St. Catharines and area hardwood flooring

Archive for September, 2010

Underlay paper

Thursday, September 30th, 2010

I am installing a hardwood floor in both of my bedrooms. I have a subfloor down. Is there anything else that I might need to put down prior to laying the hardwood?

DIY refinishing?

Thursday, September 23rd, 2010

I have engineered hardwoods in one room of my home. I would like to refinish these myself. Is it possible to sand, restain and put poly on them? If so, how would your recommend I go about sanding them?

Squeaking parquet

Thursday, September 16th, 2010

How can I silence a squeaking parquet hardwood floor?

Particle board subfloor?

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

Can hardwood be put down over particle board?

Cupping from humidity

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

We put in a hard wood floor this February, 2008. Our room is 24 x 27. It has been real humid this past week and we have two places that are cupping. How can we fix this without tearing out the floor and starting over? We do not have air in our house.