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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.
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Can you use pva as a primer prior to layingself adhesive vinyl tiles?
check with the vendor but the answer is probably
Is teak flooring recommended for a kitchen?
Relative to other common flooring woods, Teak is lightweight, and not very dense.
Brazillian walnut has a hardness rating at over 3600, Standart, common teak rates a lowly 1000. You can use it if you want but it will, be a low performance & high maintainance product..
Wood Flooring SpeciesHardnessIpe / Brazilian Walnut / Lapacho3684Cumaru / Brazilian Teak3540Ebony3220Brazilian Redwood / Paraju3190Angelim Pedra3040Bloodwood2900Red Mahogany / Turpentine2697Spotted Gum2473Brazilian Cherry / Jatoba2350Mesquite2345Santos Mahogany / Bocote / Cabreuva2200Pradoo2170Brushbox2135Karri2030Sydney Blue Gum2023Bubinga1980Cameron1940Tallowwood1933Merbau1925Amendoim1912Jarrah1910Purpleheart1860Goncalo Alves / Tigerwood1850Hickory / Pecan / Satinwood1820Afzelia / Doussie1810Bangkirai1798Rosewood1780African Padauk1725Blackwood1720Merbau1712Kempas1710Locust1700Highland Beech1686Wenge / Red Pine1630Tualang1624Zebrawood1575True Pine / Timborana1570Peroba1557Kambala1540Sapele / Sapelli1510Curupixa1490Sweet Birch1470Hard Maple / Sugar Maple1450Coffee Bean1390Natural Bamboo (represents one species)1380Australian Cypress1375White Oak1360Tasmanian Oak1350Ribbon Gum1349Ash (White)1320American Beech1300Red Oak (Northern)1290Carribean Heart Pine1280Yellow Birch1260Movingui1230Heart Pine1225Carbonized Bamboo (represents one species)1180Cocobolo1136Brazilian Eucalyptus / Rose Gum1125Makore1100Boreal1023Black Walnut1010Teak1000Sakura995Black Cherry / Imbuia950Boire940Paper Birch910Cedar900Southern Yellow Pine (Longleaf)870Lacewood / Leopardwood840Parana780Sycamore770Shedua710Southern Yellow Pine (Loblolly and Shortleaf)690Douglas Fir660Larch590Chestnut540Hemlock500White Pine420Basswood410Eastern White Pine380
How many pounds of pressure does it take to break tile?
depends on the kind of tile & the thickness & obviously the test method
Ceramic or Saltillo will break much easier than Porcelain need more info
How many 12 inch tiles do you need for a 4 x 6 ft room?
LXW is the formula for area
so it's 4X6=??
Then its 12X12 tiles = 1 sq ft each
so looks a lot like 24 tiles
What do you use to clean linoleum floors?
Linoleum Care
Both Marmoleum and Armstrong are major producers of this 140-year-old technology.
Linseed oil & wood flour or cork dust and a few other secret ingredients.
Linoleum does require some care & maintenance, it definitely is NO a lay it & forget it floor. It is somewhat "Green" in the environmental sense & can give a very long life if cared for & properly installed.
I suggest you go to your makers website & get their specific instructions, if you have not chosen yet, go to Marmoleum or Armstrong & they both have a nice section on Care & Maintenance.
I tried to Cut & paste it here for you but the copyright police had me arrested & I am due to be hung tomorrow at daylight... Oh well as My dad always said.. No good deed goes unpunished.
The Rev sez Hope this helps
How many 6x6 tiles to cover 85sq ft?
LXW is the formula for area
Then its 4 6X6 tiles = 1 sq ft each
so looks a lot like 340 tiles
How many 1-square-foot tiles do you need to cover 12 x 20 feet?
LXW is the formula for area
so it's 12X20=?? Grab that cell phone theres a calc function in there
Then its 12X12 tiles = 1 sq ft each
so looks a lot like your answer should resemble 042 in the mirror
pourous tiles (more like short sections of pipe than flat tiles) laid continously in a trench below ground level to form a pipeline to a drain point at a lower level but above the water table.
Ground water/ Snow melt/ Rain would normally slowly percolate through the soil & dissipate or stand on the surface, till it evaporates.
Drainage tile allows the water in saturated soil to find an open pipe to follow to a lower drainage point such as a sump or a waterway.
