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Cocg
in Flooring 12 years and 9 months ago
Best place to get new tires for car?
Hi all — need to get new tires for my car. Has anyone had good experiences with any of the places on 3rd or 4th…
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bk_bstoner1
in Flooring 12 years and 9 months ago
Safety in Stuyvesant Heights?
Hey B’stoners, I have a prospective tenant who was somewhat concerned about safety in the Stuyvesant Heights-Bed-Stuy neighborhood. I’m a lifelong Bed-Stuy native so my view…
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CG11231
in Flooring 12 years and 9 months ago
Should a kitchen porcelain floor and/or granite countertop be sealed when installed?
Sent off same ques a moment ago but did include all categories: Installing a new granite “millenium cream” countertop slab and am wondering if that…
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saknak
in Flooring 12 years and 9 months ago
Recommendation for Flooring work, Flooring refinish
Hi, I am moving into an apartment in Clinton Hill soon, we would like to refinish our floor to white and looking for a company…
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lockey2k
in Flooring 12 years and 10 months ago
Flooring/Ceiling Contractor
Looking for a reasonably priced contractor to install hardwood flooring and remove popcorn ceilings. Thanks in advance.
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nalusurf
in Flooring 12 years and 10 months ago
Wanted to Share Our Great Experience with Our Flooring Guy, Jose....
We just had our parquet floors redone in our brownstone in East Bed-Stuy. I cannot give enough praise for Jose Zambrano who, with his highly…
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highintheheights
in Flooring 12 years and 10 months ago
Flooring recommendation
Just had my wood parquet floors sanded and finished by Verrazano Flooring. I was very happy with their work and they asked me to post…
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11231
in Flooring 12 years and 10 months ago
Best material for stair runners in brownstone?
I am looking for recommendations for materials and places to buy stair runners. This is for the main staircase in a brownstone, which goes up to…
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landlord
in Flooring 12 years and 10 months ago
What kind of wood flooring is best for a rental
I am about to renovate one of my apartments and would like to pick new wood flooring that will withstand a lot of abuse. Any…
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anon552
in Flooring 12 years and 11 months ago
Installation of mosaic flooring
I am purchasing a pre-made mosaic for installation in the entry foyer of my brownstone. I need an old, damaged mosaic removed, the underlying floor…
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brooklyn72
in Flooring 12 years and 11 months ago
Can anyone recommend a roofer?
Has anyone had experience with having to redo a roof that includes asbestos abatement? We understand that we can cover the asbestos to abate it,…
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jeanmarine2
in Flooring 12 years and 11 months ago
Painting risers on hardwood stairs?
http://cdn.brownstoner.com/515acb9f45dac-.jpg Is it more typical to paint the risers on hardwood stairs or leave them au naturel? I have includes a picture of our stairwell…
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ltella534msn
in Flooring 13 years ago
Are you in need of hardwood floating floors?
I purchase over 80 boxes of Home Legend hardwood floating floors from Home Depot to use in my space. I decided to go with ceramic…
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davidmarc36
in Flooring 13 years ago
Flooring Restoration and Repair
I’m looking for a good, reasonable flooring expert for a “small-ish” job; consisting of cleaning and re-sealing a slate floor in my bathroom…particularly the stall…
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honeycut
in Flooring 13 years ago
Free! Parquet Flooring
http://cdn.brownstoner.com/511c05cf838ad-.jpg Hello, we are renovating our parlor floor and unfortunately cannot keep the parquet flooring. We have approx. 350 square feet, which is 1/4″ thick…
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yte
in Flooring 13 years and 1 month ago
ISO Pine Subflooring - 4.5" or better
Hello: I am in search of 4.5″ or larger pine subflooring to patch in some flooring in a old brownstone. Flooring is about 1″ thick…
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yte
in Flooring 13 years and 1 month ago
ISO Pine Subflooring - 4.5" or better
Hello: I am in search of 4.5″ or larger pine subflooring to patch in some flooring in a old brownstone. Flooring is about 1″ thick…
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nf85
in Flooring 13 years and 2 months ago
Refinished parquet coming up--normal?
http://cdn.brownstoner.com/50e71771c48eb-.jpg Hi, all, Our floors were refinished 5 months ago–two coats of regular poly and then one matte–and I noticed about a month later that…
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