Floating Floors
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Staining Hardwood Floors Gray
Gray stained floors have been a sweeping trend for the past few years or so. I remember the first phone call we received for gray hardwood. It was a trend that has crept its way up to Westchester from NYC. All the designers were raving about this beautiful gray hardwood. While trends come and go- gray stains have seemed to find a niche of their own and I can absolutely see this becoming a classic staple. One of the many reasons gray has become so popular is because of the many, many options of staining a floor gray. You can mix colors to create a custom gray, it can be…
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Best Flooring For a Laundry Room
Thinking about remodeling your existing laundry room? Or maybe adding a new one to your home? When the time comes to decide on the flooring, you should know that the choice really matters. Whether you have brand new, state of the art appliances with VRT technology or trusty older models, all washers and dryers produce movement, heat, humidity and moisture, which could reek havoc on many different flooring materials. The flooring you choose has to battle against potential scratches, denting and the occasional leak, if not something even bigger. Your laundry room floors should have characteristics like being water-resistant if not completely water-proof, easy to clean and maintain, and, of…
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Water Resistant Flooring
Water Resistant Flooring Options Do you need a material that’s water resistant? 5 main flooring options on the market that are water and mold resistant, will not succumb to buckling and are ideal for all weather conditions due to their lack of expanding and contracting. One of the most popular known water resistant flooring is tile. Tile is an incredibly durable material. There are tons of choices in color, shape and variation. You can choose many different install patterns for a more custom floor, (ie: specialty designs and custom inlays and borders, herringbone lay, custom pendants, etc) Tile planks that look like textured hardwood is an ever growing trend today. …
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What flooring is best for a basement?
Best flooring for a Basement: What flooring is best for a basement? Over the last few years, we’ve definitely seen our fair share of flooding here in Westchester and our surrounding counties… (From harsh winter storms, to Hurricanes Irene and Sandy with their torrential rain, etc…). The ongoing trend has been for hard surface flooring options that can withstand some water in the basement, if not completely waterproof altogether. The hard surface materials do cost more than carpet, but will, without a doubt, last much longer and avoid an unnecessary expense and, not to mention, inconvenience, from flooding, moisture and/or mold. Anyone who has been through the mess (and awful…
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Installing Coretec
I’m sure that you’ve heard about this great product called Coretec by now. A few years back, it took the flooring industry by storm, and has only improved since its first arrival. Here’s an overview of COREtec flooring; What is COREtec? COREtec is “Engineered Vinyl Plank flooring,” or “EVP” for short, and it’s simply great all around. COREtec created an entirely new category of flooring. It’s not just the water-proof vinyl and soft, eco-friendly cork, with the exception of the COREtec One line which doesn’t have the attached cork underlayment, installing COREtec means you’d get the best of both. It comes in so many styles that you could literally install this in every…
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What is a Floating Floor?
What is a floating floor? A floating floor is a floor that is installed using an interlocking method. The floor is neither glued nor nailed to the subfloor or existing floor. “Floating floor” is a term that describes the way in which a floor is laid and is not a specific floor material in itself. You may choose to install a floating floor if there is an existing floor that you want to install on top of or if there is a concrete subfloor. We will elaborate on this topic and give you advice and key points to think about when deciding on installing a floating floor system. There are…
