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Flooring

Flooring

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What could be better than getting the flooring right in your own house? Well, having the Hometalk community celebrate your flooring success. Post photos of your updated floors for everyone to love, or ask questions about the best type of flooring materials. Whether you have tiled floors in your kitchen, or hardwood flooring in your living room, there are DIYers and professionals who have worked with flooring like yours, and can give you advice based on their flooring experiences. Every day is a great day to Hometalk about flooring.



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Easy Tile Job for Bathroom Floor

This is the slate floor that we installed ourselves. It involved no cutting because we used one inch squares in a 5 X 5 space in a traditional 5x8 bath. This is an easy first tiling ...»
project. We mixed our own grout, because premixed grout gets stuck in the pores of natural stone. The hardest part is removing and installing the toilet, but we needed a new one. We started tiling from the tub, laying the sheets out, removing tiles, and when we were done we covered the small gaps at the walls with baseboard. It is fairly simple and inexpensive. We bought enough product for the space and temporarily laid it out to see how it would work before starting. We used a level and a chalk line to keep it straight. When one buys tile on a sheet the product tells you where it can be installed that's how you know if you can use it on a floor. This would also be a fairly straightforward project with hexagons on a sheet. The hardest part is removing the grout from the surface of the tile, and it takes many washes with a sponge.

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Sue Phoenix, AZ on May 12, 2013
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    Anne @ DesignDreams by An... on May 13, 2013
    Fantastic job! Love your new floor.
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The Fun Part

After 5 days of sanding, I finally get to see the beauty that can come from doing proper prep.

This is a Red Oak Floor refinish for a client of mine. These pics shows the main living ...»

room area. Behind the two sided gas fireplace is an area a little bit smaller, off of that area is the kitchen and dining area. For the amount of area there was a ton of "edge" work...that is what really eats into the time...The stair treads were also done, again more detail small work. A simple room of this same size could have been done in a lot less time.

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KMS Woodworks Nederland, CO on Jan 31, 2013
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    KMS Woodworks on May 12, 2013
    I completed this work in preparation for the owners listing the home for sale. We did some ...»
    other work, like touch up painting, replacing some broken light switches, and outlets.

    The home was listed on a Friday, had an open house on Sunday...they got an offer on Tuesday and accepted it on Wednesday. Selling the home in less than a week.

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  • Kitchen Floor BEFORE-I've had this floor for almost 20 years.  It was not in my budget to replace it. I had seen people paint their wood floors, so I decided to try to paint my vinyl/linoleum floor. 2
  • Before painting with primer--I mopped the floor with a little dish soap, Mr. Clean and warm water.  I rinsed the floor until the water was clean and soap free. This took about 6 moppings. 
After the floor dried, I wiped it down with TSP (Trisodium phosphate). The TSP helps to clean, degrease, and dull the finish of the floor. I used a latex "oops" gray primer.
  • I have 2 cats and a dog.  I used my leaf blower to make sure there were no stray hairs flying around. 1
  • To get a good feel for the pattern I used newspapers. 2
  • I got busy with some painter's tape and started painting my squares.
  • I used Mythic paint.  It went on really well, and 18 months later, is holding up fantastic.  I don't like shiny floors-I chose the original floor for THAT reason. It was dull.  I chose a satin paint, and decided not to seal the paint. 3
  • I love how it turned out, but honestly, now that I have black countertops (that I painted) I'm thinking about changing out the blue squares....  You can see the full tutorial over at My Repurposed Life  http://bit.ly/IeyAKO 8
  • UPDATED to add.  I have changed out the blue squares for dark gray squares. See more details on the blog.  http://bit.ly/Y8wq6S
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How to paint outdated linoleum floor

Last week I showed my oak cabinets that I painted white. Several people remarked about not painting wood. I hope no one has objections to me painting linoleum. :) ...»

See the full tutorial @ My Repurposed Life http://bit.ly/IeyAKO

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gail--My Repurposed Life Louisville, KY on Apr 22, 2012
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    Angela - My Personal Acce... on May 11, 2013
    I love this! I have been trying to find a way to update my dad's kitchen and bathroom floors ...»
    for very little. I have to try this. Thanks for posting

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Flooring: Do I need underlayment, when installing new wooden floor over old

I want to install a new floating engineered hardwood floor over an existing hardwood floor. Do I have put down underlayment in between?
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Karin W Junction City, KS on May 04, 2013
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    KMS Woodworks on May 11, 2013
    $3 a sq foot is a pretty common rate for a full sand refinish. "Screen and recoat" can be down ...»
    to 1/2 that. of course the layout poses a big "adjustment factor" stairs and hallways are more $$ than a big room due to the need to do a lot of hand work along the edges.

    check put this recent project of mine

    http://www.hometalk.com/919391/the-fun-part

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  • We went from the 80s to 2013 with a few boxes of  peel and stick tiles.
  • We used a simple cleaning solution to prep our old floor before laying the new tiles.
  • We used a staggered look to lay the new tiles.  Very time consuming, but worth it.
  • The final look that we love!
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RV Remodel on a Budget - Floor Update

We gave our little pop-up camper a brand new floor! It took a little money and time and now we have a "new" camper! Come see how we did it over on our blog!
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Clover House, DeeDee Decatur, TX on May 05, 2013
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    Sherrie on May 09, 2013
    Well keeping my fingers crossed!
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3 Floor-Cleaning Myths Debunked

Sometimes conventional wisdom checks out, but in matters of floor cleaning, some of those tips and tricks you've been told may actually be less-than-reliable. In fact, a little bit of research reveals that the quest for film-free wood or spotless carpet has inspired more rumors than a teen pop star!

You (and your floors) deserve the truth, so here are three common floor-cleaning myths debunked: https://brightnest.com/posts/3-floor-cleanin...

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BrightNest Denver, CO on May 08, 2013
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DIY Painting Old Laminate Floors #BeforeandAfter

My laminate in my kitchen was worn, scratched and well, just awful! I painted them using a process I learned from some fellow bloggers. It has held up quite well too! To learn more about ...»
how to paint laminate flooring, visit my blog post http://www.lisascreativedesigns.com/lisascot...

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Lisa's Creative Designs Swansboro, NC on May 08, 2013
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Penny floors

Saw this kitchen floor made by mosaic artist Amanda Edwards using pennies. Seems like a great idea. I was actually thinking of using this idea for a backsplash, but still a lot to consider.

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Susan Cary, NC on Apr 03, 2012
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    Kathy Bass on May 08, 2013
    WOW....very impressive!!! Would NEVER have thought of this...how creative! Thanks for sharing.
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Beth McLamb Alexander, NC on May 06, 2013
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Home Maintenance & Repairs: How do I protect painted floors?

We recently painted over our worn hardwood floors in the house, because we could not effort to have them refinished. We used a good porch and patio floor paint from BEHR, two coats in a walnut brown. It looks very good, however, it is so sensitive to scratches, scuffs and dirt. You see every footprint! If I wipe it with a moist rag, you even see the wipe! (It says its not supposed to get washed until it cures after 4 weeks). Is there anything I can do to protect the floor and make it ...»
less sensitive? Cover It with polyurethane? Or do I need to remove the paint and actually refinish the floor?

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Karin W Junction City, KS on May 01, 2013
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    Karin W on May 04, 2013
    Thank you for your help. We have decided to go ahead and lay a new wood floor on top of it.
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