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Will my cats nails scratch prefinished hardwood flooring? What about moist hair ball regurgitation? Would they harm the floor?

I just had engineered wood floor installed (glue down method), and there is a gap between the threshold of the front door and the wood planks in the house. The planks (yes, they’ve been floated) are not level with the brass/metal threshold of the front door, as there is a slight grade difference between the two surfaces. What is the best way to resolve?

I am doing a kitchen remodel. The contractor glued bamboo wood flooring to 1×6 subfloor. The color of the floor was wrong. It is being removed now, leaving large divots in the subfloor from the glue pull up. Does the subfloor need to be replaced or can it be filled during the installation of the right flooring?

How seriously do we need to take the humidity issue? (Of course, no-one told us about this when we were looking at hardwood as an option.) We mercifully don’t have a leaky condo. Do we really have to forgo fresh air?

I removed my old carpet. There is a thin padding underneath. It is in pretty good condition so I was wondering if I can install the engineered hardwood flooring over that instead of removing and putting the foam (as suggested by manufacturers.) Is this something not to do?

We recently hired a professional to add additional hardwood flooring and to refinish all the other rooms to make them blend. The entire floor was not sanded; instead it was feathered in. When the blending was completed and a finish coat was applied there were wormy looking bubbles along the blending line. The professional sent him workers back to resand the floors and apply a new coat. Unbelievably when the new coat was dried and we got to take a look, the entire floor (old and new) looked like there were flecks of dirt all over it. What did they do wrong? Do we need it sanded and a new coat applied again? Can too many coats be a problem? I’ve noticed that the “old flooring” does not look as good as it did before all of this, even with all the scratches that were on it.

For installing hardwood on stairs, the nose profiles that I saw have the groove. That means that if I start from the nose, I will only have access to the groove end of the strips. The nailer I believe nails on the tongue edge. So how would you nail the strips down once you have the nose glued/nailed? Or do you mean that I should start installing from the riser of the bottom tread up to the nose, and install the nose with glue and face nails?

I will be installing hardwood flooring next month. The flooring is going to be laid in my living and dining rooms. These rooms are located above my unfinished basement. Is moisture a concern? Should I use a vapour barrier underneath the new floor? According to your recommendations on your site you also suggest that 3/8 sheathing be installed on top of OSB / ply. If my OSB is installed on the length… Should the sheathing be installed the same way or on the width?