Questions tagged [flooring]
For questions regarding various types of floor coverings in general, including hardwood and laminate board, tile, carpet, and sheet flooring (linoleum/vinyl). For questions about the structure beneath this top layer, please see the "floor" tag.
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Concerns with newly installed floor tile
I recently got my floor redone by a contractor and have some concerns regarding the install. I had porcelain tile installed. I just want to make sure that my concerns are accurate and not me obsessing ...
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Removing Vinyl Tiles and Plywood Floor
I'm removing old vinyl tiles in what was the main dining/kitchen area:
I would like to put down laminate flooring in the dining area(something thin so the transition to the other rooms, which have ...
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How to connect a double header to uneven joist ends?
I have a cellar head which I'd like to convert into a pantry, with floorboards and a trapdoor to access the steps down (we don't often use the cellar).
Attached is a rough sketch of what I'm planning, ...
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Replacing kitchen floor on concrete slab [duplicate]
I’m in the middle of a total kitchen remodel that involves replacing a glued LVT (luxury vinyl tile) on a concrete subfloor.
I’ve received conflicting advice from a flooring sales rep, a floor ...
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Should I install our toilet on top of the subfloor or on top of the PVT?
We just bought a new home (first-time!) which had carpet in the bathroom. Our goal was to replace the carpet with COREtec LVT. Unfortunately, when we pulled up the carpet, we saw that the plywood ...
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Strategy for floating floor in a weird space?
My upstairs hallway is... Complicated. Due to the house's history, it is on two different levels, and has space carved out of it for chimney, built-in bookcases, corner of a bathtub, and a closet.
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How do I repair a damaged wood floor panel?
A section of wooden floor panel (Barlinek) has been damaged by a heavy object being dropped, creating a roughly rectangular depression with two of the sides of this depression being an actual crack in ...
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Alternatives to a different type of shower flooring?
I have this shower floor from one of my rental properties in which the previous owner put in. It's located in the basement (40"L x 46"W) and connects to an ejector pump and leads to the main ...
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Should I use an alternate glue to affix furniture pads?
My home has a tiled floor and furniture with wooden legs. I need to move chairs and small tables almost daily. Dragging the furniture creates noise and risks scratching the tiles.
I’ve tried using ...
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Glass strips on concrete floor is breaking
I have concrete floor in old home, where glass strips are used to partition the concrete floor like this Glass Strip
These strips are breaking from top and I am afraid might pinch foot some time.
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Mold Under Hardwood Flooring From Leaking Water
The water tank cracked on my toilet and it wasn't noticed for a week. There was damage to my Cherrywood flooring with cupping and black stains between boards. Have been running a heater in bathroom to ...
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How can I secure the legs of a utility sink when installing vinyl plank flooring?
I'd like to install vinyl planks in my storage/laundry room. Right now my concern is this utility sink. I've been told I need to secure the sink so it doesn't move, but I believe drilling through ...
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Best way to fix hole in engineered wood flooring
So I have some termite damage in my engineered wood flooring which resulted in a small hole. I was wondering if I could fill it up and paint over it and the best way to go about this. Replacing the ...
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How would I go about fixing this gap between the carpet and floor?
I need a few suggestions on how to fix this gap between the floor and carpet. What do y'all think?
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Subfloor warping, bad install?
I had a contractor come out 9 months ago to install vinyl plank laminate flooring throughout my home. He told me all but 2 of the rooms needed the subfloor torn up and replaced with what I believe was ...
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What is the best way to close this small gap in the tile?
I recently installed a new tub, and it's smaller than my old tub. There's now a gap between my existing tile. What is the best way to fix this and make it look nice?
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Can I install vinyl planks over drainage mats in a basement setting?
We just installed these tiles in a garage - https://www.amazon.com/Interlocking-Bathroom-Flooring-Non-Slip-Waterproof/dp/B08HNC2DGK/ref=sr_1_16?crid=LK99921LSV7Z&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9....
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Removing bitumen from reclaimed parquet blocks
We have bought a large amount of reclaimed parquet floor (200 sq m) and whilst we’ve mechanically removed the majority of bitumen from the back (the solid clumps), there remains some bitumen residue: ...
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What to do with duct in attic if I want to put in floor boards
We have big duct pipes running through the attic. We want to put flooring down but the ducts are long and thick and I don’t know if we can move than
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Moisture or heat damaged luxury vinyl planks [closed]
So yeah these cali longboards were wrapped in plastic to protect them and clearly moisture got in because half of them have like a white washed stain on them. I'm assuming they can't be fixed but was ...
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When replacing a floor, how do I ensure it doesn't creak?
I have hardwood from the 50s on most of the main level of my house. It hasn't been well taken care of (it's had carpet stapled into it at more than one point and is generally pretty badly worn and ...
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How to fix this self-levelling gone wrong
Embarrassing, yes - but I have laid a self levelling compound and it has gone wrong. The pour went very well in terms of planning and timing, resulting in a very good looking result. I used a spiked ...
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Do I need to add self leveling compound for sloping slabs before installing LVP?
I have level and flat slabs of concrete on each side of a crack, the crack runs down the center. I intend to run the planks parallel with the crack. Based on my photos, would I be able to get away ...
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How to cut floor tile for bathtub curves
What is the best method to cut the curves around the tub? We aren’t sure what tile we will use for the floor, but it will be either of these two. I’ve seen a Dremel be used but on whole tile and not ...
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Flooring transition alternative?
This one is going to be an odd question but figured I would try.
I have few different widths of hardwood in the house- just what the last owner did. I’m redoing a part of the flooring and I’m on two ...
