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Flooring
Floors can be a challenge to install, maintain and change. Questions regarding the installation, maintenance and repair of carpets, tile, wood and other materials go here.
6,242 Questions
How do you i get my handyman license in broward?
There are no requirements, Just pay the fee at the regional building office and wait about 5 business days.
How much square feet is 46 square yards?
There are 9 sq feet in one sq yard, so the answer is 414 square feet.
What type of fastener is used for maple hardwood flooring?
Flooring staple (3/8 inch crown, 2 inch legs) or flooring cleat (2 inch)
What causes hairline cracks in the grout around ceramic tile within a few months of installation?
There are a number of things that causes hairline cracks in the grout around ceramic tile. When it happens within a few months of installation the reason could be that your grout was not installed in the proper way. If it is not installed correctly, it shrinks as it dries and cracks.
Four on the floor refers to playing the drum/high-hat on all 4 beats of a 4/4 measure.
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How many square yards of carpet do a floor of 1300 square feet?
you divide 1300 by 3 to get 433.333333333333333333 and so on goes the threes but that also equals 433 and 1/3 ft.2
How many 20 x 20 square feet tile will it take to cover 506 square feet?
20*20 square feet tile = 400 square feet, so in principle, two tiles will cover 800 square feet, which is more than enough. This is provided that the offcuts can be used.
How many square feet of carpeting are needed to carpet a 12-foot x 12-foot room?
The room is 144 square feet.
How many 20X20 inch tiles does it take to cover 1070 square feet?
1070 square feet is 154080 square inches. (1 square foot is 12x12 or 144 square inches.)
a 20x20 inch tile is 400 square inches.
So the question could be restated as "how many 400 square inch tiles does it take to cover 154080 square inches?"
154080 / 400 = 385.2
How much area does a 1 gallon bucket of floor leveler cover?
There is not a simple answer for this. You must know how unlevel the floor is and the amount needing to be filled. Generally the bucket will give you a general idea, but buy more then what you think you'll need. Usually you can return the rest.
If you need to level a large area, buy in a powder. It will be a lot less money and actually less mess in the end.
How to get scuff marks off unsealed vct tile?
Try a bit of cooking oil & a soft cloth or if you want to go straight to the always works plan, just use WD-40 & rub them right off.
- Three basic types of "Vinyl" flooring
- 1960's True Vinyl, which is paper with pattern & urethane coating
- 1800s Linoleum which is cork dust & linseed oil, rare but not impossible to find (good green attributes!)
- 1990's Fiberglass flooring. New generation & is quickly replacing the older stuff.
- The True vinyl flooring is pretty much waterproof as it comes from the factory. The Vinyl flooring process is pretty much a matter of making a thick & absorbent high tech paper, Then:
- coating it with a chemical process to make it take printing ink
- Running it through a high speed printing press almost like a color news press
- Then coating it with a coat of Urethane
- flash setting the urethane with UV light, heat & air
- rolling it up & sending it to you
So back to your question, the paper substrate, absorbs water from the top or the bottom, if exposed to water. The urethane coating protects the paper and is waterproof, until it is installed in your home. Then any crack, scratch, pinhole breaches the wear layer & lets moisture into the paper & damages the pattern & paper from below.
The newer Fiberglass products are waterproof & water on or below them doesn't harm the products.
Linoleum Is another story. Basically impervious to water, but the adhesive holding it down may be water soluble, so water is not linoleum's friend.
How many square yards of carpet are needed to cover a floor that is sixty feet by sixty feet?
400 square yards. This is because there are 9 square feet in a square yard, and there are 3600 square feet of carpet needed to cover the 60' x 60' floor.
What is the average cost per square foot to have hardwood floors installed?
Well If you can find someone who'd sell it cheap, probably 25$-50$ per square foot.
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Average cost for laying solid wooden floor?
Location & quality are certainly minimum variables
- In most of the southern and Southwest part of the country expect to pay $1.50-$2.50 per square foot and about $1.00 more I'm Major cities & the north.
- If the floor is prefinished that is about what you will pay.
- IF the floor is sand & finish on sight expect to pay at least another $1 per square foot.
- If the flooring is glued down expect to pay about $70 per pail of adhesive & make sure it is what the flooring maker recommends. If the floor fails & they didn't use the vendors recommended adhesive you are out of luck, no questions asked, game over.
- If the flooring is Nailed or stapled, again make sure the size, length, and proper gun pressure is used or they will turn down your claim.
- Different makers have various sub floor requirements so don't assume it is OK to slap it down over whatever is there.
- Moisture is a tremendous problem with wood floors. In short wood likes water and absorbs it aggressively. Concrete floors suck a lot of moisture from the earth & emit a lot of water to the top side for evaporation. when wood is put over the wet sub floor adhesives fail, wood swells, pops, creaks & generally misbehaves.
- Engineered wood on concrete floors, solid or engineered wood on suspended wood sub floors.
Laminating pouches are pockets of laminating film into which the item to be laminated is placed. A hot laminator is used to seal the pouch and bind the layers together so that your document is laminated.
Sample letter not responsible for prior damage?
You can find many of these examples online. Make sure to read through them and point out the most important aspects before starting.
