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Will adding another layer of plywood improve shed floor bouncing?
Normal plywood has the wood fibers in its outer plies oriented along the 8 ft length of the plywood. There exists specially marked plywood that defies this convention, but from your photo it's clear ...
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Moving into a home that had dogs, and I'm allergic... what should be on my to-do list?
If the previous owners are taking their furniture and a large area rug, that removes a large part of the problem. Any other rugs left that you are going to keep should be shampooed/cleaned by a ...
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Moving into a home that had dogs, and I'm allergic... what should be on my to-do list?
You'll need to wash/clean the walls either my doing it yourself or hiring it out. The floors will need to be inspected for damage under the area rug where urine could have seeped into the cracks ...
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Moving into a home that had dogs, and I'm allergic... what should be on my to-do list?
If you are strongly allergic to dogs, it would be in your best interest to hire a professional cleaning service.
Let them know about your allergies and get estimates based on the square footage and ...
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What type of coating is on my basement slab?
It could be paint or epoxy. Hard to tell without looking at it directly.
As to the beige stuff, it looks like a cheap carpet job. The top photo shows something with a narrow notch in it, so it's ...
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Dealing with Black Adhesive on the Floor
It likely is possible to remove -- perhaps not entirely, but sufficient that it will no longer transfer. I'd use a heat gun to soften the material and a metal scraper/putty knife/trowel to scrape up ...
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Contractor baseboard install. Is this caulk line standard?
Short version: no, this isn’t good work, and while it will be improved by paint, it will always look somewhat crummy.
To step back, that line exists because the baseboard dropped lower. (Flooring ...
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Filling large flooring gaps with rigid material
You appear to have one edge that's tapered, and one edge that's uneven. Depending what your substrate is, your best bet is probably to cut the edges of the hardwood even and parallel to the other ...
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What type of flooring material is this and how do I fix it?
It looks like some sort of 'self levelling' compound was used to try to flatten the floor before laying the vinyl. This often isn't properly bonded to the concrete, (especially at the edges where it ...
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Repair Protection Covering: Rosin Paper and Masking Paper Difference
The rosin paper is a little thicker and heavier. It is sturdy enough to provide floor protection to some degree so it would be less likely to accidentally tear from incidental contact whereas the ...
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My subfloor has been built with untreated 1x2s and plywood. Am I in trouble?
I'm presuming this is all non-structural work done in a basement due to the work that was done.
what do I do now?
Nothing.
If it doesn't experience any issues in your/the house's lifetime (40+ years)...
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Asking again on how to raise my living room floor
I'll go outside your box a little bit.
First, level up the existing surface using sheet goods. You can get plywood, OSB, MDF, hardboard, cement-board, etc. in various thicknesses. Do what seems best ...
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What type of coating is on my basement slab?
What can you do with it:
Fresh coat of paint.
Thinset & tile
New glue and carpet (or carpet tiles) (until the next water problem)
Take a terrazzo grinder to it
Barrier and ill-fated hardwood (...
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What type of coating is on my basement slab?
"What can I do with this flooring?"
The answer depends greatly on what you desire to have as the finished floor?
As it is now you have no "flooring", you have a slab that has paint ...
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Level subfloor before installing 2nd layer
A 5/8 sheet of plywood can vary in thickness from 5/8 ( 7/8 to 3/8 ) in my experience. Sometimes the manufacturer misses a layer or an extra layer gets added so 1/4 to 3/8 out is really expected at ...
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Repair Protection Covering: Rosin Paper and Masking Paper Difference
Summary: Rosin Paper is for floor covering. Masking Paper is for masking off small areas.
Rosin Paper
A light-duty floor covering (as opposed to a more costly and durable ram board type product).
The ...
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