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Tools needed to repair carpet
My wife and I run a couple of rental houses for retirement income. In one of the the houses, I need to replace two small triangle-shaped staircase landings because of dog bites. I have some spare ...
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Any wood fillers for vinyl floor joints / click-locks that have partially separated?
I would like to provide cosmetic repair on a flooring section for which occasional joints have separation - and the click-locks are visible. The goal would be to cover the joints with the minimum of ...
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BEst flooring interface
New build, kitchen floor is LVT, adjacent to prefinished hardwood hallway. What is the best way to interface the two materials, so that the surface is continuous, i.e., no thresholds, no ...
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Are these cracks signs of foundation problem? [duplicate]
we are replacing the carpet in our relatively new house (built in 2018) and found these long cracks. I’m not sure if they are signs of foundation problem but based on the old posts on Reddit, they are ...
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Is it OK to remove continuous vinyl siding when I enclose a porch and install vinyl plank flooring?
I want to install vinyl plank flooring and and make our recently enclosed porch (formerly a screened in porch) feel more like another room of the house.
The way I see it, I have two options:
Leave ...
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clear coat cement sealer for basement
We are going for an "unfinished" basement look. The picture doesn't do it justice but our cement is in really good condition even though the home is 50 yrs old. The goal is to clear ...
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What parameters on the data sheets should I be looking at for LVP given I have a flat and stable subfloor
There are so much marketing for LVP and I am just trying to figure out what parameters I should be looking at on the data sheets for a successful install.
The subfloor slab
<1mm flatness in 8'
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Can the moisture involved in installing a vinyl floor cause mold?
The back room of my house is 20 x 20 ft. It was originally a concrete patio with about 6 inches of drop from front to back. So when the original owners converted it into a room, they built a wooden ...
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Gaps between hardwood floors
I have about 800 sqft of hardwood flooring that is quite old that I want to sand down and refinish. However, I have these large gaps that go almost about 1/6 - 1/8 of an inch. After sanding this down ...
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Floating hybrid laminate floor to tile tranistion
There is already installed interlocking hybrid laminate flooring on kitchen side which is 6mm thick and 8mm thick procelain tile already glued to the laundry side of the floor. The gap between them is ...
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Dip in floor when installing new hardwood
I'm installing new hardwood in my kitchen (see image). On the right side of the image, the subfloor has a dip of about 1/8th to 1/4 inch, causing a place where there is a cavity under the floor boards....
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7 cm length vinyl around the hallway wall
I started putting vinyl flooring from room and then continued to hallway. I noticed it requires two cut pieces around hallway. One side needs 7cm width. What do I do?is it ok if I put 7cm width ...
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Tiles making popping sounds and becoming loose
I have woken up to endless popping sounds in my lounge area (upper floor of the house that was recently extended) and upon investigation, I realised that it’s my tiles making that noise. When I walk ...
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How far can double 2x8s span as girders/beams for a shed?
I'm getting ready to put up a 10x8 plastic (resin) shed, and I'm planning to use 12-inch concrete piers as the foundation.
I'd like to just do 4 piers, one at each corner, with double 2x8s spanning ...
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Parquet removal/storage/reuse [closed]
We have a parquet floor (not sure about the english name though), something like this, just less new and less nice.
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Because of the renovations I plan to remove them (in order to break the ...
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Attic storage help
Just bought this home and finally moved all objects from A to B and need more storage. I know, who would have thunk it?
https://imgur.com/a/c4nJDnF
In short, 2x6 16oc and would like to put 23/32 OSB ...
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Hardwood over black mastic
I am redoing the hardwood floors in about 700 sq ft of my house. This area sits above an unfinished basement on joists. In demoing the kitchen, we found that a small piece of tile had asbestos. I ...
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Do you really add a full 1/2" of self-leveling concrete above electrical radiant heat wires for LVF or do you use less in practice?
How much self-leveling concrete do you typically add above electrical radiant heat wires for LVF?
LVF manufacturers recommend 1/2" of concrete on top of any radiant heat. Since the wires are 1/4&...
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How can I put baseboards/skirting over wall expansion joints?
I’m assuming these are expansion joints, I’m about to put down my floors. They protrude about 1/4 inch out the wall. How can I run my baseboards evenly along these?
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Raising Concrete Floor 1 Inch for Tile
Looking to tile a basement landing as a transition from the stairs to the main room. The main room is done with DMX 1-step, 5/8 OSB and laminate flooring, so there is about 1.5" between the top ...
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OSB vs Plywood for second layer of subfloor
I am renovating the kitchen in an old (1915) house that has maple flooring under the 6 layers of luan and vinyl.The 2" wide maple boards are not very even and we want to put down vinyl planking. ...
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How can I lay Laminate floor around a cavity
the floor I’m laying on has floor cavity sockets, how can I lay laminate around this?
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Is underlayment needed between subfloor and finish plywood?
Going to install 5/8' sanded plywood over OSB subfloor. CO mountain build at 9000 ft. Enclosed crawl space under single story home. Should I put something like Quietwalk Plus underlayment down ...
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What type of wood is this? Is it worth refinishing in 1920 farmhouse?
We are working on renovations and there are two separate sections of wood (used to be two rooms until 1950~) one side clearly has stained wood that was used as a floor, the other looks either ...
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Historic Building Floor: radiant, continuous, encapsulating... but upstairs?
I am renovating an historical building c. 1930. The main floor is constructed of cement beams and structural clay tile above a full basement. There are 223 m2 /2400 ft2 per level.
I'm trying to ...
