Flooring

Subfloors and Underlayment, Tile, Ceramic, Hardwood, Laminate, Hard Wood Floors, and more.

Removing and Replacing Broken Tiles

Although it doesn't happen often (unless the base is damaged), a sharp blow at just the right angle can crack or break a tile. It's not difficult to replace a tile, but removing it can be somewhat delicate. By working carefully with the right tools, it's possible to get a broken tile out without creating further damage.

Installing Ceramic Floor Tile

When properly installed, ceramic tile provides a stylish and long-lasting floor. Surprisingly, installing the actual tile is fairly simple. But since most ceramic tiles are perfectly square and most rooms are not, the real work comes in the layout, planning, and surface preparation. Patience is the key.

Carpet, Floor, and Tile Installers & Finishers - Occupational Outlook

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Maintaining Hardwood Floors

Perhaps the most desirable feature of hardwood flooring is that it's a natural product. The patterns of the grain are interesting to the eye, and the combinations of colors give any room a soft, inviting glow. The resilience of wood fibers makes a hardwood floor extremely durable but also susceptible to changes caused by moisture and aging.

Mortar Bed Shower Floors

Ceramic tile shower floors have long been regarded as a sign of high-quality construction. Unfortunately, improper installation can turn this durable floor system into a problematic one. In this article, I’ll explain the methods I use to build a leak-free and long-lasting ceramic tile shower floor.

Carpet & Rugs How-to Information

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Ceramic Tile

How-to advice on Ceramic tile installation.

Hardwood Flooring

How-to advice on hardwood floor installation.

Laminate Flooring How-to

Laminate Flooring is simply a multi-layered; wood based floating floor system offering durability, a wide range of desige options, easy maintenance and affordability.

Stone Flooring How-to

One of the oldest buiding materials known to man and is as popular today as it was a thousand years ago. Modern technology has allowed us to find more and more interesting stone and finishing it to a level of beauty unsurpassed by any other flooring material.

Vinyl Flooring How-to

Since the debut of "Battleship Linoleum", vinyl has become a standard in homes today. Your design choices number in the thousands with quality that ranges from entry level right up to premium with every imaginable type in between.