Flooring

What is the weight of Vinyl Floor tiles per m2

You can used exterior grade plywood when tiling floors, but it is only an acceptable choice. If going over a wood substrate, the best choice is a mudbase or cement board.

Until carpets became cheap enough for the average home owner. It was used as standard flooring into the mid 60's and even as late as early 70's.

You should NEVER install tile over laminate. Pull up the laminate (which is very easy) and install the appropriate subfloor, then install tile on that

Bruce hardwood floor cleaner is the best hardwood floor cleaner for day to day use.

Varathane is the best product available to the general public. The finish is very durable and dries relatively quickly.

No, acetone will etch marble.

You should not buff a laminate floor.

Yes, it can and with laminate you cannot repair the scratch like wood.

No, in fact the wax can ruin the polyurethane finish. Clean the floor with a good wood floor cleaner. Do not mop with water.

Porcelain clay is denser (tinier particles) than ceramic, so it fires harder. It will stand up to abuse better than ceramic, and is generally approved for outdoor installations with freeze/thaw cycles, where ceramic cannot withstand them. Porcelain is generally more expensive than ceramic.

That doesn't mean ceramic shouldn't be used - just be wary of installing it in rooms where billiard balls, fireplace logs, or iron frying pans will be bouncing off of it. In my opinion, ceramic is fine for bathrooms where the hardest things to hit it will be plastic hair dryers or shampoo bottles, but in other areas I'd use porcelain.

I hate replacing broken tiles.

It depends on the tile.

Sadly, if you are looking to fix the tile with the grout, there is none. If you are looking for something that will not crack because of movement, a high end epoxy grout.

The clearest isn't an oil based polyurethane, it is a water based polyacrylic. These are clearer and typically used on maple or bamboo because they do not amber the face of the wood. Minwax sells one in most home improvement stores. Nothing is completely clear, but you can pick up a small can and try it out on a sample. The disadvantage to these products is they are a lot more expensive and also not nearly as strong.

If it is really wax the best way is with a commercial wax stripper. Stores like Walmart, Home Depot, or Lowes should sell it. A word of caution, most floors today are "no wax". They can get a build up that can look like old wax. You don't want to use a wax stripper on that type of floor. Armstrong makes a product called "New Beginnings which is a stripper for no wax floors.

Yes it can. You need to take care to not drop hot appliances like irons on one. It is nearly impossible to repair if it does occur.

Whomever is actually finishing the floor.

Yes, it must be a glue down wood or a floating wood floor.

# The floor was unlevel before the tile was installed. # The thinset was to dry or did not cover the back of the tile 100% # The floor is settling # It was installed onto an improper subfloor

Carpet is sold by the yard. (9 sq ft)

Almost all vinyl today is "no wax" vinyl. You never want to apply wax to this type of floor. Check with the manufacture or retailer you purchased it from. In the rare and strange event you have a floor requiring wax, you would use a stripper to remove any residue on the surface.

The area of a rectangle is its Length times its Width. For the question, we first need to make sure that the Length and Width share the same units: Length = 2m Width = 16cm = 0.16m Now we can safely calculate the area: Area = Length x Width = 2 x 0.16 = 0.32 square meters

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The number of tiles needed to cover the floor is a function of the size of the tiles

You need 1 1/4" of subfloor. Typically it is 3/4" of plywood or OSB and 1/2" of mudbase or cement board.