St. Catharines and area hardwood flooring

Archive for September, 2011

Backsplit house/crawl space/humidity issues when considering hardwood

Monday, September 26th, 2011

Q: We live in Ontario Canada and have a back split house in which we are thinking seriously about installing hardwood in the living room and dining room. The house was built is the mid 1970′s and it has that amber coloured mahogany trim incl. around door frames. The furniture in the house is french [...]

Ask The Builder

Monday, September 19th, 2011

Q: I am extending a kitchen out into an addition that was built on a slab. I will need to frame the slab to raise the deck five inches to the same plane as the original kitchen. Should I lay a vapor barrier on the slab before framing? If so what should be used as [...]