, and tricks from an experienced...

  • Do You Use Underlayment When You Lay Vinyl?

    Vinyl is a relatively easy flooring material to install, as it can be installed over any clean, dry surface (see Reference 1). However, there are instances when you may want to use underlayment to...

  • How to Install Metal Pieces Between Carpet & Linoleum

    If you're at the end of your first flooring project, you may be at a loss when it comes to finishing the doorways and other trim areas. Typically, you encounter the area where carpet meets...

  • How to Lay Carpet Tack Strips

    Carpet tack strips, which are composed of wood and a set of tacks that look much like teeth, hold a stretched carpet in place. Tack strips are used to hold only the carpet in place--not the carpet...

  • How to Align a Hardwood Floor With a Ceramic Floor

    Many homes have multiple floor types installed, changing as you move throughout the home from room to room. Where surfaces meet there is a need to align the floor surfaces to prevent a broken look...

  • How to Install Laminate Flooring Transitions on Concrete

    This is the process for installing a T-mold transition between the laminate floor and ceramic tile on concrete.

  • How to Attach Floor Joists to a Concrete Block House

    Floor joists are structural members used to support floors in the majority of homes built today. For homes built with concrete block, wood floor joists are almost always used to support main and...

  • How to Remove Felt-Backed Linoleum

    Felt-backed linoleum has a thin layer of felt on the underside that creates a cushion, eliminating the need for padding. While this makes installation easier, removing extra steps of laying pads...

  • How to Get Off Sealer Prior to Staining Concrete

    Staining concrete is an easy and effective way to create an attractive, distinctive look for a patio, walkway, basement or bathroom. However, the job becomes more challenging if the surface to be...

  • How to Glue a Carpet Pad

    Carpet pads are installed underneath carpets to provide a cushioned feel to the floor. In addition, they provide an extra layer of insulation in the floor, which makes them floors warmer in the...

  • How to Restore Hardwood Floors With Water Based Poly

    Poly, or polyurethane gloss, is the preferred covering for hardwood floors today, because it's more durable and easier to work with then shellac, varnish and other options. The floor should be...

  • Ideas for Distressing a Wood Floor

  • How to Select Hardwood Floors

    Hardwood floors have been gracing our homes for several hundred years, and for good reason. Hardwood flooring is durable, affordable, and universally appealing. There are several options to...

  • How to Remove Carpet Tack Strip Nails

    If you're removing old carpet to expose and restore a covered hardwood floor, you may be stymied when it comes to removing the tack strips nails that hold the carpet in place around the perimeter...

  • Is OSB Good for Laminate Floor Underlayment?

    OSB (oriented strand board) is made by compressing and gluing wood chips into 4-by-8 sheets of wall, roof and floor sheathing. It is extremely durable as long as it remains dry. Mostly, it is...

  • How to Cut Carpet Tiles

    Carpet tiles are an excellent do-it-yourself project and are perfect for rejuvenating a small area such as a bathroom, utility room or foyer. If you're installing carpet tiles in your home, you...

  • How to Join Glued Laminate Flooring with No-Glue Laminate Flooring

    When you're installing glued laminate flooring that will join to no-glue laminate, it is crucial that you meet the two floors properly. Two flooring materials that are not joined correctly can...

  • How to Cut a Roll of Carpet

    Purchasing carpet by the roll can mean a large savings, especially if you have a large area to cover and plan to buy directly from the mill. The biggest problem a homeowner encounters with this...

  • Is it Possible to Install a Hardwood Floor in an Uneven Basement?

    It is quite possible to install hardwood flooring in an uneven basement. In order to install hardwood floors under these conditions, you will need to make adjustments to the existing floor, such...

  • How to Remove Acid Stain From Concrete

    Acid staining is an effective way to decorate and create faux finishes on concrete surfaces, however over time acid-stained concrete can become faded or seem outdated. Acid staining involves...

  • How to Repair Scratches in an Engineered Hardwood Floor

    Engineered hardwood floors are usually composed of a wood veneer or laminate over a base of plywood or hardwood. This means that scratches generally can't be sanded out as you might do on a solid...

  • How to Patch Holes in Hardwood Floors

    With damaged hardwood floors, as with any other kind of damaged building material, the best patches are made from the material itself. Wood putty is made from sawdust and adhesives that go on as a...

  • Should I Paint My Basement Floor?

    Because a basement is below grade and can get wet from time to time, your options as to the type of flooring you can use are limited. If you just want to cover an ugly gray cement floor quickly...

  • How to Install Laminate Floor Over Carpet Foam

    Carpet foam can be a difficult material to remove from a floor's surface, requiring the pulling of hundreds of tacks or the tearing away of the foam as well as hard- to-remove adhesive....

  • How to Remove White-Washed Paint Deep in the Grooves of Wood Floors

    It is not uncommon when white washing our home's interior walls to accidentally spill paint onto the wood floor. Sometimes you do not even see the paint on the floor until it has dried. Paint is...

  • Laminate Flooring Buyers Guide

    In recent years, laminate flooring has become popular with homeowners who prefer doing remodeling and redecorating projects themselves. Laminate floors feature a wide variety of finishes from wood...

  • How to Select Diamond Grinding Discs for Floor Grinding

    Using diamond grinding discs to grind floor is fast, low-noise and low cost. However, if you do not select a suitable disc, you can not achieve your goal. This article gives you the guide.

  • How to Clean Up a Deteriorated Carpet Pad

    Whether you're replacing your carpeting or removing it to restore a hidden hardwood floor, a common obstacle in carpet removal is deteriorated carpet padding beneath the carpet itself. Designed to...

  • How to Compare Quality of Laminate Flooring

    Laminate flooring is a popular choice in today's homes, as it is durable and easy to care for. If you're considering laminate, you may be overwhelmed by the wide variety of brands, styles and...

  • Can You Install Tile on Wood Underlayment?

    Wood underlayment is thin plywood placed over top of existing flooring in remodeling applications to provide a smooth surface for tile or other floor coverings. Floor underlayment is not always...

  • Is it Better to Laminate the Floor or Have Wood Floor?

    Laminate floors have become popular in recent years because they closely resemble wood floors, a classic flooring option. Though constructed from synthetic materials, laminate floors are virtually...

  • What Flooring Is as Good as Wood Laminate?

    Laminate flooring is one of the more popular options among homeowners today because of the resemblance to natural flooring made of wood or stone. Depending on a homeowner's preferences, other...

  • How to Install Carpet Transitions

    When carpet is installed, it may meet another section of flooring -- for instance, tile in your bathroom or kitchen. Different flooring types typically meet at a doorway or hallway. A carpet...

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