If you’re lucky enough to be working with a perfectly flat subfloor, you can skip this step, but you probably aren’t. Most subfloors have bumps and depressions in the plywood knots or at the seams, ...

Engineered wood flooring has the luxurious look and feel that makes hardwood floors so sought-after by homeowners but with a few important advantages. High on the list? Its affordability. Since its ...

If you’re building or renovating a home but don’t want to blow your budget on the floors, we have one word for you: laminates. Laminate flooring is a snazzy synthetic, usually designed to look like ...

If you’re looking for a project that’ll really challenge your DIY skills, try your hand at installing a laminate floor. This large-scale home improvement will give you a feeling of satisfaction and ...

Q.I'm about to install hardwood flooring. I'm talking about traditional tongue-and-groove hardwood that's ¾-inch thick, not engineered hardwood flooring. My plan is to try it myself and only call in ...

Whether there is a worn out path or your pets have used it as their favorite pit stop, its time to ditch that old carpet. A carpet will collect dust, dander, and other allergens over time no matter ...

Step 1: Acclimate the flooring. Like solid wood flooring and laminate hardwood flooring, engineered wood products are sensitive to moisture, alternately shrinking and expanding as temperatures and ...