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How can I level an old kitchen?
I'm trying to level my old hardwood floor in my kitchen to install snap together vinyl on top. I sanded most of the high spots but I would like to use floor leveler to get it nicer.
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How to increase floor joist height
I'm remodeling a 2nd floor bathroom and after ripping up 2 layers of old tile and 4 inches of concrete I finally found the joist. My question is really sistering on new joist to the old ones. I need ...
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How to raise a wooden floor above a basement (old porch floor) 8 - 10" to the same height as the adjoining room
My current mud/laundry room was once an exterior porch (enclosed decades ago). I removed all the layers of flooring down to the original planks thinking I would refinish it or do tile or something. ...
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Sunken area under bathroom cabinets
I'm remodeling a bathroom in a Houston, TX house that was built in 1969. After removing the cabinets on each side, I found that the concrete floor is approximately 2 inches lower where the cabinets ...
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What to do with floor drains in basement?
I'm looking to finish my basement, the house was built in 2005. There is a storage area (it will remain unfinished) with the water heater, hvac, sump pump and storage. There are two floor drains, that ...
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Do I have to check if my floor is level before installing new linoleum (from a roll, not tiles)?
I just tore up my old linoleum flooring and will be installing new linoleum in the next few days. Some internet research has revealed that I need to make sure the floor is level and, if it is not ...
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Which is least likely to crack due to high traffic, large or small tile?
Consider a kitchen on pier-beam flooring with two doors allowing traffic to flow through it.
The floor is 10x10 feet. I plan to tile and would like to minimize risk of cracking. Which size tile would ...
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