Question: During installation of my laminate floor I find out some corners or creases have little chips in them from tapping the boards into place. The chips are along the seam, Is there a way to fix this? Answer: Go to a hardware store or carpet store or the place you purchased your flooring and tell [...]
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
First of all, we msust say that we really don’t recommend you to put a piano of any substance on a laminate floor. With that being said if you are stuck with one the “best choice would be what we like to refer to as a “synthetic felt” type material as there is very little [...]
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
There is always some waste when you installing lamiante flooring. It usually depends on your skill and other conditions but you always can expect that about 5-10% of waste will be anyway. Example, if cartons are packed 30 sq ft, you have to buy 4 cartons = 120 sq ft. to cover 110 square feeets.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Putting laminate flooring in an area that doesn’t have a temperature maintained between the temperatures listed on the box. Most of the boxes of flooring will tell you not to even store them in extremely hot or cold temperatures. Also, hot and cold changes makes for condensation (moisture) and most laminate flooring is not suggested for [...]
Friday, July 25, 2008
Simple answer for the question is - You Can’t. The more full answer will be: You can’t really “remove” discoloration due to sunlight. What you’ve got is an absence of color, like an old photograph that has faded (which, basically, is what has happened here). So, there’s nothing to “remove”. A lot of laminate flooring is susceptible [...]
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Temperature of laminate flooring is a very important quality when you choose between laminate and carpet flooring. The answer is simple. Laminate is colder than carpet but warmer than tile. But it might not be as cold as you think. The foam underlayment installed under most laminate floors not only deadens sound but acts as a [...]
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
For example, somewhere around your house you have hardwood with laminate flooring in one place. It could be OK if they match. Many people ask, is it possible to sand down the laminate and restain it. Real wood can be sand down and restained althoughh that isn’t the same for laminate. Unfortunately since the laminated finish [...]
Friday, July 18, 2008
Question: How do I fix/clean laminate flooring that has accidentally been polished and is stained as a result? Answer: That depends on how bad are stains. In the most cases, the only way is to replace the piece of laminate (please, never use Orange Glo floor cleaing products on laminate). Although sometimes laquer thinner works great [...]
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
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