Hardwood flooring? How hard is it to install hardwood floors by myself? I am about to buy a 2,300 sqft. home and would like to install flooring myself so i can save some money. Also, there is a part of HWF allready installed in the kitchen. Is it going to be hard to take it off, or should i leave it and stain it to match maybe the new floor? About how much would a 1, 200 sqft. floor cost me to buy the wood? I heard that bamboo is the best to get. Thank you.

hardwood flooring? can u tell me howe much flooring i would need to cover a 12x8 by 19.3 floor and 15x5 by 5 hall and a bathroom 7x5 by 8 and 7x2 by5 bathroom hardwood flooring tongue and groove thanks

Hardwood flooring? What is the cheapest and easiest way to replace carpet flooring with hardwood flooring?

hardwood flooring? what is the name of the hardwood flooring manufacturer that starts with a "Z"?

hardwood flooring? I had some water get under some new hardwood flooring and was wondering if it is very complicated to repair this. It is now dry as it has been over a year sense it happened, but still has some buckles that need to taken out. can you just nail it and countersink the nail heads or do you need to take it up and replace the bad ones. It's not going to be easy doing that for sure.

hardwood flooring? I am considering hardwood engineered flooring to do it myself. any one have experience that would help me decide. Also, do you have recommendations for suppliers other than Home Depot or Lowes

Hardwood Flooring? If I have no intention of ever sanding and refinishing a floor, is there any disadvantage to going with engineered hardwood. Is there any draw back with opting for floating floor, rather than nail down. I think that the former will reduce the noise level, and is aslo a lot easier to install.

HARDwood FLOORing?!?!!? my father is an avid do-it-yourselfer. we are puting in hardwood floors in our house and he already put one room in and it is pretty good lookin! but he has bad judgement sometimes and there is really old linoleum under the old carpet and he wants to go directly over the linoleum without the felt insulator. this doesnt seem right WHAT DO YOU THINK?!

Hardwood flooring? Can anyone recommend good place to buy hardwood online? We are looking for some exotic verities like brazilian Cherry, Walnut , Amendoim. We live in N. CA and need close to 1500Sft. Thanks in advance

Hardwood Flooring? How much value does it actually add to your home? I know it will make the house sell faster but is it actually worth investing in? Will I get the money back plus more at selling time? I just don't want to spend 10 grand putting them in only to get an additional 3 grand at sell.

Can I make my own hardwood flooring? I am wanting to put hardwood flooring in my kitchen and hallway. However, after pricing some flooring at lowes...it will cost almost $400 to do this. The space needed to be floored is 412 sq ft. However, I can only afford about $200 to do the space... Is there a way that I can make my own hardwood flooring or a place where I can find it cheap enough - like $.50 a sq. ft? I was thinking that if I get nice plywood, and cut it into planks, along with staining them and coating them, I could then glue them onto the floor just like you would regular hardwood floor. This way I could also make the floor match my cabinets... Any websites is greatly appriciated!

Hardwood flooring or carpet? I just found hardwood flooring under my carpet. My carpet needs to be replaced. Should I go with carpet or hardwood floors. It seems that a few planks are buckled or maybe even cracked as there are some weak spots in my floor. Is this hard or expensive to replace? Also what does carpet vs hardwood do to the value of your home? Is refinishing hard if I find worn out places?

Hardwood Floor or laminate flooring I have a boxer dog? I just got a dog and ripped off my carpet. Mow im thinking of hardwood floor. Is it smart to do it my self with the snap on flooring or real hardwood. I know real wood is expensive i dont know if the laminate flooring is just as good

Can prefinished hardwood flooring be installed over self-stick vinyl floor tiles (for a 3rd floor bedroom)? Third floor remodel; currently exists a subfloor. Due to cost we're thinking about installing self-stick vinyl floor tiles first, and maybe in about two years install prefinished hardwood floors. We're wondering if we could save the step of pulling up the vinyl floor tiles when we're ready to install the prefinished hardwood flooring.

engineered hardwood flooring (Pergo type) ? I am looking for information on the advantages of pergo type flooring.We would like to put this type of flooring in our condo.The condo rules say NO hardwood flooring,but these rules were probably written in the 80's. What are the advatages over the traditional type of hardwood flooring? Where can I find some info on the subject? Does anyone have a favorite brand.One that's easier to install than another? Any good tips about installation? Thank You!

Hardwood and tile flooring project. What to do first? I am redoing the tile in my entryway and installing hardwood flooring adjacent to that. Which do I do first? the tile or the hardwood? And why? Ive had conflicting answers from installers. Also, the tile was installed directly onto the floor, no subfloor. Im sure its best to remove it (im dreading that!) and redo it properly onto plywood or any other options??? Thanks for any input.

Im installing hardwood floor planks. How do I repair a unlevel section of flooring? Im installing hardwood floor planks. A section of the floor is about a half of inch lower than the rest of the floor. What type of approach should I take to level flooring? If I use self leveling cement, will the staples or nails be able to penetrate this material into the subfloor?

