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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Karndean over underlay
I'm laying Karndean Korlok planks. I've taken out the engineered wood floor I'm replacing. I have a Tredaire underlay below over the concrete, that for acoustic insulation. It's 6mm thick rubber. Do I ...
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Help! Large gaping on newly installed solid bamboo floors
Im in a dilemma with flooring.
We had our old laminate flooring removed and replaced with solid strand woven click lock bamboo. We used what we though was a reputable company, they had insurance, ...
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Hardwood loose, has gap over radiant floor
Just bought a new place with white oak hardwood and radiant heating.
The hardwood is 3/4" (verified). Floor has developed gaps in certain areas. One area in particular is loose when I walk on it, so ...
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How should I prepare a solid wood subfloor for hardwood and ceramic tile flooring?
I have a post and beam flooring structure in my 45-year-old home. The subfloor is 2 x 8 tongue and groove installed green. In my remodel, I plan to install 3/4" hardwood flooring over part of my ...
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1ft cantilever with uneven floor joist
My little powder room has been such a headache, hoping someone here can shed some lights. Little background of the house, built in 1909 on post and beam foundation with perimeter of the house sits ...
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Has anyone painted a basement floor with an epoxy during winter with success?
I am getting ready to beane doo some black mastic off my floors. Next I plan on filling any holes (patching), after patching and muriatic acid, epoxy will come next. I have never used an epoxy paint ...
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Can 23/32 advancetech subflooring be installed over 3/4 wood plank subfloor?
We are working on laying vinyl plank flooring. After getting the carpet up, we found that the subfloor was particle board with glue stuck all over it, so we decided to rip it up and go with 23/32 ...
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How long should I let a concrete repair dry before laying carpet?
I recently had to repair a very small area (roughly a 2 ft wide x 1 ft rectangle) of my basement concrete floor after a water pipe repair. This area will have carpet installed over the concrete. The ...
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Hardwood Flush mount registers and air flow reduction -how can you build large air returns that won't collapse and won't reduce the air flow?
My hardwood floor will be removed and new engineered wood will be installed.
I have 4×10 registers that are regular registers and you can either buy them or build them yourself, so those are not a ...
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Is installing laminate over parquet safe moisture trapping wise? It is old parquet no barrier underneath, straight on the concrete
So I am reading this article which sounds like a relief to me. It says that you can safely install laminate flooring over parquet as long as it is flat and without defects.
In my case it is a basement ...
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Replacing "bubbling" hardwood floor with carpet
My house has solid stone walls and it's in a humid climate (Wales, UK). When I moved in the ground floor living room floor was floating hardwood on top of a layer of fibreboard on top of a concrete ...
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Black grout leaves porcelain tile pockmarked
I am applying Prism Charcoal color grout to this exact brand of small hexagonal porcelain tile and there is a very noticeable collection of black dots on all tiles (see below) after wiping. Nothing ...
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acclimating new hardwood, southwestern Ontario, during the winter
first time question in this forum.
I am expecting delivery of new hickory hardwood flooring in the next few weeks. I've been doing a lot of reading about acclimation. General guidelines specify ...
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Stone tile flooring with acoustic sound reduction requirement in condo
We just closed on a new condo and want to replace some of the old carpet with stone tiles. However, the HOA has a sound reduction requirement where the floors must pass acoustic testing with 55 IIC or ...
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Thermal expansion nee contraction: installing subfloor in unfinished attic
I am working in an unfinished attic where the temperature exceeds 100F in Summer (now), and that will be stabilized to more normal temperatures once finished.
I need to install the subfloor to be able ...
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Drying concrete subfloor after water damage before installing laminate
We had a recent water leak that caused water to seep under our laminate floor. I pulled all the flooring up and removed the moisture barrier to reveal our concrete subfloor, which was moist.
It was a ...
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How would I deal with installing Pergo without baseboard molding in one area?
One of the sections of my floor runs alongside a stair railing and then a small raised tile area that used to be where my former wood stove sat. All told, this is about 15 feet long and then a 90 ...
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Subfloor leveling
I have a ~200sq ft room that I would like to install vinyl plank flooring in. The concrete subfloor is not flat. The concrete generally slopes from North to South and from East to West. I believe this ...
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How can I make textured tiles pick up less dirt
After having them installed, I realized that the textured tiles that I chose pick up dirt off of shoes extremely easily. The dirt can be cleaned off with water and a little effort, but in order for ...
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How to fill an air gap under vinyl flooring?
I installed vinyl plank flooring, and a hump in the concrete caused an air gap underneath the planks near it.
How can I fill that void/gap without tearing out the whole floor?
Is there some kind of ...
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Old adhesive over concrete
Pulling up old laminate flooring from concrete slab home. No underlayment, just old adhesive. Do I have to remove all adhesive with a solvent or can I just lay the underlayment and place new pergo on ...
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Vinyl Planks "click" when tapping on joint directly
I am in the process of putting Golden Arowana vinyl plank flooring in my basement. I went around the room and the floor seemed to be level (or within tolerance of 3/16"). I am using an ...
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Do I need to let my basement subfloor breathe?
I live in a mostly cold environment and I’m planning to finish my basement floor with standard interlocking foam tiles (with a slight rigid texture) for underlayment (soft/insulated) topped with roll-...
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How to level a sloping concrete slab with a 2” difference?
I know this sounds bad and I need to give some backstory to not sound off the alarms... I’m going to give the main question first and then backstory below so you know I’m not crazy.
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We have ...
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engineered or solid wood flooring over plywood subfloor
I wonder if anyone can help! I live in a first floor flat in an old listed building and have recently had 18mm ply laid over my whole floor, over the old floorboards, this was needed in order to level ...
