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It does look like linoleum.
You could use a power scraper. They can usually be rented.
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Unless you have your heart set on using the wood floor under the old sheet goods I would cover it. As you suggest it may contain asbestos. I would use floor leveling compound, available at home centers to fill in the low spots where the old surface was removed. Then you can cover the entire floor with what ever material is suitable underlayment for your ...
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What is involved in ripping out carpets and put in fake wood floors for an apartment floor overhaul?
Ripping out the old carpets.
Very easy, just cut and pull. 45 min tops by yourself. 20 mins with a helper.
Prepping the floor.
Likely to be a real pain. Every home I've ever seen built has the wall texture and then the paint applied with nothing covering the floor. As soon as you pull the carpet up the floor will have multiple layers of this stuff on ...
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What is involved in ripping out carpets and put in fake wood floors for an apartment floor overhaul?
You can by cheapo vinyl planks for $1 a sq/ft - install can be yourself or prices vary greatly. You can get cheapo carpet for about the same plus $100 for install. Will you be happy with cheapo tiles (I am talking super cheap)? Will your landlord be happy with the cheapo carpet (probably not)?
Also if the carpet and padding are in good shape you could ...
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What is involved in ripping out carpets and put in fake wood floors for an apartment floor overhaul?
There's no way we can offer you prices as they vary wildly based on particular products, stores, and region you live in.
We also can't say what your landlord would or would not be willing to do. You'd have to ask them.
As for ripping out carpet, that requires some gloves and a bit of muscle--not that hard.
Installing flooring (be it vinyl tiles or ...
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I have done 2 hardwood floors using Dricore. We called Dricore and they walked us through what we needed to do. We had to secure the dricore with Tapcon screws.
Neither of these installed was a basement. Not sure if I would go this way in a basement unless I was very sure that there was no possible moisture issues.
Also I heavily suggest doing one of ...
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An architect friend in Mexico City had put wood floors over concrete but he put wood spacers to separate the two. It worked quite well for him, as he did almost his entire first floor with them.
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Chris is right but not all floors will offer this. Sometimes you have to buy something close enough and stain it to match.
Also install your transition areas first including this. I have tried to retrofit almost all of my transitions to my already installed floor and it is much harder.
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The top step is not a tread. It's flooring. You buy the stair nose as part of your flooring purchase, not the stairway build. Most manufacturers of hardwood will provide a matching stair nose, but you may have to order it.
Note that the stair nose is a groove. You can also purchase a double-tongue that will slip in that groove converting it to a ...
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I had a similar problem in a home I used to own - we pulled up the carpets and found that there were spots where the floor was black underneath.
We sanded the floors to remove the varnish, and then used bleach to fix the discoloration in the hardwood floor. It turned out really well.
Here are more detailed instructions: ...
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Trowelable wood filler. DuraSeal (among others) makes a "loose" filler that is almost pourable. You can use a floor squeegee or a grout float for more control. You normally dump it in a puddle and move it around, sanding it smooth just before sealing the floor.
Since your floors are finished, you could use a grout bag and carefully fill each gap.
It comes ...
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If your floors are "set" meaning that the gaps are consistent through out the year I would advise the following.
the best thing you can do is add wood strips to your floor. So you would cut out parts of the existing planks with a circular saw (set to the depth of the wood so you dont cut other things) and notch out a few planks - dremel might help here ...
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I installed a room floor of hardwood flooring after keeping the boxes of the wood laid out in the same room for a period of about a month. The installation was in the autumn timeframe. That gave the flooring to adjust to the conditions of the environment. After a full cycle of winter summer winter and now back to spring the floor is doing great.
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There isn't a right time. In the summer the wood will expand and in the winter it will shrink.
The biggest question is whether there are large temperature changes where the wood will be installed. If the house is always conditioned then just make sure it is in those conditions or warmer when installing the wood.
My personal opinion is that I would make ...
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