Floors

Painting over adhesive vinyl tiles is an inexpensive and fun way to put off a major remodeling job while flexing your creative muscle. It's not a long-term solution for a main room with a lot of...

Hardwood floors can last a lifetime or more, but only if they're properly glazed with protective gloss. This repels moisture and dirt and adds some durability to the wood itself against damage...

The wood floors in your home endure a lot of wear and tear through the years. After a while, wood floors will begin to look dull and scuffed. Refinishing floors with a hand sander is a process...

Hardwood floors inevitably get scuffed and dulled over time, especially in highly trafficked areas. For those looking to regain the original slick finish of their hardwood floors or others who...

Hardwood floors are sometimes painted to disguise discoloration, or they may be painted to match home decor. You can remove the paint from a hardwood floor by sanding away the paint and the top...

Cork tiles are available in both finished and unfinished varieties. Finished cork tiles have already been sealed and do not require any additional steps to protect the floor after installation....

Few things restore the luster to a room than a fresh coat of paint and a newly refinishing floor. Working with powerful sanders often intimidates people out of attempting a floor refinishing job...

Hardwood floors add an attractive, open feel to individual rooms and homes; they are one of the biggest selling points for houses on the market today. If you own oak floors but want to freshen or...

Slate tile is tough enough that you can forego the usual underlayment of cement board and lay it directly on your wood subfloor--with a few caveats. The tile has to be at least 1/2 inch thick (3/4...

A wood floor can bring out the beauty of a room in a way other floors never could, but over time, thanks to foot traffic, wood floors can lose their luster and get scuffed and scratched....

Every hardwood floor will reach a point in its lifespan when the lacquer coating that protects it wears through and the floor begins to be damaged from use. When this occurs, it's time to strip...

There's always some debate about whether you should paint a nice plank floor (wood-loving purists cringe), but the decision to paint a plywood floor is easy. Plywood is ugly, and the more you...

Redoing the floors in a home can be an extremely expensive endeavor. In some homes, the cost of replacing the floors with natural stone is not always recompensed upon sale. One way to get floors...

Right about now you are saying to yourself, "Why in the world would I want to make my new floors look like old floors?" Well, let me tell you, people pay a lot of money to get aged...

Want to make your hardwood floors look like new, but don't want to pay a crew $50 per hour or more? Refinishing hardwoods is not as hard as you might think. In fact, a novice can refinish an...

Hardwood floors can add great value to your home. Getting them there can be quite a chore if the flooring is damaged or there is a substance such as capet adhesive on the floor.

Over time your oak wood floor can loose its luster. Wood floors need to be refinished once the polyurethane starts to wear thin and the oak becomes exposed. Refinishing your oak floors will...

To prepare for refinishing a hardwood floor, first gather all the necessary tools. You'll need a belt sander, edging sander, hand sander, sandpaper (in at least three different grades for each...

Many homeowners enjoy the look and relative low maintenance of a beautiful parquet floor. One thing they do not look forward to is the process of refinishing these floors. With adequate tools,...

Staining a wood floor is an easy project that can save alot of money when done yourself. Here is how.

Polyurethane is the preferred coating for new or refinished hardwood floors because of its ease of application and durability. It's available in oil- or water-based formulas. The cost for both is...

Wood is porous, which means that it can absorb moisture. When wood absorbs moisture, it becomes damaged. Moisture damage can cause visual flaws, warping and rot. A polyurethane coating is a...

Polyurethane is a liquid resin made from plastic, developed in the 1950s. Coating your hardwood floors with polyurethane will provide a durable finish that is easy to clean, and gives your floors...

Hardwood floors last a long time and hold up well, but a time will come when they must be refinished. Whether you have them done professionally or do it yourself, you need to know methods of...

Carpets and cats don’t go very well together if one of your cats is a “pee-body.” My two have a habit of peeing in the wrong places, especially during times in my life when I have been too busy to...

Polyurethane has come a long way from the first wooden floor that was sealed with it. Plastics in general have improved and so have the properties of polyurethane. If you cover your wooden floor...

Sometimes you have hardwood floors that aren't in that bad of condition where you have to rent a floor sander to completely strip them to bare wood, as in this case. After we pulled up the carpet...

Wood flooring is a great asset to any home. It is durable, easy to clean and easy to decorate around. Wood flooring does wear though, and will need to be refinished at one point or another....

Staining your hardwood floor will bring out it's beauty and character, giving it a rich mellow look that is always in style, no matter what style of decor you choose. If you follow these...

Beautiful hardwood floors are a precious commodity to many homeowners and quite sought after by the potential home buyer. Over time, hardwood floors can wear or be covered over with carpet or...

Too often, subfloors get ignored in the decorating process. If you don't have the money to install new carpets, or the inclination to lay wood flooring, painting a subfloor can be an inventive and...

Subfloors present a blank canvas that too many of people do not take advantage of. If you want the look of stained wood and the ease of paint, or you want to stain your subfloor to look like a...

Many people have carpeting or flooring down that they don't care for, but are unable to change. The answer to this dilemma is to finish the subfloor. It's a simple and inexpensive solution that...