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kcc414
in Flooring 9 years and 8 months ago
Refinish Hardwoods - cost?
What is the general approximate cost for refinishing hardwood floors?
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kcc414
in Flooring 9 years and 8 months ago
Flooring ideas for family room/guest suite?
Hello! We will be using our “basement”/ground floor of a brownstone as a family room/quest suite. I would love some ideas on durable, attractive, budget…
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steve12
in Flooring 9 years and 9 months ago
Have you heard of the stone Serpentine for flooring and wall cladding?
Architects, designers and usually think of traditional natural stones when it comes to exterior/interior flooring, driveway surfacing, wall cladding, or spa designing. Have you ever…
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vraimentda
in Flooring 10 years and 3 months ago
Protecting hardwood floors from dog urine
Hi Everyone- I am redoing my kitchen and breakfast room. My contractor is suggesting hardwood floors throughout. I have four dogs with the occasional marking…
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tiidytoday
in Flooring 9 years and 9 months ago
Home Exterior Flooring Advice: Best Surface Option?
Can anyone suggest me which is the best surface option? Marble, gravel,sandstone,concrete or any other natural stone? What are the pros and cons of each?
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michellefk
in Flooring 9 years and 10 months ago
Cork floor installer
Can anyone recommend a decent cork floor installer? This is for glue down cork in a basement. Cork planks are bought, just need help with…
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bk_homeslice
in Flooring 9 years and 10 months ago
Wood floor maintenance - contractor suggestions please.
Hi Everyone, I was wondering it anyone could off any advice on how to care and maintance for old pine wood floors? we renovated our…
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katerina
in Flooring 10 years and 1 month ago
Seeking advice on replacing oak floors
Hi all- My husband and I are buying our first home, a 900-sq ft apartment in a very old building that was renovated in 1984\.…
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lauradario
in Flooring 9 years and 11 months ago
Installation is so expensive. Why can?t I just do it myself?
I?ve seen different finish sheens on wood floors; some are shiny and some are not. Which one is better?
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Northie
in Flooring 9 years and 11 months ago
Radiant heat & wood flooring
We are planning a reno and are considering installing Carlisle wide plan wood flooring over radiant heat (Warmboard). My research has yielded mixed results, so…
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mattie180
in Flooring 9 years and 11 months ago
Entry way tile - suggestions for "semi-period" replacement / tile pros / stores?
Due to ridiculous floor and joist conditions, we unfortunately had to rip out the original (?maybe?) tile from our 1864 brownstone. I have been pouring…
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katdov
in Flooring 9 years and 11 months ago
Unfinished oak seller
Hello I plan to install new floors and decided to go with unfinished white oak, 5″ or 6″ planks. I got 3 quotes and as…
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minasimon
in Flooring 9 years and 11 months ago
Color matching parquet floor tiles
Does anyone have a good flooring recommendation for matching the color of old and new glue down parquet flooring. We recently had water damage and…
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brooklyn72
in Flooring 10 years and 11 months ago
Flooring
Anyone’s input would be appreciated. We installed new floors in May; using hardwood 4″ wide planks. Now the floors are separating in many areas and…
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soundhoner
in Flooring 10 years and 2 months ago
Flooring Basics
Hi there, I’d like to fix the flooring on my top floor unit, as it’s quite pitched in this 120 year old brick house, and…
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anydaynow
in Flooring 10 years and 2 months ago
5" unfinished select maple flooring for sale--over 300 sf
oops! ordered way too much?very nice wood, but floors are installed and there is a bunch of extra. a couple pics below–note that the pic…
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FishieFishie
in Flooring 13 years and 4 months ago
About "Jose" and "Jose" and "Jose"
With the repeated suggestions here of calling Jose about flooring, I’d feel more likely to call if someone provided a little more in terms of…
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ps158
in Flooring 10 years and 7 months ago
vinyl or wood floors for entry way / mud room
What is the best material to install in our A) mud/laundry room B) entry way (there is no separate vestibule – when you walk in…
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