The foundation of your home's most beautiful spaces.
The foundation of your home's most beautiful spaces.
I spent three days grinding concrete on a job last month just so the floor would not click like a castanet. Most guys skip the leveling compound because they think the underlayment will hide the dip. It will not. I have seen thousand dollar laminate jobs ruined because the installer thought he could bridge a […]
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 reality of the flooring business. You can buy the most expensive wide-plank material in the world, […]
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 because they think the underlayment will hide the dip. It won’t. I have seen countless $5,000 laminate installations fail within eighteen months because the installer ignored a 3/16 inch […]
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 people treat flooring like furniture, but it is actually a machine. You have to […]
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 […]
