The possibility of asbestos worries me a bit as the flooring was installed in 1983 when the house was built. I will do the scrubbing as you suggest. I can always do the lines again.
Thank you for your advice
Gary
Thanks for your advice. It sounds like the way to go is to make the cuts in advance. The subfloor is a cement slab. I will give it a shot at removing the Vinyl but it is down pretty tight.
Thanks again
Gary
Hi All,
I am planning the tiling of a hallway with a pinwheel pattern. See below. Although I don't have a lot of experience, I have tiled some before, but never with a pattern. The way I have tiled in the past is to set all the field tiles first. Then come back and fill in the edge pieces...
Our plan is just to do the bedrooms as the bathroom has tile. We did install a transition between the hall and the bathroom.
Thanks again for all your efforts. Your comments have been very helpful.
Gary
Thanks once again for replying. In answer to your questions :
1. The flooring is Strand Woven High-Density Fiberboard (HDF) 3/8 in. Bamboo Flooring from Home Depot. Here is a link if you want more info : Strand Woven Cherry Sangria
2. The install location is the upper floor of a house in...
Thanks for your response. I took another look at the installation guide. The guide says no transition is required for areas less than 35 feet. Sadly, it says a transition is required for doorways 5 feet wide or less. These doorways are 30 inches wide. It seems this is not allowed. Are there...
Hi all,
I am installing engineered click lock flooring in the upstairs of my home. I was thinking about purchasing a border accent piece and using it as a separator between the hallway and each room. The idea is to place it in the doorway between the rooms. My concern is about the expansion...
I am installing click lock hardwood on the stair landing at the bottom of the stairs. The flooring adjacent to the stair landing will be tiled. My question is should the riser of the landing sit on top of the tile of the floor or should the tile butt up against the riser?
Thanks in advance for...
Thanks for your input. As I am not in any hurry, I will just let the wood acclimate for a couple of weeks. Great tip on the OSB. I will check the seams.
Gary
Thanks for both your inputs. In answer to your questions, the subfloor is OSB. I am trying to install Home Legends stranded bamboo click install engineered hardwood using the floating method. The plan is to install QuietWalk underlayment.
It sounds like I need to check the moisture level in...