It doesn't matter how expensive the wood floor you buy is the problems start with sub floor and end with finish. Builders are not floor layers, carpenters are not floor layers. There is so much to understand and take account of. Every day i am seeing more and more problem floors. Badly specified...

I have a 100 year old porch floor, under a roof, but rain does blow on to the floor. Over the years, the tongue and groove boards have shrunk, leaving gaps of 1/16 to 3/16 of an inch between the surface of the boards. There is a living space underneath the floor, so it needs to be rain- tight...

The ceiling/flooring over our kitchen and bathroom is 2x6 t&g. Our bedroom upstairs uses the un-beveled side of the t&g as flooring. We would like to clean it up, sand, re-finish it for a rustic floor. Is there a good way to seal in between the boards? It is not perfectly installed. I can see...