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laying plywood flooring over potential asbestos floor tiles
I have removed old carpet in the main bedroom which has exposed potential asbestos containing floor tiles (this is not confirmed but the look of them and age of the house is a strong give away that ...
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Preparing concrete slab for porcelain tile after removing vinyl tiles and mastic
My bathroom has VAT (vinyl asbestos tile) and I have taken to removing it by steaming the tiles and peeling them up slowly. For the black mastic underneath I am using BlueBear 500MR which is just a ...
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Suggested underlayment or subfloor for modern plank flooring?
It seems laminate plank or vinyl plank flooring is becoming overly popular. Ranging from $1.50 a square foot up to over $6 a square foot it sure is a wide range. I'm seeing the higher end floors come ...
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Can I tile over white paint?
Through out the house there is this white substance on the concrete that looks similar to white paint. There use to be carpet with the first owner of the house hence the brown glue, and then there was ...
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Vinyl plank flooring
How is a mechanical click and lock waterproof but the adhesive-to-adhesive style is water resistant. Chemical seems more resilient than mechanical, esp. with MDF.
I put the adhesive-to-adhesive style ...
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Underlayment (vapor, moisture and sound abatement) under marble tile floors
Do you use an underlayment (vapor, moisture and sound abatement) on top of concrete subfloors and under marble tile flooring? Ultimately the marble will not be installed using traditional mudding ...
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Level a concrete pour 11' x 14'
How best to level a concrete pour enough to finish with engineered floor planks. The new pour adjoins an existing pour on two sides and is 1/2" to 1 1/2" out of level in places.
The highest ...
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Can I install plywood over a concrete slab to raise the subfloor height?
We bought a house recently. The living room has a slab concrete and tile above it. The kitchen, dining and hallways are above the basement with plywood then hardwood (ugly) then vinyl at the top.
We ...
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Squeaky subfloor
Does anyone have any other tips and tricks to stop subfloor under carpet on second floor from sqeaking? There is no access to joists from below due to drywall ceiling.
I've seen some special ...
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Finishing old pine floors in a bathroom?
So my dad and I have this house built in 1880. Floors are 1" pine tongue and groove with no subfloor. My dad really wants to finish the pine floor in the bathroom, and while I'm not convinced this is ...
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How to/do I need to remove adhesive from old tiles before placing new?
Updating the flooring in a small bathroom with "luxury" peel and stick vinyl flooring. After starting to remove the old vinyl tile flooring, there is an INCREDIBLY sticky later of glue left behind (...
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Must remove old adhesive before installing new peel and stick vinyl?
Advice needed! There are three layers of flooring currently in our kitchen :
1) original linoleum
2) 20 year old vinyl tile (something like peel and stick)
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Why does my cork subfloor test positive for formaldehyde?
This week I have been having engineered wood flooring installed, with a 1/2 in. cork subfloor installed to help reduce sound transmission between upstairs and downstairs.
I bought a tester off of ...
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Flooring Repairs
I have a master bedroom that was created out of two smaller rooms. The middle wall is gone so now there is a gap where the two hardwood floors end. My question is how would I fill this gap between the ...
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How can I level a concrete floor in a basement room?
I have a room in the basement with a concrete floor that slopes 2" over 11 feet. It's finished in that it has drywall, but there is no flooring yet. I need to raise the floor to be level. The room ...
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Retain rim around floor when drywalling? If not how to fill/insulate. . .
Remodeling a vintage two-flat, tore down lath and plaster, now approaching drywall phase.
The exterior walls have a wooden rim around perimeter of the floor--what was this for? I suppose it just set ...
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vinyl planks - minor edge visibility
So my flooring is luxury planks, tongue and groove. Every so often I come to a plank which is very difficult to get to sit up against the next one perfectly, so that no seam is visible. I've tried ...
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How can I put the shine back on my wood floor - just one spot.
I used a Mr.Clean Scrubber on my wood floor to remove a black heel mark. It took the shine off the floor. It is a small spot and I would like to somehow put something on it to mask the dullness. ...
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Install a gas stove over vinyl flooring?
I just installed vinyl flooring over an old plywood subfloor. It used to be covered with very old linoleum. Now I'm installing a new gas range.
The stove manual says the floor needs to withstand 167-...
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is cork underlayment on a concrete basement floor a workable proposition?
Next up in my basement finish process are the floors. We've decided to go with vinyl for the bathroom (and under-stairs closet), and carpet everywhere else.
I'm planning on putting in a 6mil plastic ...
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Can I apply polyurethane to new engineered hardwood floors?
I just laid new engineered Maple 5/8in hardwood floors. They have a dull look.
Can I polyurethane them?
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Fixing floor border in the gap between hardwood floor panel and tiles
We have recently ripped out old carpets and replaced them with wooden floor panels. In some places there is a gap between the wooden floor panels and tiles ( in the chimney).... How do I fix floor ...
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Is 1/2" OSB over old hardwood flooring a good base for 1/2" engineered solid bamboo?
I have a house built in the 40's the hardwood is disgusting. We like a more contemporary/modern look. So we bought a 5 1/4" wide solid bamboo stranded. I don't want to pull up all of the old flooring ...
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Replacing new tile incorrectly laid
My installer is having to go behind himself and relay the porcelain tiles in my kitchen and dining room. He used Ditra and says that he can reuse what's down there.
Some places have been torn thru ...
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Waterproofing sub & top floor for balcony
I have a 27 X 10 feet open balcony.
I replaced the Plywood floor it had with 3/4 Plywood which I used as sub floor and covered it with different lengths (from 12 in to 32 in) of 2 by 4 studs.
I ...
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