Advice on hardwood flooring please? I am on a limited budget and while I want my floors to look beautiful, I'd also like to be thrifty. I know nothing about hardwood flooring except that I want real wood. Can I cut costs with substituting wood varieties, grade etc. (I really don't know about wood "grades") I am looking to put down flooring in my bedroom (12X16), my foyer, dining roon (12X10) my kitchen (12X14). I know what stain color I want, though- a Jacobean stain I saw. I love darker colors. I don't want a lot of "knots" in the wood, either. Can anyone give me any advice on how to get nice looking floors that don't look cheap, but don't break me? Thanks a lot!

Does hardwood flooring really have to be installed perpendicular to the joists under the sub floor? I am installing hardwood on the lower level of my splitlevel home. Have removed a halfwall between kitchen and diningroom. Would like to install flooring parallel to joists but everything I've read says to install perpendicular. They also recomend laying the flooring parallel to length of room which would put my boards parallel to joists underneath. Any tips or ideas would help.

Advice on hardwood flooring please? I am on a limited budget and while I want my floors to look beautiful, I'd also like to be thrifty. I know nothing about hardwood flooring except that I want real wood. Can I cut costs with substituting wood varieties, grade etc. (I really don't know about wood "grades") I am looking to put down flooring in my bedroom (12X16), my foyer, dining roon (12X10) my kitchen (12X14). I know what stain color I want, though- a Jacobean stain I saw. I love darker colors. I don't want a lot of "knots" in the wood, either. Can anyone give me any advice on how to get nice looking floors that don't look cheap, but don't break me? Thanks a lot!

Your opinion. . . Laminate vs hardwood flooring? I just wanted to know what other people think about laminate wood flooring vs hardwood. Long story short, I've had both and ultimately prefer hardwood floors. Had alot of problems with laminate flooring (scratched, chipped) which meant it had to be torn out and redone in sections before resale; huge headache! Anyways I tried warning my best friend about buying a home with wall-to-wall laminate flooring, but she seems to be a little nieve about it. . . believing everything shes read about how great it "can" be. Anyways, whats your opinion. . . and what would you prefer in your home?

Is parquet hardwood flooring not popular or available anymore? I've been looking online to get some replacement pieces for a chestnut colored hardwood floor and I'm not finding any. I've looked at Home depot and Lowe's, which is where I originally bought the flooring a few years ago and they don't have the chestnut color. The color is a pretty common color. I've only been able to find the light colored parquet flooring. The brand I'm looking for is Bruce. I looked on the Bruce website and can't find it there either. Help!

hardwood flooring labor and material? Just want to know a rough estimate on replacing carpet with hardwood flooring. The room size is 14x14.

Does hardwood flooring run continually underneath walls; the walls being built over the flooring? We are considering removing a wall (an inner wall) and are concerned as to whether the oak hardwood flooring runs beneath the walls. The home was built in the 1950's.

Do you prefer dark hardwood flooring or a lighter hardwood? Trying to decide the color of hardwood to use for our new home. We are putting hardwood throughout from Kitchen (light cream cabinets with chocolate glaze) dining, and greatroom through the bedrooms. The only exception being the two baths and utility, where we will use tile. I like the hand sculpted dark hardwood, but some have suggested the new "tiger eye" wood flooring. Any other suggestions?

Does dog pee ruin or harm hardwood flooring? We are thinking about taking out the carpet and laying down hardwood flooring. But I was curious if whether or not dog pee could possibly damage hardwood flooring.

Engineered vs Sold Hardwood Flooring? Which is better, engineered or sold hardwood flooring. Engineered is less expensive and looks the same as solid hardwood floors. Is there any difference?

Does Hardwood flooring decrease the value?....? Me and my husband are remodoling our house and we want to know if hardwood flooring would decrease the value of our property(home)?

Installing Hardwood flooring? Join in the debate, how should 130mm x 18mm hardwood flooring be installed over existing uneven floorboards rustic grade oak

Scartches in the Hardwood flooring? Hi, we just moved some furnature and the hardwood floor looks a little scratched. Is there a quick easy repair for scratches in the HW flooring? Thank you

Cheapest source for Hardwood Flooring or Laminate.? We still haven't decided which we want, pros and cons for both, but either way we're looking for the cheapest price on flooring. Where did you buy your hardwood flooring? Or Laminate? Did they install or did you do it yourself? Thanks in advance. Thanks for everyone's input, lots of good advice.

Can I put hardwood flooring on my screen porch? I'm building a house that will have a screen porch under roof and 2 sides with screening. I have extra tongue and groove flooring from the inside, an exotic hardwood from Bolivia, that I'm considering putting down as decking. The planks are 3/4" thick, 4" wide, and 4' long - my porch has treated 2x8s that are 12" OC - the underside of the decking will not be exposed as the porch has a 4' poured wall around the perimeter and 4' of gravel inside of it. Would this type of flooring work in an outdoor environment that is fairly protected from the weather? As for sealing the decking I thought tongue oil might be the best option. I also thought it might be worthwhile putting 1/2" treated plywood under the decking to give it added support. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and insight!

Can laminate hardwood flooring survive in a bathroom? I really like laminate hardwood flooring and can get a deal for my bathroom, but can it survive the moisture of a bathroom?

