floors tag
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Particle board floors We have just had new carpet laid in our two storey house. We have box ceilings downstairs, where the floor joists and underside of the particle board floor form the ceiling, with no cavity. The carpet layers used nails which were too long to secure the st... |
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Cleaning polished wood floors recently moved and have polished hardwood floors in dining kitchen etc - finding conflicting info re some recommend vinegar & water some say don'tuse vinegar as the acid will slowly over time strip the polish away ? any recommendations on here welcomed ? |
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Steam mops & polyurethane floors Just use a spray mop. no steam but easy to use with a microfibre pad. |
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Re-varnishing concrete floors? can anyone tell me please, is it a simple process to re-varnish a concrete floor? My kitchen/dining area is polished concrete but it is looking tired & scuffed looking & I'm wanting to re-polish it so that it is high gloss again. Would I have to have to r... |
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Polyurethaning floors . Just about finished the sanding- have been using a modified buffer, great fun! I've looked into the various types of poly I can use, not so keen on moisture cured due to toxicity. Was just wondering how good the water based poly is, will it last as long a... |
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Hardwood floors, staples and laying lino over them Hi, i'm in the process of pulling up the old lino and hardboard from my kitchen and toilet floors. There is some nice T&G hardwood flooring under there, a bit to stained to sand back and varnish although this is what i would love to do. Anyway. theres ton... |
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Polished concrete floors. Pros and cons please, thinking about lifting old tiles and getting the concrete polished in kitchen, laundry areas. Not sure what is involved, big mess, lots of dust! |
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Wooden floors. have just moved into our home 5 weeks ago.polished floors through dining room and kitchen.Twice in the last couple of days, minding our own business, when VERY loud cracks were heard.on checking the floor, the boards are cracking!They get the sun most of ... |
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Painting concrete floors. Problems later? We're about to strip old carpet from a downstairs living area and are considering painting the concrete floor as a short term tidy up with plans to install more permanent flooring in a year or two, probably bamboo. My concern is whether the paint will cau... |
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'Stained' concrete floors? We have recently fully lined and painted our double garage with a view to it being a man cave. It's an old garage with a concrete floor, built in the late 60s. I have seen concrete floors that look like they have been stained (marbled look) then varnished... |
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