The foundation of your home's most beautiful spaces.
The foundation of your home's most beautiful spaces.
I have spent twenty five years with my knees on a subfloor and my hands covered in oak dust. I have seen the rise of the laminate floor from the early days of glue together planks to the modern click lock systems that dominate the big box retailers today. Homeowners always ask why their waterproof […]
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 an upstairs remodel where the homeowner had already bought a pallet of cheap, thin foam. I […]
The 5-Minute Moisture Test for Concrete Subfloors 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 this mistake destroy more hardwood floors than termites ever […]
The 1/8 inch that ruins everything To install laminate on stairs without metal nosings, you must create a custom mitered stair nose by cutting the laminate plank at a 45-degree angle and bonding it to a matching riser piece using high-tensile polyurethane adhesive. This method requires a precision table saw with a high-tooth-count blade to […]
The air in this workshop smells like a mixture of WD-40 and fine oak dust, a scent that most people find abrasive but I find comforting. It is the smell of precision. I have spent twenty five years on my knees with a moisture meter and a six foot level, and if there is one […]
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 because the homeowner ignored a three-eighths inch deviation. When you are standing over a grinder with the smell of […]
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 was working on a high-end remodel where the owner had picked out a beautiful wide-plank laminate. The slab […]
The mechanics of the perfect starter row 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. I have spent twenty five years on my knees with a moisture […]
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 it a thousand times. A homeowner spends five thousand dollars on a beautiful 12mm laminate with […]
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 won’t. I was in a high-end condo where the owner had installed a beautiful wide-plank laminate that was […]
