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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Temporary bathroom flooring before full remodel
We have mold underneath the old linoleum flooring in one of our bathrooms around the toilet. The linoleum is original to the house (37 years old). At some point in the next couple of years, we'll be ...
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Vinyl floating floor help
This is odd, but needed.
My problem is floating vinyl planks was put on unlevel subfloor. Planks moved when walking.
I learned floating is suppose to move some, expand etc.
Problem is I get dizzy. ...
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How to go about re-fixing a badly done patch in the basement concrete floor?
Just got this house, and shortly after noticed a room in the basement had damp carpet. Pulled it up, sprinkler system had leaked into the room and the carpet was soaked, carpet had clearly been thrown ...
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Does LVP flooring on stairs need nailing?
I got Shaw Bowman Plus LVP installed and there are like 400 nail holes over 18 steps
Some are more like holes and some have nails protruding that actually pricks
I suspect it's just poor workmanship ...
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Optimal floor for wood workshop over subflooring/crawlspace
I'm thinking of buying an old church (2200 sq ft, built in the 60's) to convert into a woodworking shop. The building is over a crawlspace and currently has carpet which I'll definitely want to ...
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Repair for rotted flooring/subfloor
Any tips on how to repair this ? Just this section was rotted and don't have extra flooring anymore.
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Direction of vinyl plank flooring for hallway and sunlight
I’m installing vinyl plank flooring throughout a hallway and the adjoining rooms (shaded in red in the floor plan photo). The green rectangles in the floor plan are windows, with the blue arrows being ...
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How to create a nicer transition from our wood and tile
We have an old house were the previous owners installed tile in our kitchen and left the original wood floors in the dining room. He finished the tile with a tile edge trim, but the there is still a ...
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How do I deal with remaining mortar after removing tiles?
We're trying to reno our master bathroom, which includes the removal of existing ceramic floor tiles. Per a handy youtube video explaining how to remove them, I purchased a spiffy tool from Amazon ...
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OSB as primary floor: how to fix it and how to treat it
I am considering OSB3 as the primary flooring material for my project. Currently, the floor consists of ceramic tiles, so I'm contemplating the best approach for laying the OSB sheets. The sheets ...
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Fastening of 2nd layer of subfloor [duplicate]
I am installing hardwood flooring, and that hardwood will be run parallel to the joists because the joists run the long length of the room. Therefore I am adding a 2nd layer of subfloor, per the ...
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2nd subfloor layer for hardwood
I have a 3/4 inch tongue and groove plywood subfloor. I am installing hardwood flooring and the joists run the long length of the room. My hardwood manufacture guide says to run the hardwood flooring ...
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What are these carpet tiles made of?
Underneath basement carpet, I find a layer of 4-inch square carpet tiles. The underside of these tiles is black with a sandpaper texture. When removing the tiles, one finds underneath a brittle ...
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Can you identify the manufacturer of this luxury vinyl plank?
A piece of the flooring in our new home cracked and I’m having a hard time identifying exactly what brand it is in order to buy a replacement.
It is ~7 1/16” x 48” and 5mm thick with a pad. The most ...
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How to install vinyl flooring around rough edge fireplace?
I am wanting to replace my carpet with vinyl plank flooring but I have a stone fireplace that is kind of jagged stone at the bottom. I am hoping to be able to do the installation myself but don’t know ...
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Would a low-powered cordless screwdriver be enough for installing (thin) floor boards?
I own a decent, powerful corded drill, but I've always been somewhat hesitant about cordless tools due to the potential lifespan of the batteries, and maybe also the bulkiness. (Case study: for our ...
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Water stains on the carpets near the edges?
I have these water stains on my carpet near the linings of the doors and the stairs. They appeared some months ago. I haven't stayed in this house for long.
The green carpet you see is the corridor, ...
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What type and brand is this engineered flooring?
I bought a condo a couple of months ago. One of the first things I did was change out the floors in the one of the bedrooms. The closest match I could find there these hardwood floors from Lowes, but ...
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Laying Flooring Under Water Heater?
Looking to add some laminate under the laundry area of our garage, including a water heater (which is not directly on the floor, but instead on a metal table per previous owners). We're DIYing it and ...
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Should we accept? Split wood/too dark inlay in floor installation
we recently had our floors refinished/installed. In our kitchen, the old linoleum was ripped out, and we had hardwood floors installed to match the rest of the house. The house has an accent inlay in ...
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New apartment: this weird matte bathroom flooring stains constantly. What do I do? Should I cover it up or wipe it down with something specific? [closed]
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Dark matte bathroom flooring (not sure if it is tile or what).
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Need to replace first layer of subfloor for vinyl install?
We're replacing linoleum in our kitchen with vinyl. The rest of the house has hardwood floors so the kitchen has a second layer of subfloor to make it even with the wood in adjacent rooms. Somebody ...
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Replacing linoleum with vinyl
I ripped up the linoleum in the kitchen to replace with water proof vinyl sheets. Not all of the linoleum backing came up (see picture). I doubt my ability to remove all of it without damaging the ...
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Wood floor over carpet underlay
Had a contractor 3 years ago install new wood engineered floor over carpet underlayment. I was told that it was done all the time, and foolishly took him at his word.
Now, the flooring isn’t level and ...
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Replacement of part of hardwood floor
Disclaimer: I'm waiting to get a professional expertise on this topic, but I'd really like some advice/opinions before then.
To make a long story short: clean water from a dehumidifier spilled on my ...
