Laminate Flooring Options

I have spent twenty-five years with my knees on the ground and sawdust in my pockets. I smell like wood wax and rubbing alcohol most days. Last year I walked into a kitchen where a homeowner had spent three thousand dollars on high-end laminate only to ruin it in an afternoon. She had used a […]

How to Repair a Cigarette Burn in Your Laminate Floor 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 have seen countless DIY repairs fail because the […]

I once walked into a house where a expensive wide-plank walnut floor was cupping so bad it looked like a potato chip because the installer didn’t check the crawlspace humidity. It is a heartbreak I see too often. People think their floors are indestructible surfaces because the marketing says waterproof. The reality is that laminate […]

The penny test is a baseline for survival The penny test for checking laminate expansion gaps involves placing a standard US penny into the space between your flooring and the wall to ensure a minimum clearance of 1/16th inch. This expansion gap is vital because laminate flooring is a floating floor system that moves based […]

I have spent twenty five years on my knees with a moisture meter and a level. I have seen the same tragedy play out in hundreds of homes. A homeowner spends thousands of dollars on a beautiful new laminate floor, only to ruin it in eighteen months because they listened to a cleaning tip from […]

The Rubber Mallet Secret for Tightening Loose Laminate Planks 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 and they think the underlayment will hide the dip. It won’t. I have seen fifteen thousand dollar wide plank floors […]

I smell like oak dust and the sharp chemical tang of WD-40. My knees have the permanent calluses of a man who has spent twenty-five years crawling across plywood and concrete. I have seen the same mistake repeated from the custom builds in the suburbs to the quick flips in the city. Homeowners walk into […]

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. The homeowner thought I was overcharging for the prep work. Then I showed him the straightedge. A ten foot […]

Homeowners always ask why their floors are buckling. Usually, it is because they treated their floor like a science experiment gone wrong. I once walked into a house where a beautiful high-end laminate installation looked like a series of mountain ranges. The planks were peaking at every joint. The homeowner was proud of her natural […]

The $5 Shims That Stop Your Laminate from Creaking 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 in a high-rise where the slab looked […]