Floor coverings and repair of Floating wood floor

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Floor coverings and repair of Floating wood floor

• By Adam Bomkamp

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Repairing a floating floor

• Determine what side of the room the damage is on.

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Tools needed for the job

• Tape measure
• Hammer
• Pencil
• Circular saw
• Pry bar
• Safety glasses
• Level

• Meter stick

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Step 1

• Removal
• Move all furniture to the opposite side of the
  room

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Step 2

• Remove the trim on the side of the wall closest
  to the damaged flooring.

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Step 3

• Remove flooring to the damaged floor. It should
  just remove from the tongue of the other board.
• If not you may have to cut it out.
• Dont cut the tongue out of the board.
• You will have to create a a groove for the
  replacement board to fit in.

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Step 4

• Take the circular saw and cut the piece of
  flooring to fit the pattern and size of damaged
  board.
• You do not want to cut a very small piece to
  replace the damaged board.

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Step 5

• Install the rest of the flooring that was removed
  
• You might have to put some adhesive on the
  boards.
• Place the furniture back in the room.

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Types of flooring

• There are many types of flooring to choose from.
  
• With different types of advantages and down
  falls.
• Make sure you have a level surface and a sub
  floor that is usually plywood. It is fastened
  down by usually screws or nails.

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Resilient Flooring

• Includes
• plastic
• Rubber
• Cork
• Asphalt flooring
• To remove the floor you will have to use heat.

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Carpet

• There are many types of carpets available on the
  market
• Some include plush
• Shag
• and even outdoor carpet
• The carpet is held down by nail strips
• Clean up should be to vacuum the carpet that you
  have just installed
• Condition carpet by using a steamer.

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Pros and Cons of carpet

• Pros
• soft
• Quiet
• Easy to install
• Cons
• will eventually wear in high traffic areas
• Shrinks
• Will become dirty

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Tile

• Types
• Clay
• Porcelain
• Granite
• Marble
• Ceramic
• Clean up involves. Wet rag and wipe the dirty
  area down then take a dry towel and to wipe the
  floor down. If any adhesives are on the tile
  some may need heat to remove. Blow dryer and a
  putty knife may work.
• To condition tile use turtle wax to shine it back
  up.

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Pros and Cons of Tile

• Pros
• Durable
• Easy to clean
• Cons
• Cost
• Harder to install
• Hard to replace

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Laminate

• Tile
• Wood
• Vct
• sheeting
• clean up
• Wet rag and dry towel.
• Conditioning of a laminate floor may be Pledge
  depending on what type of flooring.

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Pros and Cons

• Pros
• Cheaper than tile
• close Same durability
• Cons
• not the same high quality feel as tile.
• will eventually wear out at high traffic areas

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Hardwood

• Mahogany
• Oak
• Cedar
• Walnut
• Cherry
• Clean up may include wet rage and towel
• To condition hardwood, get some sort of
  manufactured Pledge.

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TO FIX FLOOR SQUEAKS

• To fix squeaky flooring there are 4 things that
  will cause this to occur
• Nails securing the sub floor have been pulled
  loose
• Improper spacing which causes ends to rub
• Floor boards may have been pulled loose
• Boards may be twisted or warped

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To fix the squeak

• You may have to put screws in the sub flooring
• Otherwise put shims under the sub floor and the
  joists
• Apply glue to the top side of the floor joist
• Metal or angled cleat may have to be nailed on
  the alongside the floor joists.

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To fix a sagging floor

• Tools needed
• cement
• basement post jack
• steel post

• With the jack raise the floor, and insert the
  wood post.
• The post should rest on a pad of cement
• The recommended size of cement should
• 18in-25in deep
• And about 24in pad

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Pros and Cons

• Pros
• Better feel than Laminate wood flooring
• More durable
• Cons
• will chip, and dent
• Cost

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Tools/Supplies

• For these projects there are many specialty tools
  needed
• But some are
• Nail gun
• grout
• Cement base compound
• Cement base board
• Calk
• Plywood base

• Padding
• Glue
• Level
• Wet saw
• Circular saw
• Pencil
• Utility knife (Sharpe)
• And many more

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Safety precautions

• Watch what you are lifting
• Be conscious of where you are walking
• Wear safety glasses when using any saw

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Types of Adhesive and Backer board

• Tile
• Cement based, gypsum based, plywood and the newer
  lightweight plastic type.
• Adhesives
• Mastic
• Ardex

• Gout
• Sanded Portland cement grout
• Non-sanded Portland cement grout
• Non-sanded Portland cement Dry-Set grout
• Latex-Modified sanded Portland cement grout
• 100 Epoxy resin grout
• Modified Epoxy grout
• Furan grout
• Caulking-Types of grout

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QUESTIONS

• What do you need before you install a floor?
• What do you install for a sub floor?
• How do you fasten a sub floor?
• What do you use to condition a tile floor?
• What are the types of floors?
• What do you put over the cracks on tile?
• What is installed to hold down the carpet?
• What are some of the tools needed to install any
  types of flooring?

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• What are some of the types of Hardwood flooring
  that can be found in a home?
• Name two types of adhesives?
• Sheet flooring materials such as Linoleum,
  plastic, rubber, cork, and, asphalt are called
  what?
• To remove damaged asphalt tiles, use
• a) solvent B) dry Ice C) Heat D) a vacuum

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• To fit a new piece of tongue and groove wood
  flooring, cut off the ___________
• (Upper or lower) part of the groove ?
• wood floors over concrete are installed on what?
• List the fours ways to stop floor squeaks?
• Use a type of__________ to raise a sagging floor

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Questions

• Any type of support must rest on a concrete pad
  about 18-25 and_____ square?
• Install a _______ before installing Woven back
  carpet?
• Use a ________ or seaming tape to fasten rubber
  backed or indoor outdoor carpet to floor surface?

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Answers

• Need a sub floor before you install a floor.
• You usually install plywood.
• You fasten the sub floor with usually screws, but
  some use nails.
• You can use turtle wax or any manufactured
  suggested product.
• Different types of flooring are Hardwood,
  floating, tile, ceramic.

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• 6. Put grout over the cracks
• 7. Install nail strips around the outside of the
  carpet to keep it down
• 8. Tools needed are tape measure, utility knife,
  circular saw, nail gun, wet saw and any other
  ones that I listed.
• 9. Oak, Cedar, Walnut, Cherry, Mahogany.
• 10. Mastic and Ardex.

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• Resililent flooring
• C heat is used when trying to remove the asphalt
  tile
• Lower part of the tongue and groove
• Sub floor must be installed over the cement.
• You may have to put screws in the sub flooring
• Otherwise put shims under the sub floor and the
  joists
• Apply glue to the top side of the floor joist
• Metal or angled cleat may have to be nailed on
  the alongside the floor joists

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answers

• Use a type of basement post jack
• 24 square pad
• Nail strips