The foundation of your home's most beautiful spaces.
The foundation of your home's most beautiful spaces.
The Secret to Cutting Glass Tile Without Chipping Look, I have sawdust under my nails and the faint scent of WD-40 follows me into every room. I am a master floor installer, and I have spent twenty five years fixing the mistakes of people who treat a floor like a decoration instead of a structural […]
I smell like WD-40 and oak dust most days because I do not treat flooring as a hobby. Most guys skip the leveling compound. They think the underlayment will hide the dip. It won’t. I spent three days grinding concrete on a job last month just so the floor wouldn’t click like a castanet. That […]
The mirror trick for tiling hard to reach shower corners I spent three days grinding concrete on a job last month just so the floor wouldn’t click like a castanet. The homeowners thought I was crazy, but they didn’t see the quarter-inch dip in the slab that would have snapped their new planks in a […]
The mechanical bond behind every successful tile installation Most guys skip the leveling compound. They think the underlayment will hide the dip. It won’t. I spent three days grinding concrete on a job last month just so the floor wouldn’t click like a castanet. That job was for a high-end client who had picked out […]
The Magnet Trick for Finding Floor Joists Through Thick Subfloors Most guys skip the leveling compound. They think the underlayment will hide the dip. It won’t. I spent three days grinding concrete on a job last month just so the floor wouldn’t click like a castanet. That job taught me that shortcuts in the subfloor […]
The gritty reality of a sharp tile edge Most homeowners and green installers think the danger of tile work ends once the wet saw stops spinning. It does not. I spent three days grinding concrete on a job last month just so the floor would not click like a castanet, but even with a level […]
The silent killer of expensive hardwood Moisture is the single greatest threat to structural floor integrity. A subfloor that appears dry often harbors deep-seated vapor that will eventually migrate upward through your hardwood floors or laminate planks. You must use a calibrated pin or pinless moisture meter to verify these levels before installation starts. I […]
Most guys skip the leveling compound. They think the underlayment will hide the dip. It won’t. I spent three days grinding concrete on a job last month just so the floor wouldn’t click like a castanet. When you see a floor that bounces or separates at the seams, it is rarely the fault of the […]
The $5 Chalk Tool for Perfectly Centering Your Hardwood Layout I spent three days grinding concrete on a job last month just so the floor wouldn’t click like a castanet. Most guys skip the leveling compound. They think the underlayment will hide the dip. It won’t. I walked into a house where the installer had […]
The concrete truth about subfloor preparation Drilling through ceramic tile requires a stable foundation because any microscopic movement in the subfloor will cause the rigid surface to crack when vibration is introduced. Most guys skip the leveling compound. They think the underlayment will hide the dip. It won’t. I spent three days grinding concrete on […]