Tiles allow the fields to dry faster, roots of plants to breath better and produce more crops on cropland or other areas such as yards or industrial land to dry faster for better & safer useage
How many 18inch tiles covers 425 sq ft?
You may want to use a calculator.
18 in x 18 in =? square inches
There are 144 square inches in a square foot.
Divide the square inches in one tile by 144. That should equal about 2.25 square feet per tile.
425 divided by the square feet in one tile -- that would give you the number of tiles. It would take about 189 tiles.
What type of carpet padding is best on a concrete surface?
The subfloor wont make any noticable difference on the padding, Rebond will give the most feel fro the buck, Bubble rubber is great but pricy and stay away from any "Prime" pad
How do you remove plastic tile from a wall?
Bust them loose with a hammer & scraper. Make sure to wear goggles & gloves.
Talavera pottery is a type of majolica earthenware (Red Body Ceramic with Glaze) of a distinct creamy- white glazed decoration produced only in the State of Puebla in Mexico. Talavera Poblana is the oldest tin-glazed ceramic in America and it is still being manufactured with the same techniques as in the 16th Century.
The ornate patterns are immediately reminiscent of the hacienda ranch look it is unlike the Terre Cotta tiles normally associated with Mexico in that it has a glaze, an ornate artwork and is fired to make it Ceramic.
Authentic Talavera pottery is the ceramic ware produced by certified workshops in the state of Puebla Mexico following the traditional Talavera process introduced by the Spaniards in the 16th Century.
How do you remove old tape residue from tile flooring?
Pam cooking spray sometimes works on a soft cloth
OR
WD 40 will almost certainly do the job.
depending on the type of tile, acetone ( nail polish remover) will certainly get the job done but remember to check it in an out of the way surface to make sure it doesn't remove the surface of the tile too..
What side of carpet underlayment goes on the floor rubber or mesh backing?
Underlayment goes slick or flat side up, so the carpet can be adjusted, moved & stretched without the foam bunching up..
Probably half of all the padding I ever saw an amateur do it yourselfer install was installed up side down...
Mesh goes up, so the carpet can slide...
How do you clean pitch pine flooring easily?
Are you sure you have PITCH PINE floors??
Heart pine is much more common as flooring??
Pitch Pine is used mainly for rough construction, pulp, crating, and fuel. High quality quantities of which however can be very sought after and due to its uneven growth large lengths of pitch pine can be very costly.
12X14=168 sq feet
12X12 tiles are ONE sq foot each
2X4 area untiled= -8 sq feet
looks like 160 sq feet
What products can be used to clean hardwood floors?
Pinesol is recommended, but any product that is approved should work. Visit your local Home Improvement store and go to the cleaning aisles. Each product should have a label which contains information on what surfaces it can be used on and in what quantities
How doi i Seal between tub and wood floor?
there is a vinyl strip called a TUB STRIP probably the Home depot or a carpet installation supply store, think yellow pages!
To tile an area of 437 square feet how many eighteen inch tiles would l need?
292 + 3% waste for cuts = 301 tiles
How many tile that are 18 inches x 18 inches to cover 163 sq ft?
How do I figure a room for 18X18 tiles?
The concept is confusing but the math is pretty simple...
- Tiles are sold by the square foot not by the tile..
- Measure the room & round up to the next foot, ie.. 11' 6" just write it down as 12'
- If the room has offsets or halls, just remember to treat it like another room & do the length X width of each area. Then add them all up.
- Box will tell you how many sq feet is in a box, so you are paying by the foot, but buying by the box........
- Each 18X18 tile is 2.25 sq feet
- 163 sq ft divided by 2.25= the number of tiles you will need
- 16X16 tile will likely be packaged in a box with 9-11 pieces per box..
- Usually about 14- 18 sq feet per box depending on the makers preferences...
- By way of example if your room is 12X12 that's 144 sq feet,
- Divide the sq feet by how many sq feet in the box & you know how many boxes..
- Add about 7-10% to make sure you have enough....
Soooo once you know the sq feet you need, add a little for waste & breakage & ooops cuts & you will have enough..
The fact that a good tile setter starts in the middle of the room & works out also means you may have a fair bit of cutting one all the walls but a centered look is much better and likely allows you to use the pieces up.
The Rev sez Hope this helps