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Replacing individual oak strips in a pre-engineered wood flooring due to water damage
My kitchen floor is Tarkett pre-engineered, pre-finished Long Strip oak (installed in 1986). It was refinished professionally in 2017. Recently it was damaged by water, resulting in multiple cupped ...
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1/4 plywood between existing floorboards and new hardwood?
I live in a 115 year old house that has existing 3/4 tongue and groove floorboards. While they seem sturdy, they are super ugly and have worn very unevenly, and unfortunately sanding won’t be a ...
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How best to remove flooring and underlayment from our tile floor
We are renovating a 1961 rural house in France. The ground floor is garage/basement, but both the first and second floors (in European terms) are a 30cm hard concrete subfloor with 10cm (4 inches) of ...
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Would anyone know of a good easy connect flooring that would work on a slope?
I'm working on replacing the flooring in a basketball arcade game but it's difficult with the way its built. Its original floor is basically a big thick tarp stretched making it slope. We tried using ...
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Smoothing out two concrete floor levels for laminate
I had an old external wall removed from between the original house and an extension built by the previous owners.
Then I had someone install a laminate floor across the area, he assured me he’d reduce ...
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Add cross-bracing, Use full OSB sheets instead of strips or both to repair Flooring?
Due to a leak from a corroded fireplace cap and other maintenance issues, the interior wall and flooring along the South side of the upper bedroom was damaged and needs to be replaced.
The exterior ...
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Attic conversion subfloor questions
I am converting my walk up attic into liveable space and would like advice on the specifics of the subfloor. The floor joists are 2x12s spaced 16" OC and currently there is 1/2" plywood ...
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When you have to call in a professional for some home improvement steps, how can you verify a good job was done? [closed]
(I know this 'Home Improvement' SE instance leans heavily towards DIY, but in some DIY projects there are steps that are "above the homeowner's pay grade," and it becomes smart to hire that ...
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What is the standard time for fans and dehumidifiers to be in a small bathroom after a flood?
We had a pipe that burst in our upstairs shower that leaked into the downstairs bathroom. We need to know what would be reasonable equipment for a 5'x7.5' bathroom and the amount of time the equipment ...
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What are squares of carpet called?
The carpeting in the hotel room is actually a set of rectangles that are glued to the floor. I would like to purchase/evaluate these carpet 'tiles' for use in a rental housing.
Does this class of ...
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LVP flooring against a wood riser for railing
I have a wood riser around my staircase leading downstairs that the railing sits on. It is not tall enough to use quarter rounds, what should my next steps be to hide the cut edge or keep them secure? ...
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Luxury Vinyl Flooring Crack
I just noticed this crack on our luxury vinyl floors. The top part of the crack has overlapped the bottom piece and it can not be pushed down to create a flat surface.
The only thing I can find online ...
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How can I prep for vinyl plank flooring over uneven concrete & linoleum floor?
I'm hoping to install vinyl plank flooring. The floor is partially bare concrete and old linoleum - it's also not level at all. Can I pour a primer and self-leveling compound over a floor that's ...
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What kind of product is on the market for flooring transitions with large height differences?
The bathroom floor of my house is more than 2 inches higher than the hallway floor to which it is adjoined.
A normal transition piece will not work.
How could I make something in the shape of a ...
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Greenish/Gray Mold on all beds and matresses [closed]
I moved to a new apartment unit in the beginning of the year and then I went away for a 2 week trip and when I came back I noticed greenish dust on the the furniture. I google it and found out that it ...
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Builder about to fit beading, is he doing it right?
My builder is about to fit beading around the edges of my wood floor, next to the Victorian bay window.
He's cut these pieces (see photos).
Should I ask him to carve into the beading to fit around the ...
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Patching Hardwood and Removing Old flooring material
Found the original hardwood floors under some old tile I was tearing up for a kitchen renovation, and wondering how best to patch and refinish them. There's construction glue they used under the ...
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Is there a way to install carpet so that you can't see the gap between stairs and skirtboard?
We just had carpet installed on our stairs. With our previous 15 year old carpet, I never noticed that there was a gap between the stairs and the skirtboard. With our new carpet the gap is apparent. ...
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How to raise my living room floor by 3 inches? Updates
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I was working on the house last year and asked about this project here previously. I never got around to tackling the living room as other rooms had priority. But now I am returning to this.
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Hardwood Floor Repair - Sag and Gaps
Just bought a new home with old - possibly original - hardwood, from '52. There's a relative bulge running down the middle of the house (or it could be sagging on either side) corresponding to the ...
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How can I fit stair treads to existing tread endcaps when replacing carpet with hardwood?
We are planning to replace carpet with wood.
The stairs are trimmed with oak ends, which hold balusters. The top of the oak part is approximately on the same level as the base under the carpet. I ...
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How to encapsulate mastic/cutback that contains asbestos on plywood subfloor?
We're doing some renovations and got to the flooring and I'm unsure how to proceed, so I'd love some input. A few things for context:
House was built in 1961
Single story
Raised foundation
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How to replace strongback across joists
I am looking to floor my attic space and as part of the process, beef up my insulation.
Since my existing joists are 2x6s that span 12’9” with 16” spacing, I’m planning to sister the flooring area ...
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Staples or nails for installing this particular type of engineered flooring?
I am installing some engineered flooring in my downstairs and have ordered some silicone "vapor shield" underlayment to place underneath it (between my plywood subfloor and the planks of ...
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Adjust the height of landing to match the floor
In an earlier post (since closed), I asked this community how to improve the appearance of a plywood floor. From the responses, I concluded that the best thing to do was to lay a legitimate flooring ...
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