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.
Cleaning & Organization: How to clean the wax off genuine slate tile floors in kitchen?
I think they have been waxed with floor wax or with something akin to "mop & shine" for many years. I've been wanting to re-tile or lay hardwood over them, until I realized they were
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Thank you so very much!! I don't feel quite so dismayed about the task ahead!!
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
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Thank you for your help. We have decided to go ahead and lay a new wood floor on top of it.
Painting: Painting wood floors
I have old hardwood floors in my bedrooms that have never been taken care of. They are stained badly. I want to paint them as sanding is not an option any tips or ideas on how to flux painting so it still looks like a wood floor?
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I use Varthane's oil based poly in the satin sheen. Gloss floors are a bit more durable but ...»
Cleaning & Organization: Cleaning hardwood floors
I have tried a Swiffer, a Bona, straight vinegar, orange cleaner, and a steam mop. I always get a residue on my hardwood floors. It is so bad that I'm actually considering Pergo or
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It is confusing. There are so many different materials in new surfaces the way we use to clean ...»
Painting: Repainting wood floors on three season porch
I in the process of updating my three season porch. Step one is the floor. It is painted wood (at least two layers from what I can see) which I'd like to repaint. I've decided to use a floor and patio paint but have a few questions.
1.How do I need to prepare the floor before painting? It is an indoor porch (no water issues). Do I need to sand the entire thing or just the areas that are peeling. (It is in pretty good shape) ...»
Porcelain Floor tile
This tile job is part of a complete Condo renovation. The previous owner had carpet in the whole place, except for the kitchen and bath.
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That's one good looking floor!
Painted Wooden Flooring
We are thinking of doing a paint treatment on the floor of our deck to freshen things up a bit out there. What do you think of painting a design to the floor of a deck? Check out my blog for some awesome ideas!
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these floors are beautiful ! I've been planning to refinish my Fir floors in my entire house, ...»
painting concrete floors
I had to pull the carpet up in one of my bedrooms and I didnt know what to put down on the bare concrete floor, so it stayed concrete for a while. I eventually decided to use the room as
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Wonderful! I love a painted or stained concrete floor, but this is over the top great!
Flooring for Under $100
Do you have a room that needs new flooring? Here's an easy and inexpensive flooring option: peel and stick tile.
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1 Day 99.00 Moderate
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That stinks! I'm so sorry you had such a hard time with the flooring, Lori. It's hard enough ...»
Flooring: floor transition after removing foyer wall
I'm removing a 10' wall in the entrance foyer dividing the dining room to open it up; both floors have the same atypical hardwood I wish to keep (various widths, unique pattern), but will
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