Flooring

The "safest" way to clean carpet is with a dry cleaning product like Capture. You can find it in most home improvement stores. You spray a light mist of pre-cleaner solution on the carpet and then sprinkle a powder. After lightly brushing the powder into the carpet with the brush included in the kit. Let it sit for 30 minutes and vacuum up. If you are looking to have it professionally cleaned, look for someone who uses a carbonated process It leaves less water on the floor. The rental machines you find at the grocery and the home improvement store should be avoided. They leave far to much water on the carpet and will cause your carpet to break down quicker.

Yes, but you should you use an adhesive that is ductile

No. Amtico is an engineered luxury vinyl tile (LVT tile). Laminate is a veneered product. It will have possibly an MDF back with a picture of wood on the surface.

An LVT will perform much better and allows you to be more creative.

Amtico or Karndean are the two leading manufacturers. I am in the flooring industry and specialise in Karndean.

16" x 16"

means

1.3333' x 1.3333' which is 1.7777 sq feet

254sq feet / 1.777 = 143 Pcs.

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Sami N.

Costs vary by geographic location.

Every manufacture is different and even in one company different styles will be a different amount. You will want to check the box.

No. It will absorb water.

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No, they are glazed and will not allow paint to bond to the surface.

a good quality vinyl well looked after should last over 20+ years

$17 - $19 per yard. Installed with pad. Builder grade.

No, polyurethane is meant to be applied to a porous surface. Pergo is laminated and has none. Using the product will cause permanent damage.

If the laminate didn't shine out of the box there is no viable option to shine it. Products like Murphy's oil soap only create a mess. The way these floors are constructed they are not easily repaired or modified like hardwood.

Marble floors may feel cold, but they are actually the same temperature as the air around them. They FEEL colder because stone is more conducive to temperature than air. What that means is that skin in contact with air dissipates heat into the air more slowly than skin in contact with marble. The stone is absorbs the heat at a much greater rate than the air, making your skin feel cold, thus the stone feeling cold to the touch.

As a private installer I charge $1.50 per/sqf ! in Canada !!

No, since glaze is a process that requires it to be fired. There are professionals who use an epoxy on glazed ceramic to change colors if that is what you want to achieve.

Because it shouldn't be there ! -Laminate flooring is supposed to be laid on foam mat and left 'floating', NOT glued to the floor.

According to the manufacturer's website, you should remove the "Mop and Glo" buildup regularly. Here's their recommended solution:

Use a solution of 1/4 cup all purpose cleaner (such as LYSOL® All Purpose Cleaner with out Bleach) and 1 cup household ammonia in ½ gallon of warm water. Wet the area with the solution and mop.

Carpet comes in 2 widths 12' and 15'

so if you go with 12' carpet

then you need 2 pieces...to get it to the look the best with one seam I would get 2 20' pieces.

15' carpet I would order a 20' piece and another 6 foot piece ...that's given that the room is 20' exactly because you need to order extra 3 inches on each wall..

If there is baseboard heat against the walls you want to order enough extra carpet to wrap up and under for the best look. hope this helps

Not really. What would you do at the edges, doors, where it meets carpet ect.

By the foot, carpet is about $2 & tile is about $5.

55.44 units of currency.

You will need to sand the floor to give the thinset something to stick to.

Tarkett is now known as Enia. If you search this you should find the tile.