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Attic-Dek Floor System
How to easily accomplish walking and kneeling without putting your foot through the ceiling!
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Bubbles in Vinyl Floors
No matter how well a vinyl floor is installed, bubbles can appear days, weeks or even years after installation.
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Carpet 1-2-3: Cleaning & Care
New carpeting? Here's how to keep it looking its best?
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Carpet 1-2-3: Fiber Options
Choosing new carpet? Your options, from natural to concoctions.
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Carpet 1-2-3: Padding
That cushy feeling of “luxury”... isn’t always what you see.
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Carpet Stain Remover
New carpeting looks warm and inviting for a week or so, then kids, company, dogs, TV dinners and things like red wine take their toll.
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Ceramic Tile Over Vinyl Floors
Always lay tile from the center working outward.
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Concrete floor moisture test
How to test a concrete floor for any moisture problems lurking there.
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Damaged Carpet?
Don't trash it! Make things look like new with a perfect-match carpet patch!
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Damaged Vinyl Floor?
What quickly mends small cuts and knicks? -- This easy-to-do quick "floor fix"!
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Don't Buy a New Wood Floor -- Revitalize It!
An oil-based primer and finish coat will make for the most durable, longest-lasting finish.
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Don't Cover It! Paint That Floor
While latex floor paints are the most widely used finish, oil-base and epoxy paints are more abrasion-resistant and tend to last longer.
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Dos and Don'ts of Hardwood Flooring
Parquet is recommended for use on top of concrete.
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Embossed-in-Register Flooring
Matching up the surface embossing with the image directly below it.
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Ever wonder “What’s the deal with Plywood?”
Today you’ll learn why laminated wood is strong and good.
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Flooring "It's a snap!"
What's new? Hint: They go in faster, are much stronger and are a snap to install!
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Floors on Fresh Concrete
Moving into a brand-new home? If you give it some time, your flooring will look (and hold) just fine!
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Garage Floor Resurfacing
How to do it...and how to 'see' what you should use on it!
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Garage Floor Tile
Garage floor a mess? Stains and drips? Here's a fast and easy fix.
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Garage Floor Tiles
Make your garage floor look great...without a coat of epoxy or paint...
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Green flooring trends
How even your choice of flooring makes a difference environmentally
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Hardwood Floors Over Concrete
When walking the plank is desirable.
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Hot Tips for Vinyl Tile
Hot to lift, replace and glue...vinyl tile to make it look like new!
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How to Shop for New Carpet
The more yarn per square yard, the heavier the carpet -- and the better it wears.
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Installing Hardwood Flooring?
Floating hardwood floors aren't glued and/or nailed to the wood subfloor or concrete slab.
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Installing Wood Flooring
Can wood flooring be installed over concrete? Yes and no.
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Ladder Socks
A tip of must-have cover-ups for feet.
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Laminate Flooring Workbench
Make your workbench as good as new (and resistant to scrapes, gouges and glue).
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Laminates That'll Floor You
A new floor trend is laminate flooring with a surface like countertop plastic laminates, only much harder and more durable.
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Making Floorboards Fit
Let her rip!
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Move Furniture Easily
Next time you have furniture to move, try one of these tried-and-true techniques that are sure to leave you without an aching back or scratched flooring.
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No-stick Peel-and-Stick Tile
How to make "no-stick" tiles lay perfectly flat and stay where they're at.
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On The Edge (Precizion Tile)
Classic marble and granite floors made easy with no stress, mess or hassle!
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Parties, Football and Carpets
Clean-up tricks.
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Patching a Hardwood Floor
Black stains on a hardwood floor usually signals the need for replacement.
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Patching a Vinyl Floor
Often you can avoid replacing an entire floor by making repairs with a patch from a hidden area.
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Patching Hardwood Floors
Replacing individual planks in a hardwood floor is easier than you think.
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Removing Old Vinyl Flooring?
Here's how to do it right... by cutting old sheet goods down to size!
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Restoring Hardwood Floors
There might be a secret treasure beneath your wall-to-wall carpeting.
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Rug Corners That Curl
How to make corners lay flat... and keep 'em down right where they're at!
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Rug Tips
Dont hit your head on the hardwood--how to find the best area rug.
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Selecting Carpet
Bend the carpet and note how close the individual tufts are to each other and how much of the backing is exposed.
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Squeak Quick Fix
How to fix an annoyingy squeak between sub- and finished floors with a quick spritz!
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Squeaky Floors
Want to fix a floor that's squeaky once and for all?
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Squeaky Second-floor Hardwood
How to diagnose the source, and nail down the problem.
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The Days of Our Carpets
Seal all open cracks and seams with a good bead of caulk before new carpet is installed.
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Vinyl Bubble Trouble
No matter how well a vinyl floor is installed, bubbles can appear anytime after installation. Fortunately this problem is easy to fix.
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Vinyl Floor in Jeopardy?
There's no question about it; a quick fix with seam sealer is the right answer for little cuts and tears.
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Vinyl Floor Patch and Repair
Look under appliances for vinyl-floor patches!
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Vinyl Tile Ins and Outs
Lay a cloth down over one tile, and iron with slow, firm strokes. In a minute or two, it’ll easily lift up.
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Warped floorboards
How to make it (once again) lay flat?and to stay right where it's at?
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Wet-carpet Emergencies
It is that time of year when winter rains can be heavy and unpredictable, often causing leaky roofs and flash-flooding.
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Your Flexing Floor
The solution is between the wood posts and beams that support your floor.
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