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anonymous

in Flooring 13 years and 3 months ago

Refinishing Pine Sub-Floor

First off, details: These are 100-year-old sub-floor tongue and groove knotty pine that are appox. 6″ in width.  The floors were refinished 10 years ago…

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Updated 10 years and 9 months ago

rsc3441

in Flooring 10 years and 10 months ago

Ceramic or porcelain tile floor -- installer recommendation

Any recommendations on companies that install ceramic and porcelain floor tiles would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks!

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Updated 10 years and 9 months ago

mc2599

in Flooring 10 years and 10 months ago

Eco Friendly Wood Floor Refinish

We’re moving into a new place and looking to get our wood floors refinished prior to moving in — is anyone aware of any companies…

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Updated 10 years and 10 months ago

mulligatani

in Flooring 10 years and 10 months ago

Major Cracks in Hardwood Floors

We have major cracks in our original hardwood floors (see attached pic). I have been doing some light research and it seems that it can…

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Updated 10 years and 10 months ago

citizenjane

in Flooring 11 years ago

Seeking simple, reversible, temporary kitchen floor covering

Hi y’all, Our quandry: Gotta cover a kitchen floor which currently has pine subflooring (of not the highest grade). The solution should last 3 years,…

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Updated 10 years and 10 months ago

brooklyn72

in Flooring 10 years and 11 months ago

Flooring options for staircase and hallways in a rental building

Hi, we have a 3-family building. The flooring of the staircase and hallways are in a pretty bad shape and we are looking for options.…

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Updated 10 years and 10 months ago

preetim22

in Flooring 11 years and 3 months ago

Where to buy......???

Is there any good website or dealer where i can find granites for my kitchen….pls help

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Updated 10 years and 10 months ago

ncerva

in Flooring 10 years and 11 months ago

Utility Grade Hardwood Oak Floors and Instalation

Does anyone have any experience/advise on this process. Looking to replace/install 438 sq ft and we are debating if the cost savings are worth it?…

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Updated 10 years and 10 months ago

alexbklyn

in Flooring 10 years and 11 months ago

Fixing slanted floors

Hi all, I’m looking at renovating a unit in a prewar co-op and I noticed that in several rooms the floors are quite slanted. I…

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Updated 10 years and 11 months ago

bootsbar

in Flooring 10 years and 11 months ago

trying to diy gaps around base molding

so the obvious problem is that the floor is super old and i have no extra floor boards. and the brick wall which was originaly…

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Updated 10 years and 11 months ago

tcheng16

in Flooring 11 years and 5 months ago

Bathroom Floor Tile - Cannot Match

We ordered tile from eFloors.com for our bathroom renovation. It is a beautiful white and gray Arabescato Carrara Marble Mosiac 1″ Hexagon tile from MS…

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Updated 11 years ago

mharrisg

in Flooring 11 years ago

Layer Under Wood Flooring

I have a 4″ x 29″ hole in our hardwood floors – from where a plaster wall had been removed as part of a kitchen…

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Updated 11 years ago

mmilstein

in Flooring 11 years and 4 months ago

Awesome custom floor color!

I just had my floors redone by Carlos Salazar. He was truly great. This was a custom color job and he took the time to…

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Updated 11 years ago

batfish123

in Flooring 11 years and 1 month ago

Looking for a professional flooring company (no solo contractors)

Hello again, Can anyone recommend a professional flooring company? We need to replace subfloor and flooring 700sf garden apartment and sand and refinish 2100sf of…

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Updated 11 years ago

morigian

in Flooring 11 years and 1 month ago

ISO: 3"x 3/4" Brazilian Cherry Wood Flooring

Do you have any leftover 3″ brazilian cherry wood flooring? We are doing a small reno and only need about 50 SqF to fill in.…

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ditmaspark

in Flooring 11 years and 3 months ago

no subfloor??

not sure if this is the case with brownstones, i’m in a victorian. for those who are also in a victorian…my first floor original planks…

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Updated 11 years and 2 months ago

hea

in Flooring 11 years and 2 months ago

Refinishing/Staining Parquet Floors - Clinton Hill Coops

Hello all – I’m looking to refinish wood parquet floors in a 1BR in the Clinton Hill Coops. Are there any Brownstoners who live in…

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Updated 11 years and 2 months ago

hotpinksharpie

in Flooring 11 years and 2 months ago

Repairing squeaky floors - any recommendations

Wondering if anyone has ever successfully hired someone to repair a very squeaky original wood parquet floor. I’d prefer to keep the actual floor intact…

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Updated 11 years and 2 months ago

owest

in Flooring 11 years and 3 months ago

Need Recommendations for Floor Refinsher

I have a pine subfloor that needs screening, refinishing, and am looking for recommendations. Thank you!

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Updated 11 years and 2 months ago

jjq

in Flooring 11 years and 8 months ago

Staircase Rebuild

Looking for Bill at Circular Stairs contact info– also other recommendations on people/firms that could rebuild or rehab a flight of creeky wooden stairs in…

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Updated 11 years and 3 months ago

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