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.
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 Cheapest way is ...»
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.... definitely remove the existing floor and to install the tile properly......install ...»
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
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If there happen to be dormant flea eggs in the carpet, this will kill them but be safe for ...»
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
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Thank you everyone for the ideas...the pictures were a big help.
Home gym floor - what should we use?
We would love advice on what kind of flooring to put in a home gym? It is in back of the garage so the current flooring is concrete. Should we get something professionally installed by a
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Are you working with free weights or stationary equipment? ...»
Our kitchen floor is getting worn and we would like to replace it with tile or even food.
The adjoining room has dark hardwood..how hard is it to tie tile with the wood? If we go with a wooden floor...do we have to have the colors match exactley?
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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$3 a sq foot is a pretty common rate for a full sand refinish. "Screen and recoat" can be down ...»
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.