St. Catharines and area hardwood flooring

Archive for August, 2008

Across the joists and not parallel

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

We are currently having Bamboo floors installed in our house by a contractor. The contractor is saying that our subfloor is uneven because of settling. He wants to run the floors in our family room perpendicular to the way he laid them in the living room and dining room? Shouldn’t the floors be laid in the same direction throughout the entire house? Is there a way to fix the uneveness of the subfloor?

Coating a pre-finished floor?

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

I recently installed engeneered flooring with aluminum oxide finish. My wife wants to put polyurethane on it. Is this a good idea?

Sticky stained floor

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

We stained our hardwood floors in the living room. The can of stain said it takes 24 hours to dry. It has been 3 days now and our floors feel sticky. How do we fix this?

Polyurethane over painted floor?

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

Can I use a low lustre polyurethane to coat my interior wood floor, that was recently painted with a satin latex porch and floor enamel?