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Cocg
in Flooring 11 years and 11 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 11 years and 11 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 11 years and 11 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 11 years and 11 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 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 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 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 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 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 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month 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 12 years and 2 months 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 12 years and 2 months 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 12 years and 2 months 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 12 years and 3 months 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 12 years and 3 months 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 12 years and 4 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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