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kcc414
in Flooring 9 years and 1 month ago
Refinish Hardwoods - cost?
What is the general approximate cost for refinishing hardwood floors?
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kcc414
in Flooring 9 years and 2 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 3 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 9 years and 9 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 3 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 3 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 4 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 9 years and 6 months 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 5 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 5 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 5 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 5 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 5 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 5 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 9 years and 8 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 9 years and 8 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 12 years and 10 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 1 month 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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