How should I install new bamboo flooring over existing hardwood? I just posted another question about this but now I have another. I'm about to install bamboo flooring. I'd like to put it over my existing hardwood floor (which has been covered with carpet since long before I owned the house). I just took up the carpet and am prepping the floor. One problem is that the existing floor squeaks, ALL OVER. Does anyone have recommendations for eliminating the squeaks before I install the new stuff? I've run some nails and screws into the joists and they seem to help but it seems like I'll need a ton of them for this. Also, when I install the new stuff, which is tongue and groove, should I install it perpendicular to the existing flooring or parallel? The existing floor is already perpendicular to the floor joists. Thanks for the suggestions.

Vinegar and Oil Recipe for Cleaning Hardwood Flooring? I clean for a lady who has finished, hardwood flooring. She mentioned interest in having me use "oil and vinegar" to clean her floor. I've done a little bit of searching on google and though oil SOAP with vinegar are suggested for oiled instead of finished floors, for finished flooring, just some vinegar (1/2 cup) in a bucket of warm water is suggested - minus the oil. Does anyone out there know anything more about this recipe?

Where is the best place to purchase hardwood flooring that will also install it? I'm wondering where the best place to purchase hardwood flooring is. I would like to buy it someplace that also will do the installation as well as take up my old carpet. Do I trust someone like Lowe's or Home Depot? A furniture store that carries hardwood? I want a good price, but I also want a product that will last and someone putting it in who knows what they are doing. Also, my home is an older home and I have decorated it with a lot of antiques. I want a rustic looking hardwood...nothing real high gloss. Any good websites where I can view different kinds of hardwood? Thanks....=)

Is the grain on hardwood flooring supposed to be consistant throughout the whole house? My dad recently put hardwood flooring in the master bedroom and in one of our other two bedrooms. The grain for the rooms are positioned in a way that when you walk into the room it's parallel with the way you are facing. He left the hallway out when he did the two rooms, I don't know why. Now, he's installing the flooring in the hallway has has the grain running parallel with the hallway. Problem is, the grain in the hallway is now perpendicular to the grain in the rooms. I don't know if I'm right... but to me having the grain running perpendicular is wrong. My dad's argument is that it makes the hallway look larger. Yes, I agree but I don't believe he's doing it right.

When remodeling includes adding walls AND hardwood flooring, Which comes first? I've gutted out part of the house and noticed that whoever built it, built the walls first and then laid out the linolium and carpet.(there wasn't any finished floor material under the old walls) Is it important to do one before the other? I'm using 25 gauge steel studs instead of wood and installing hardwood flooring. which should I do first, the floor or the walls?

How easy is it to install hardwood floor? Is it as easy as laying laminate flooring? I have started my own flooring business. Installing laminante and hardwood. While I am experienced in laminante, I have not had the oppurtunity to install hardwood. I will be installing prefinished tongue and groove haardwood.

What are the laws on hardwood flooring in Los Angeles (or other cities) Can a condo building really Ban them? Our condo building wont allow us to install hardwood flooring, even though we are going above the city requirements for noise restriction. Can the condo legally stop us from installing the hard floors?

How do I stagger my hardwood flooring during instulation?? My husband and I are installing hardwood flooring into our new house. Any suggestions? Ideas? or Tips?? How do you stagger the flooring? Thanks

Whats the best way to lay hardwood flooring on concrete? I want to take out my carpet and install hardwood in my house. It is built on a slab. I know i have to put down a moisture barrier between the concrete and the flooring. Do i glue the moisture barrier to the concrete then glue the hardwood to the moisture barrier?

Can I tile a bathroom over hardwood flooring? I have hardwood flooring in my bathroom. Do I need to rip it out before tiling or can I put backerboard over it and tile?

Is it difficult in putting down laminate hardwood flooring? My husband and I were comparing the costs of putting down laminate hardwood flooring ourselves. We would like to save some money in doing so but have never attempted in such a task. How hard is it in putting the flooring down? What company offers the best prices per square footage?

I need a name 4 my hardwood flooring business? I am starting a upscale hardwood flooring co, I am looking for a hip,modern, unique name please help

How much does it cost to get carpet or hardwood flooring installed? Its 1400 sq f home. Is there's any website where i can check estimate online ? i want hardwood flooring on main floor plus the stairs and carpet on upper floor only in bedrooms. Do any one knows the cheapest and best stores around here ?

How long do you have to leave concrete floors to dry before laying hardwood flooring in a new house? We are considering laying hardwood flooring in the living/dining room of our new house. The floor is concrete and we have been told we need to wait for a period of time before laying wood flooring. The time period varies with who we ask, but we've been told anything from 3 months to 2 years! Does anyone have any direct experience of this? Is it a load of rubbish or is it genuine?

Do I *really* need spacers to install my hardwood flooring? I'm installing red oak select hardwood flooring in my kitchen, to continue the flooring from my hallway and dining room. One company recommends, for my regien, 0.4mm spacing per strip using "green" spacers, but would it be okay to just eyeball the strips before nailing them down, just like the pros? Or would it be better to just use the spacers?