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So I am a new flooring contractor in California. I've always been an employee. Never really paid attention to the prices that people were charging that I worked for. I just collected my paycheck on Fridays and that was it. So now that I'm on the other side of things, I've been bidding jobs and...

I'm doing a tile floor and the homeowner wants a crack prevention membrane put down. Will RedGard work good for that and what's the best way to apply it? It's about 120 ft.² floor over a concrete slab.

Does anyone have a Bosch 9 or 14 gallon dust extractor hooked up to a dust deputy? I'm having a hard time finding the right size hoses to connect the dust deputy to the vacuum and wondering what any of you have done or recommendations what I can do. I'm probably making it harder than what it...

Ok here it goes. My sister has tile all throughout her house except for the bedrooms and living room where she has carpet. Her dogs are tearing up the carpet in some of the rooms so she wants me to put in new lvp floor in the whole house but she doesn't want the mess and the bill that comes with...

I have a customer that wants to put 9 inch wide stone core vinyl plank flooring directly over their tile. The tile that I'd be going over is square edge, about 6x18 wood look porcelain, on a 1/3 tile pattern, with 3/16 grout joints. Should I skim coat the floor or am I good to go to install...

Hello everyone! I'm looking for help... especially from installers in California. So I just got my contractors license and I went on a bid and they accepted my quote. So now is the contract signing. I'm not sure of the process. My contracts have the 3/5 day right to cancel, 3/5 day cancellation...

I'm sorry if this question has already been asked but I couldn't find it here. Can anyone recommend a pressure sensitive that would be ok to use for vinyl plank with attached pad on steps that Home Depot would carry? Thanks in advance for any advice.

So I'm getting my contractors license in California and the school is telling me that I need to get a corporation number to send with my application because I'm going the incorporated route. Does anyone know how I would go about doing that?

I live in California and I’m going to be getting my contractors license soon. I have a criminal past that I’m not particularly proud of but it is what it is. I’ll just say I’m 8 1/2 years clean and sober now. Anyways my past consists of a felony second degree burglary, a few commercial...

Does anyone heat up their hardwood adhesive to make it easier to spread? What do you use to heat it?

Hello everyone, I’ve been doing hardwood, laminate, lvp and tile floors off and on (mostly on) in California for the better part of 20 years. I’ve always been an employee and worked under a licensed contractor. I’m 43 years old, married with 3 children under 4 years old. I’ve been thinking a lot...

Hey flooring dudes and chicks. I’m new here and I have a question to all the guys who have installed laminate floors on stairs. I’ve been installing laminate and hardwood floors for around 20 years but I’ve never installed laminate on steps. Obviously I have a lot more to learn. Whats the best...