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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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Home Maintenance & Repairs: This is a picture of my floors in my house. Would like to know how to fill in the cracks so I can refinish them.

Any ideas on redoing them would be great. Thanks!
Dorothy F
Dorothy F Little Egg Harbor, NJ on Jun 09, 2012
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    Dorothy F on Jun 15, 2012
    They are painted floors. My house use to be a hunting club.
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Has anyone had experience with cork flooring?

This will be installed in a kitchen, I know this is a fairly new product and I understand there is an issue with water and cork flooring. Thank you.
Patsy B
Patsy B Leesburg, FL on Nov 13, 2011
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    KMS Woodworks on Jun 15, 2012
    cork should be restricted to bedrooms....
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Heavy use bathroom floor?

Hi there. I'm a mom of a son with autism. He LOVES water! And takes baths all the time! Can someone tell me how complicated it would be to install a concrete bathroom floor? I am fairly competent in my building skills. :)

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Kimberlee Villa Rica, GA on Jun 10, 2012
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    Woodbridge Environmental ... on Jun 14, 2012
    The National Home Builders Association is based in GA. I have been there many times for my ...»
    certification classes that I hold and maintain. By contacting a CAPS contractor through them, they should be able to assist you on some local programs that may offer assistance to you. Also just check in your local community social service office. They have tons of links to many programs that you may not be aware of.

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  • Enigma floor tile  "Sextan" 2
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Recently I was THRILLED to have a hands-on experience with this product - Jamie Beckwith Collection.

This wood series of flooring and wall tiles are organic, raw and totally unexpected! So many design possibilities! 3 series, Enigma (engineered wood tiles in 15 shapes), Mosaic and ...»
Projection. Read and see more pictures here: https://designsbybsb.com/?p=3766

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BeckySue, Certified Maste... Lawrenceville, GA on Apr 28, 2012
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    I will agree some of the applications are not practical .. but then again, not all beautiful ...»
    things are! :)

    I appreciate how innovative this product is .. looking forward to specifying it for my clients in a wall application.

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Flooring: How long should wood flooring acclimate before being installed over a full basement?

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David Tyrone, GA on Jun 12, 2012
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  • my floors at the bottom of my staircase as they are now, natural with a semigloss finish done many years ago.

Painting: I have oak wood floors in my home. We wamt to refinished and stained. What finish would you recommend for a rich brown?

I want darker, but not the darkest, and I want it to have a sheen like it has been hand rubbed with layers of wax . Any suggestions on stain and should I use satin instead of semigloss? I also have a dog.
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Elissa C Malverne, NY on May 23, 2012
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    Elissa C on Jun 12, 2012
    Thank you all for all your helpful comments. I will post photos when I get the floors done.
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Basement update, floor glossed and trimmed.

Note checker board pattern of 5x5 Nordic birch plywood.

Minwax Gun Stock stain color and Varathane scuff and scratch resistant oil based polyurethane.

Hudson Designs
Hudson Designs Loganville, GA on Dec 08, 2011
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    Kim N on Jun 12, 2012
    It is holding up great and we love it. Tim did a great on on it.
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Flooring: We are considering using Armstrong vinyl planks (floating type) on our basement floor. Advice?

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Sherry B Dallas, GA on Jun 10, 2012
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    KMS Woodworks on Jun 12, 2012
    Armstrong's Luxe Plank is about the same as the the Allure. They are both strip styles...and ...»
    stick to themselves...not the sub floor.

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Cleaning & Organization: Cleaning hardwood floors naturally

I'm looking for a homemade solution to clean hardwood floors. All suggestions welcome! Thank you.
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Erika K Wyckoff, NJ on Apr 14, 2012
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    KMS Woodworks on Jun 11, 2012
    Becky sue...the dullness is two fold...the first has to do with the wear and tear in the ...»
    floors finish.

    I you can imagine a brand new shiny piece of furniture....then rub that surface with some super fine sand paper....the finish will no longer be shiny...this has to do with the "abrasion" of the finish where the light rays no longer reflect. This same process happens to a floor but instead of the sand paper is is normal dirt and grime over many years.

    The second area is cleaning residue...imagine that same shiny piece of furniture now add some dilute dish soap and let is dry on the surface hear you will be left with a sticky dull residue...this residue will attract more dirt and contribute to problem no 1 above.. In the soap residue dept a though a complete "rinse" can make it look better.

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Flooring: How can i add a landing step to the front of this entrance?

It's already 8" - 9" from the ground to the bottom of the door.
Jessica
Jessica Austell, GA on Apr 06, 2011
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    Hudson Designs on Jun 10, 2012
    Not lawsuit waiting see in the photo the brick are on there side so its 3" or lees per brick. ...»
    Code for steps is normally 7" high 11" run.....

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