The foundation of your home's most beautiful spaces.
The foundation of your home's most beautiful spaces.
The Toothpick Trick for Fixing Small Scratches in Bamboo Flooring I once walked into a house where a expensive wide-plank bamboo floor was cupping so bad it looked like a corrugated roof because the installer did not check the crawlspace humidity and the owner tried to fix scratches with a soaked mop. It was a […]
I once walked into a house where a $15,000 wide-plank walnut floor was cupping so bad it looked like a potato chip because the installer didn’t check the crawlspace humidity, but the real culprit was the homeowner’s obsession with a steam mop. They thought they were sanitizing. In reality, they were injecting a slow-acting poison […]
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 is the hard truth of this industry. If you do not respect the physics of the prep work, […]
I once walked into a house where a $15,000 wide-plank walnut floor was cupping so bad it looked like a potato chip because the installer didn’t check the crawlspace humidity. The homeowner was distraught. They had spent a fortune on 8-inch wide boards, thinking the luxury price tag guaranteed stability. It didn’t. The floor was […]
I once walked into a house where a $15,000 wide-plank walnut floor was cupping so bad it looked like a potato chip because the installer didn’t check the crawlspace humidity levels before he slapped down a site-finish. The homeowner was crying, the contractor was ghosting her, and the wood was literally screaming as the fibers […]
The Wood Filler Secret for Flawless Hardwood Edge Repairs I once walked into a house where a $15,000 wide-plank walnut floor was cupping so bad it looked like a potato chip because the installer didn’t check the crawlspace humidity. The edges were a disaster. The gap between the floor and the baseboard looked like a […]
I once walked into a house where a $15,000 wide-plank walnut floor was cupping so bad it looked like a potato chip because the installer didn’t check the crawlspace humidity, but that was only half the tragedy. The homeowners had been trying to fix the ‘look’ of the floor by using a heavy-duty upright vacuum […]
The grit that grinds your investment to dust Look, I have seen it all. I smell like oak dust and the WD-40 I used to fix my miter saw this morning. You spend twenty thousand dollars on a premium floor and then let a cleaning crew with a dirty plastic bucket and a crusty string […]
I once walked into a house where a $15,000 wide-plank walnut floor was cupping so bad it looked like a potato chip because the installer didn’t check the crawlspace humidity. It was a tragedy of engineering that could have been avoided with a simple moisture meter and some respect for the physics of wood. Wood […]
You have scrubbed the surface on your hands and knees. You have tried the expensive mops. You have followed the directions on the bottle. Yet, every time you walk across the room, your socks catch. There is a faint, audible tackiness with every step. I have seen this a thousand times in my twenty-five years […]
