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We are building a new home and are having engineered wood floors 1/2" thick and 5" wide installed in our living room and hallways, no wet areas. Our floor installer says he does not usually put a moisture under the wood floors and it has always worked out fine. I have read conflicting information regarding [...]

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admin on September 12th, 2011

Hi, i have a Laminate Floor in my living room. I have spent alot on Cleaning products to remove marks. But they dont come off. They are like Tranparent scuff marks, but Cleaning products arnt helping. Any suggestions? Thanks Related Discussions

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admin on September 7th, 2011

Ok so my carpet is completely shot, my children have destroyed it. I would eventually like to put down laminate and maybe carpet that doesnt show stains in my dining room and living room, but just dont have the money at this time. Ok so today I pulled back the carpet and padding and found [...]

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we were cleaning the living room carpet and my husband moved a chair into the kitchen. When he moved it back he dragged it accross the kitchen floor. Related Discussions

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admin on August 10th, 2011

I want to replace the carpeting in my living room with light-colored wood laminate. The only people living in my house are my husband, myself and a small dog (under 15lbs), so there is not a lot of traffic. Is laminate a good choice for us, and if so, do you have any pointers? Related [...]

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admin on August 2nd, 2011

We ripped out the carpet in our back dining room. Decided to put in wood flooring. I like the darker oak color but I also like mahogany. We are eventually going to continue this flooring through the kitchen and living room as well – but one room at a time for now. What do you [...]

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I decided I am going to do my whole Condo in Pergo flooring, getting rid of carpet completely, with 2 cats its just a pain. This will be in 2 bedrooms,Hallway,and Living room/dining room. Kitchen and 2 baths have tile. My place all together is about 1100 sq feet, so I’m thinking its probably about [...]

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do you think haveing wood flooring in just the living room would look good are is that bad decorating. thanks every one help me out a lot my b/f wants carpeting this way we both get what we want Related Discussions

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admin on July 10th, 2011

My living room is 15′ x 20′ so I planned on laying my new wood floor parallel to the 15′ side to make the room look longer in that direction. But the floor will also be going down my hallway and if I lay it down as planned the boards will be horizontal down the [...]

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We had a water leak in the kitchen and three or four pieces of the laminate flooring have buckled when water leaked into our living room. Is there a way to replace those pieces without removing most of the floor? It just happens to be in the middle of the floor where the damage happened. [...]

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I’ve never seen it done in person and I’m worried it won’t look right. I have ceramic tile in the kitchen and am remodeling the living room. I want to put in laminate wood. Will the transition look ok from one surface to the next? Does anyone know where I can view pictures of transitions [...]

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We have ceramic tiles in the living room and kitchen. We would like to have wood floors in the living room and new ceramic tiles in the kitchen. Is it possible to do this without taking out the old ceramic tiles? The old tiles are in great condition with no cracks or loose tiles. Related [...]

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admin on April 23rd, 2011

my mom since she came back from hospital she is walking with a walker and my wood floor is scratched by this walker . These scratches are visibile in all down stairs in the living room in the dining room in the kitchen. What can i do about them? Related Discussions

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admin on April 21st, 2011

We are renovationing and having our floors done in our living room. Our living area is quite large and open. Because we don’t want to "separate" the new look in the living room from our (dated) kitchen, we’re thinking continuing the wood flooring in the kitchen too. It’s all open. Should we continue the same [...]

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i have just laid a laminate floor over a dry screed floor in my living room, on having to do some extra work when lifting the flooring some of the screed floor smeed to have some moisture is this due to sweating sa th house is fully wartertight. Related Discussions

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