Prefinished Bamboo Flooring

By Robert Robillard

Pre-finished Bamboo Flooring Tips Hi Rob, great website! I was wondering, do you have any helpful hints on installing pre-finished, solid, bamboo flooring? It’s the first time I’ll be laying down a floor so any comments that might save me from ripping it up later would be helpful… Thanks Mary Thanks for the question Mary.…

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Installing Cherry Hardwood Flooring

By Robert Robillard

Installing Hardwood flooring In the typical Rob Robillard fashion I got WAY into this project before I remembered to take out my digital camera.  I really hate when I do that but in the remodeling industry things sometimes move quickly. On this project we were Installing Cherry Hardwood Flooring.  Read more on this project here: …

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Hardwood Floor Border and Feature Strip

By Robert Robillard

Installing a Hardwood Flooring Border and Feature Strip: Hardwoods floors offer an unrivaled sense of quality that never ceases to get stale or fade with home building or decorating trends. Hardwood flooring has many species and finishes ranging from the more traditional classics such as, oak and ash to modern or contemporary styles like maple…

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Installing Hardwood Flooring

By Robert Robillard

How To Install Cherry Hardwood Flooring If you’re like most people you probably love the look and charm of a hardwood floor. Hardwood floors never go out of fashion and can add real value to your home. I have hardwood flooring in every room in my house and I love it. Hardwood floors are durable…

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Filling Radiator Pipe Holes In Floors

By Robert Robillard

Patching Radiator Holes In Floors:  Antique Floors   Dear: Concord Carpenter, I recently removed several radiators from my 300 year old home. The floors are antique and I do not want to replace the floor boards if I don’t have to as I may be unlikely to replicate the patina. Do you have any creative…

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Protect Your Carpets When Remodeling

By Robert Robillard

Using Tyvek or  plastic to protect carpet floors Recently we were remodeling and used up all of our floor protector roll.   Carpenter and friend George Gulser  showed me a trick he learned while working at a boat yard in North Carolina.  This tip can be useful when using plastic type sheeting on the floors and…

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Landolt SurfaceLiner Floor Protector

By Robert Robillard

Protect Your Floors With Landolt SurfaceLiner The folks at Landolt Surface Liner recently sent out a roll of their SurfaceLiner floor protector to evaluate.  The Landlolt SurfaceLiner is a protective non-woven with adhesion coating – light and multifunctional clings to the floor without permanently sticking Landolt SurfaceLiner™ is a re-usable, multi-surface protective non-woven that offers safe and…

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Difference Between Hardwood Floor Fasteners

By Robert Robillard

Hardwood floor Fasteners: Cleat nails or Staples? When  installing hardwood flooring if your going to use a mechanical fastener to hold the floor down you have two choices:  cleat nails or staples.The question I often get asked is whats the difference?  and What’s the best quality? If you grabbed 10 hardwood flooring installed I’d bet…

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