356 Calculating the Cost of a Brick Floor Project
Flooring & Stairs
Calculating the Cost of a Brick Floor Project
Calculating the Cost of a Brick Floor Project Material: The first thing you have to do when determining a brick flooring project is to understand the cost of the material. This will range from roughly
350 Tile Removal Tools for Ceramic Floors
Flooring & Stairs
Tile Removal Tools for Ceramic Floors
Tile Removal Tools for Ceramic Floors Removing ceramic or stone floor tile is fairly simple, though it’s not necessarily easy. In fact, it’s backbreaking work. However, you can save yourself
347 How to Paint a Plywood Floor
Flooring & Stairs
How to Paint a Plywood Floor
How to Paint a Plywood Floor For floors that any budget can afford, why not try plywood floors – painted to suit your style. Yes, plywood. You can make common plywood into something special! Be sure
341 How to Seal a Marble Floor
Flooring & Stairs
How to Seal a Marble Floor
How to Seal a Marble Floor Marble is a fairly porous natural stone material that readily absorbs moisture, which means that it can be stained quite easily. But protecting marble against moisture intrusion,
338 Cleaning a Brick Floor
Flooring & Stairs
Cleaning a Brick Floor
Cleaning a Brick Floor Brick can be maintained with relative ease, but it has to be cared for on a regular basis to keep it looking its best. For everyday brick floor cleaning, the floor should be swept
335 How to Remove Oil Stains from a Concrete Floor
Flooring & Stairs
How to Remove Oil Stains from a Concrete Floor
How to Remove Oil Stains from a Concrete Floor Let’s see…you were changing the oil on your lawnmower (or worse, your car) and the old oil somehow missed the catch pan without you noticing.
332 Slate Flooring Pros and Cons
Flooring & Stairs
Slate Flooring Pros and Cons
Slate Flooring Pros and Cons Natural slate has the ability to bring unique and powerful beauty to a flooring installation, combining the functional durability of hard tile with the awe-inspiring essence
328 Do You Need To Screed? A Simple Definition.
Flooring & Stairs
Do You Need To Screed? A Simple Definition.
Do You Need To Screed? A Simple Definition. Basic Definition Screeding means to drag a long, flat board across a pliable material to smooth it down. This also means that the board you use for this purpose
325 A History of Flooring: Ancient Floor Coverings
Flooring & Stairs
A History of Flooring: Ancient Floor Coverings
A History of Flooring: Ancient Floor Coverings A lot of flooring materials today are called “traditional” or “timeless.” In some cases, this is just marketing language, but in other
320 Staining Concrete Means New Life for Ugly, Bland Floors
Flooring & Stairs
Staining Concrete Means New Life for Ugly, Bland Floors
Staining Concrete Means New Life for Ugly, Bland Floors Is there anything less attractive than a monolithic slab of gray concrete? Rather than going to extremes such as breaking up the concrete or adding
316 Commercial Flooring Considerations
Flooring & Stairs
Commercial Flooring Considerations
Commercial Flooring Considerations With commercial flooring, the first thing that you want to do is consider the specific application that it will be used for. Flooring for a high traffic hallway has different
276 Best to Worst: Grading 13 Basement Flooring Ideas
Flooring & Stairs
Floor Installation Budget Tight? Here Are 4 Solutions…
Floor Installation Budget Tight? Here Are 4 Solutions… Times are tough, and today it seems that everybody is raiding their kids’ piggy banks for more money. Back in the salad days of home renovation,
311 Kwik Tile, Edge Tile, and the State of Floating Tile Floors
Flooring & Stairs
Kwik Tile, Edge Tile, and the State of Floating Tile Floors
Kwik Tile, Edge Tile, and the State of Floating Tile Floors Update The Edge Tile and Kwik Tile floating tile floors are both dead. I first covered Kwik Tile in 2011 and since that time I have seen nothing
308 How to Repair Gaps Between Floorboards
Flooring & Stairs
How to Repair Gaps Between Floorboards
How to Repair Gaps Between Floorboards With older wood tongue-and-groove flooring, gaps will inevitably develop between the boards. The problems with this are numerous. First, it is unsightly and it makes
305 Tile to Wood Floor Transitions: Bridging the Gap
Flooring & Stairs
Tile to Wood Floor Transitions: Bridging the Gap
Tile to Wood Floor Transitions: Bridging the Gap Floor coverings ideally should continue from room to room throughout the house with no interruptions or gaps. In a perfect world, one floor is installed
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