Learn how to clean wood floors with these simple tips. Easy ideas to cut down your cleaning time and keep your wood {and laminate!} floors looking their best for years to come! MY LATEST VIDEOS When we first moved into our house, I had no idea how to care for wood floors. Our ...
Laminate flooring is designed to be a floating floor product, which means you'll need to leave enough space to allow for movement. Stack a scrap piece of laminate flooring on a strip of underlayment and use that to gauge how much you'll need to cut from your doorjambs and casings (doo...
We read that your laminate wood flooring should sit in the room for at least 48 hours prior to installation, giving it time to expand or contract in relation to the room’s temperature and humidity. Step 2 This step was a family affair (see video below)! My boys helped clear the floor...
Avoid Orange Glow and other cleaners that have waxes, lotions or lubrications. These can create a build-up on the laminate flooring that is difficult to remove. They can also leave greasy, dull spots or streaks that can damage the surface of the laminate flooring over time. Remember, it's...
preventive measures, which not onlyhelp protect floorsbut also cut down on thetime you spend cleaning. In addition to daily preventative practices, cleaning wood floors helps keep your home's flooring in top shape. Learn how to clean hardwood floors, plus how to remove stains from wood floors...
HOW TO MAKE A COUNTERTOP OUT OF WOOD FLOORING The first step is to cut a piece of plywood (3/4 inch thick or more) to fit the space. If you are replacing an existing countertop just cut it to the same dimensions. Ours was a little unique in that we had to leave a gap in the ...
The installation of wood laminate flooring may seem basic or even alien to what we do as architectural designers, but that should not be the case. When we understand the characteristics of the materials we specify and their assembly processes, we can design in a more efficient manner, adjusting...
the tips of the teeth on the laminate blade are directly in front of the body of the blade. On the scroll blade, the teeth cut a kerf wider than the body of the blade. Between these two blades, it would seem that the scroll blade would cut faster but the laminate blade cuts much ...
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To start this project, we needed to cut some of the old laminate. We learned how to install laminate flooring when we moved into this house about 12 years ago. Since then, we added some built-ins in our dining area. Since they were on top of the laminate, we had to cut the floorin...