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Greetings, Our family has a very old So Cal beach home with 8mm thick click lock LVP (Cali Bamboo "100% Waterproof GeoCore® SPC Composite link bottom) installed. We have a wood sub floor with a three foot crawlspace under it, house is over sand. Some of the LVP may have been installed over...

Hey folks, Looking to install Laminate flooring in my basement i'm finishing ( looking at DIY, rest of it so far was DYI - insulation, lights, drywall, sand/paint ). The basement is a walkout basement, so i'm not really concerned about the moisture ( plus fairly new build, 2019 ) and the rooms...

I'm putting a floor down in my basement family room. Presently, the floor is the usual 4" concrete slab without cracks but it is spalling in a number of places (The house is 30 years old). I've watched YouTube videos on putting down a floor leveling compound (like a very wet cement slurry) but...

Picked an Owens Corning Contractor and he uses synthetic Tri-Built for underlayment.It appears the synthetic is equivalent to 15#. I'm in a northern climate and have had ice dams. The estimate budget was such that I'm wondering whether there is any benefit to me asking for a "better"...

Hi there, I've spent alot of time searching the forum and am more confused than when I started, so thought I'd ask directly. I plan on laying semi-flexible LVF on top of original pine plank (house is about 100 years old). The original floor is pretty stiff and in good shape except for one...

Hey all, I'm down to the joists in my master bathroom, ready to install fresh 3/4" Plywood Subfloor. When I ask friends their opinion on my flooring layers needed for tiling, I usually get one of the following (conflicting) answers: 1. Just put 1/2" Cement Board directly over your subfloor...

I'm planning on re-tiling the floor of my condo kitchen (ripping up 2 layers of old tile and laying down 1/4 HardieBacker or Schluter Ditra XL then Tile. I have always wanted to run a small water line so I can finally use the ice-maker on the fridge, which is on the other side of the galley...

I'm installing laminate flooring in a 5x7 walk-in closet that is connected to the bathroom. The floor in the closet and bathroom is flat, but slope towards the same direction. The slope in the closet is 1", as well as in the bathroom (the tub is level). I've looked at ways to level the closet...

We removed ceramic tile, cement board and linoleum to expose subfloor due to water leak. We need to add plywood to exisiting subfloor. My question is does it have to be "plywood underlayment" or can it be 1/4" or 1/2" OSB? Does this get screwed and glued (with liquid nails) as well?

Hi I have just removed tiles and concrete hardibacker from a bathroom. As I removed it, I saw that the layer of 1950s sheet flooring with felt backing approx 1/8" thick beneath is was already removed in some random shaped areas. The areas that remain are easily pried up and if it was safe, I...

Hey crew! I removed the floor of my upstairs bathroom down to diagonal wooden planks. (is this called the sub-floor?) Now, I bought 1/2" Hardiebacker and Hardiebacker screws, but internet searches show most people using Thinset to adhere hardiebacker to the floor. 2 Questions: 1. Most photos...

Hi there, I am new to roofing, so assume I know nothing! I found lots of dry rot in my crawl space, caused by water coming in from above. So I am cleaning it all out and trying to find the source of water ingress. I have just put a few more screws in along the drip edge which was lifting due...

I am planning on running LVP continuous from the kitchen to a family room. The kitchen is tile, and i removed the carpet and padding from the family room. There is a 1 inch difference between the subfloor and the top of the tile. Any recommendations on how to level this? So far all i can...

Hi everybody! I'm getting ready to install new luxury vinyl plank in my kitchen. The existing floor is peel-and-stick vinyl tile stuck directly to linoleum below. I can pretty easily pull up the vinyl tile, but it leaves a lot of adhesive behind on the linoleum. Now the new system is a snap...

I'm up here in MN, based on intense weather and weather tightness, I'm debating on using high temp ice & water on whole roof (28 sq roof, 1-story home), versus just ice & water along outside wall and valleys. The cost difference is only about $500 more. Here is the product I'm looking at...

I am replacing my existing toilet flange and the linoleum flooring in my bathroom. Unfortunately, the original hole in the 3/4 inch subfloor around the sewer pipe is too large. As a result, my new flange would only be screwed into, first the tile and then the hardie backer I laid over the...

I am doing some remodel on a ranch house that was built in 1985. I'll be putting down 3/4" unfinished hardwood (likely red oak). The underlayment was particle board and not in good shape, so I'm replacing it. I found that my subfloor is only 1/2" plywood. Joists are 16" OC. Trying to decide...

Hi, I plan to install 1/2 inch strand woven bamboo floors throughout my entire house excluding bathrooms and laundry room. The application required for the bamboo is nail-down. My subfloor is 3/4 inch OSB. In my kitchen, there is already 1/4 inch lauan topped with vinyl. My questions are: What...

This question is about the underlayment for a terracotta S-tile roof. A tree fell into Mom's roof and damaged about a dozen or so tiles as well as the plywood roof deck in a space about 3 ft. by 4 ft. Other than this tree damage, the roof is in good condition. After repairing the plywood...

I am installing Coretec luxury vinyl planks 5"W X 48"L. I have two rectangular areas of my floor that are each about 8' long X 24" wide. Both areas run along walls. These areas are flat with the rest of the floor 24" out from the wall but then dip to 1/2" lower at the edge of the wall. One...