Should You Replace Baseboards When You Install New Flooring? Heights, Styles and Cost Impact
New floors are a natural moment to decide on baseboards. Compare keeping the old base with quarter round against a new 4", 5 1/4"...
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Dog Pee and Pet Urine on Hardwood and Other Floors: Cleaning, Odour, Subfloor Damage and Prevention
A pet accident on wood, laminate or vinyl plank is easier to handle when you know what each floor tolerates. Here is how to...
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Prefinished vs Site-Finished vs Unfinished Hardwood: Cost, Durability, Mess and Timeline
Compare prefinished, site-finished and unfinished solid hardwood on cost, mess, drying time and refinishing, with real box prices and a worked 500 sq ft...
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Cold Basement Floors in Toronto: Insulating Under Vinyl or Laminate, and Raised Subfloor Panels vs Plywood
A cold basement slab needs something between the concrete and the planks. Compare membranes, raised panels and foam-and-plywood decks by insulation value and height,...
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Laminate Flooring Colours From the 18 Named Planks: Light, Walnut and Oak Looks (Riche, Swiss Krono, Krono Original)
Shopping for laminate by colour? Here are all 18 of our named laminate planks, from Lilywhite Oak to Brook Walnut, sorted by tone with...
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How to Fix Scratches on Vinyl Plank, Laminate and Engineered Hardwood
A scratched vinyl plank, laminate board or engineered oak floor is often a repair job rather than a replacement. See how to tell a...
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Can You Put Engineered Hardwood in a Toronto Basement? When It Works, Subfloor Needs and Nail-Down Limits
Engineered hardwood can go below grade when the slab is flat and dry and a plywood subfloor sits over a vapour retarder. See the...
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