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.
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 ...»
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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Flooring: Bathroom flooring
As most of you know, we are building a house and you have helped me through many decisions. I am working on flooring for master and guest bath. Let me tell you up front that I HATE grout
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Thank you for all the advice... back to the flooring store I go. At least now I have some ...»
Flooring: Can a paper bag floor go over an existing floor?
When creating a brown paper bag floor, does a tile floor need to be removed?
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Flooring: Flooring Choices
Has anyone out there ever installed peel and stick vinyl flooring in a living room (either 12" x 12" or 18" x 18" size)? If so what do you think of the look?
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True, the sq. footage doesn't change. But you're right: if you don't get the measurements ...»
Painting: Painted subfloor?
I've been reading a lot about painted subfloors...specifically painted plywood sheet subfloors. Have any of you done this? If so, how do you like it? How are they holding up..especially
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@Cindy--Yes, I've looked at tons of stained plywood on the internet. Most of it is gorgeous! I ...»
Travertine in wet areas
I have tumbled travertine in the kitchen as a backsplash and it is beautiful. Can I use this for our wet area floors? The description of the tile I would like says it is partially filled.
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Here are a few more trav pics. I to do not recommend it for a shower floor, for that you can ...»
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Thanks for the advice. May need to just cover the area with a rug :)!