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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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Vinyl Tile Flooring Install

I want to show you how easy it is to install vinyl tile yourself. Unlike laminate, or hard wood, you won't need a lot of special tools, or a ton of time. It took Joseph and I about 7 ...»
hours to install the tiles from start to finish, which isn't bad, considering the bathroom also contains a laundry section.

Prep Work:1. Rip out previous flooring and scrub free of debris.2. Draw a grid on the floor with a pencil.

Install:3. Measure and cut tile according to each size space on the grid.4. Apply glue with a spreading tool.5. Peel off the back of each tile and stick.

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Kalynbrooke Fort Myers, FL 3 days ago
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  • A close up of the finished floor, it almost looks like old leather. 15
  • I did the whole 10 X 12 room for about $80, but any future room will cost about $30. That's cheap flooring! 11
  • Gluing the paper down using a 50% Elmers glue %50 water mixture. This part took forever. 10
  • Here is the paper going on, this is about 10 hours in (spread over multiple days). 6
  • Mopping on the stain. 6
  • After 12 coats of poly! I know people say this all the time, but it honestly look much better in real life. It just looks shiny in the pictures. 8
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Paper Bag Floors

If you are in need of new flooring but don't have much money to spend (or even if you do) then this fits the bill! I created this floor out of brown paper, Elmers glue, stain and ...»
polyurethane. It was easy to do (albeit time consuming) and is very durable. This room is 10 X 12 and cost about $80, but future rooms will cost about $30 since I have plenty of leftover supplies. Click through to read the tutorial....http://www.domesticimperfection.com/2013/03/paper-bag-floors-a-tutorial/

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Ashley @ Domestic Imperfe... San Antonio, TX on Mar 13, 2013
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    Lory 2 days ago
    I did this same technique on my powder room walls and painted it red. It turned out great!
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Bamboo Stair

Bamboo stair is milled from bamboo lumber, actually called bamboo plywood in US, pressed from layers of bamboo strips. Bamboo lumber after pressing will stay in kiln dry room for 2 weeks ...»
to balance the moisture. Then we sand the lumber and get it milled with special machines.

Bamboo stairs can be produced in horizontal, vertical and strand woven. The color can be natural, caramel and tiger. There are some options with bamboo. Dimension can be customized. Bamboo stairs can be stained into colors, like oak, maple, cherry to match your hardwood flooring in the house. They are natural, beautiful and elegant and made of green material - bamboo.

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Bob ban China 4 days ago
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Art Parquet Flooring

Genuine Wooden Art Parquet Flooring

Genuine compound wooden art parquet floorings, archaized genuine wooden art parquet ...»

floorings and genuine wooden art parquet floorings

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450mmx450mmx15/2/3/4mm

500mmx500mmxx15/2/3/4mm

600mmx600mmx15/2/3/4mm

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Painting: Any ideas for painting a plywood subflooring including a staircase?

We are an aging couple who has little income for home improvement and in this economy must remain in our home which is covered in carpet and vinyl in the kitchen and laundry. Help!
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Cindy June 55 Little Rock, AR on May 06, 2013
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    Sia@South 47th 3 days ago
    Cindy June 55 Cheapest way is ...»
    painting the plywood subfloor, after prepping it. If you want to spend some money on a sample can of paint for the vinyl? Get a small amount of primer, put that down on a 12x12 piece, then paint it and see how you like it. If you think it will be OK, then go that route. Again, ripping it up and painting the plywood will look better.

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Linoleum floor

I would like to redo my bathroom floor which is linoleum. Can I put tile over it or do I have to rip it up before I put the tile down ( not the peel and stick tile)
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Monica Maroney Bloomingburg, NY 6 days ago
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    Monica.... definitely remove the existing floor and to install the tile properly......install ...»
    an approved underlayment such as concrete backer board or hardi board underlayment. This will insure a stable surface for the ceramic tile with no future problems. Do not install the tile directly to the wood subfloor.....you will eventually have problems,

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  • This is the first time we saw the house, and the after with the painted floor.  We have since replaced the door.

Painted Concrete Floor

I ripped out an old wheelchair ramp and made our mudroom a welcoming place to enter. I used two different colors of paint to make a diamond pattern on the floor. More details (including ...»
how I prepped the concrete) are on my blog.

Also - this is my first post on Hometalk - so if I am doing it wrong...sorry! :)

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Rebekah @ Country Mouse T... Etters, PA on May 14, 2013
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    Hi Doris! I did use a degreaser/etcher on the concrete before I painted it. It all depends on ...»
    how your concrete has been treated in the past (seal, stained, etc).

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Cleaning & Organization: Flooring

When we moved into our '78 one floor home, we had the carpeting cleaned well. This had been a rental house and there were many pets in here. Now, the odor is unbearable. The flooring is ...»
not hardwood.

We know this will be quite a project throughout the entire house.

My question is can the flooring be treated to totally eliminate the urine odor?

Thank you!

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MARY T Fountain, CO on May 10, 2013
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    If there happen to be dormant flea eggs in the carpet, this will kill them but be safe for ...»
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Antique Salvaged Windows Get a New Lease on Life...

How do you add charm to a new build??? Incorporate salvaged architectural elements!

We added antique windows into our backyard, cobblestone pathways were also on our to do ...»

list... come see how it turned out!

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Cynthia Weber @ A Button ... Canada on May 17, 2013
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    Jeanette Country Design S... 7 days ago
    Love it! The cobblestone path fits in perfectly. Love the four legged helper!
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DIY Projects: Threshold ideas for tile to wood floors

My husband & I are putting a tile floor down in our kitchen, but our dining room has wood flooring. We have priced wood thresholds and they are expensive and our expanse is to long to ...»
get a store bought one. We are not opposed to making one.... Any ideas?

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Cyndi Moore Tippett Rocky Mount, NC on May 17, 2013
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    Cyndi Moore Tippett 7 days ago
    Thank you everyone for the ideas...the pictures were a big help.
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