Flooring

Hardwood laminate floors costs will depend on the square footage you need. Some lower end floors will cost .89 a square foot and you may spend up to $3.50 for a good brand like Armstrong in a cheery finish.

Any kind of upgrade that you do to your house will most likely increase the house's resale value. Hardwood laminate floors are a commodity that a lot of people would pay good money to have.

Quick step flooring is a laminate flooring process. It comes in planks and has a clipping mechanism to hook each plank together. This process is thought to be easier than most flooring installations and can be done by most people on their own.

Although mopping may take a bit longer when using a steam mop, it will clean better than a regular mop. A steam mop will kill germs and dust mites when held in place for a few seconds. A regular mop does not do this.

You can. It is less gritty but it works.

Edit - While this is true, it's important to understand the wall grout is designed for thinner grout lines, so if you use it on the floor, make sure your grout lines are thin. Otherwise, the grout will crack.

I wouldn't think so. Floor tile is glazed in a furnace at several thousand degrees - hard to duplicate when the tile is already installed on a floor in a house.

The job is difficult, very uncomfortable, strenuous, and time consuming. All the nails attaching sub-floor and hardwood floor to the joist will have to be cut, the joist cut out two at a time, and then new, full-length joists installed in place. Depending on the year the house was built, this can be almost impossible to do as they will have to be position diagonally and then forced perpendicular to the direction of the floor. Once the new joists are positioned and supported on either end, the task of re-attaching the floor to the joists is undertaken. This will have to be done precisely and skillfully from underneath without allowing the fasteners (screws) to puncture through the floor into the living space. Pre-applying construction adhesive to the top of the joists is effective, but adds another difficult step to the installation (all while in the crawl space). I operate in New England and would charge $60.00/hr for the un-pleasure of this job. Of course the size of the room dictates the length of the job, but you could count on $2500.00 in labor plus materials.

You can. You start by applying moisture barrier to the concrete--flooring stores have it--then gluing the hardwood to the concrete.

No. In fact it is a better look to have contrast between the flooring and furniture, especially if the floor color is lighter.

No

Yes you can install vct over existing vct. The existing vct must be well adhered to the subfloor, no loose tiles or cracked and chipped tiles. If tiles are missing or must be removed you will need to patch in those spots with a suitable portland cement leveler or new pieces of vct. You will need to sand off the wax layer that may be present on the existing vct because if it is left on it can wear loose over time causing adhesion failure of the new vct and glue. Sweep all dust and contaminants from the floor.

If its tile. Use a heat gun. Or hair dryer. Warm it up and scrape it off. Then use a wax residue remover for the rest of the wax

Hospitals, universities, and other large commercial buildings often have concrete floors throughout the building, so there's nothing stopping you as long as the structure itself is strong enough to support the additional weight. Be sure and check your local code enforcement office before buying any materials.

Make sure the sub surface is clean.If it is not cement,you would have to add additive to the thin set addhesive to bond to the floor.Lay out floor from center of room off both walls.Snap line on floor to form a grid to fallow.Place the tile's in the grid depending on the size of the tile.If you lay 4 tile's on floor as example leave space for grout.You will have your grid square.With a 1/4" notch trowel place mixed thinset in the grid.Then apply some thin set to the underside of tile with trowel and remove excess with trowel for a good bond.If you place thinset on floor only and don't apply to underside of tile,they will all come loose in a matter of time.Good luck

you * it by the length of your floor

Nowadays, "hardwood" is a generic term used for any type of wood flooring. Woods such as pine are considered soft woods but are still used as "hardwood" flooring. In my experience any floor that has finished wood covering the surface is a hardwood floor.

The term is used more loosely today. 50 years ago, a "hardwood" floor meant maple, in almost all cases. Today, man-made laminate "wood" might be called a "hardwood" floor, but flooring that is actual pieces of wood will almost always be called a "hardwood" floor. The "finish" floor in most construction nowadays is plywood. The flooring - wood, vinyl, carpeting, whatever - is put down over that.

Dado tiles are section on a pedestal between the base and surbase. A decorated lower part or wall's paneled, which sits 23ft above floor with horizontal molding. In architectural parlance, the dado is the lower part of a wall, below the dado rail and above the skirting board. The word is borrowed from Italian meaning "die" (as an architectural term) or plinth. But this tile is not used commonly. But there are other tiles which available in stores as wholetiles.

This is because heat capacity different materials warm up at different rates.

2800 kg/m3

depends what type of floor it is

Nope, Mortar & Cement (Thinset) are two different types of setting materials & respond differently to stress & compression.

you cut them so they fit

Carpet sellers are usually called carpet salesmen.

because the floor cant carry electrons when there using the equipment. no it shouldn't be waxed

YES - The Tile Installer.

But really, a tip means a lot more to us than the $$. It confirms that we did a good job and that we showed respect to your home and family. I may make $1000 installing a floor, but it is that $20 tip that makes my day.