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wood flooring
kvom:
I have done a bit of flooring in my house: hardwood in the living/dining rooms, laminate upstairs in the shop, and tile for 3 rooms. We did floating floors for the wood and laminate (i.e., interlocking pieces over padding), so it was tedious but not that hard. We had to remove/replace all the baseboards and shoe molding. For the tile (laundry room, master bath, office) the results are nice but a PITA to do, esp. if your back is not as good as it used to be.
A few days ago we had our refrigerator blow the water valve and flood the kitchen, where the floor is oak parquet glued onto the concrete slab (poor practice from 19 years ago). I just got an estimate for repair of over $5000. Luckily my homeowners insurance should cover all but the deductible.
Your job looks great, esp. if you can take up and replace individual pieces in case of need.
Chris O:
Hello, I am new so sorry if I have done the wrong procedure and should have started a new topic. I am a woman (but that doesn't make me a bad person lol) but quite good at DIY - considering. Congrats on splitting the parquet flooring and doing a lovely job. Could you please tell me how you split the blocks in half? When you say "...... so i set the saw up to first cut the tops then cut them in half then make the width the same size, well i got this done and ended up with perfect blocks yippee" what kind of saw was it etc.? I have a load of secondhand parquet, some of which I have already used but would love to be able to split it like you did. Can you or anyone give me some advice please. Much appreciated. Chris O
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