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Making Flooring Easy

Floors To Your Home

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I mean… we’re flooring people, from an outlet store basically, and it looks to us like just figuring our how to pick the right floor is daunting at best. In your life, you’ll do it less often than you’ll buy cars, and that’s a pretty taxing thing to do. So we’re trying to start from scratch and be as basic and clear as we can about doing this, so you can find what you want, wherever you end up shopping. We’ll have regular episodes, chats between Dan (who owns the company) and me (I’m David – ...
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At Santa Clarita Epoxy Flooring, we can make this dream come true, as we are the leading provider in garage and living space epoxy flooring. We specialize in Epoxy Flooring for your garage, interior rooms, restaurants, and industrial/commercial concrete floors in the Santa Clarita Valley. Our Products can prolong and preserve your concrete, waterproof it to make it safe for all sorts of vehicles, including cars and heavy duty equipment. We use epoxy flooring to protect your vehicles from dam ...
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Home Repair Tutor

Jeff Patterson

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Are you a busy homeowner? Whether it's your job, kids, or other crazy grownup stuff...we get it. You don't have a ton of time. The Home Repair Tutor Show is a home improvement podcast that saves you time and money by teaching you home improvement skills. These no fluff, 10-15 minute podcasts are packed with pure home improvement tips you want. Jeff Patterson shares concepts, skills, and tools he's learned over the last decade. Episodes are around 10 minutes and subscribers get a fresh episod ...
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What- ... whoooooo would put their own flooring in a rented apartment? That seems like a big giveaway to the company already overcharging you. But! Some flooring can go with you, you see. You move, you take the flooring to the new place. Maybe it keeps the overall decor the way you want it, so the old/new place's floor color doesn't have to blow yo…
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We answered a question from our old blog comments section with another blog post, and... here it is! Readable here: https://floorstoyourhome.com/resource-center/20-best-floor/90/whats-the-best-floor-for-a-daycare/ (Sorry, I know I usually write at least a little more, but ... it's a short piece. What am I going to do, put it all in here, in this li…
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Many manufacturers market their laminate floor products as install anywhere floors, and laminate flooring certainly is very versatile, but as with any material, it has a few limitations you should be cautious about: moisture, wear & tear and the kind of flooring you might keep underneath it. Let's look into those. (or you can just read it here!) ht…
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Usually here, we're talking about a household that is more active than other households, likely one with kids and/or pets. We're also talking about the common living areas. Looking at the major types of flooring available, I'll consider carpet, vinyl flooring, hardwood, laminate flooring and more. By now, if you've actually listened to each of the …
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When deciding on the best floor for your bedroom, in addition to the decor of the room, it's important to consider its location in the home, the age of the occupant, the kind of maintenance that will be needed, and the amount of traffic that the room will endure (usually high for kids, and low for grown-ups). You can read this piece with your own e…
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The living room floor might have to endure very high foot traffic, so if you’re thinking about replacing the flooring in your living room, there are many factors to consider. Here, I go over carpet, Laminate flooring, Solid hardwood flooring and Vinyl flooring, covering how they stack up against each other for this very specific room. See the artic…
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The kitchen is a high traffic area in which your family probably spends a lot of time, so you'll need to consider each floor's durability, maintenance needs, comfort, and cost. I go through those one by one, and will hopefully leave you ready to explore your best choice to find the style and look you want. The written piece is here: https://floorst…
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The biggest concern with a bathroom floor is water, specifically in two forms: - spills & splashes - steam & humidity I'll cover both here, and tell you which floors stand up best to those assailants, and which are best left out of a good bathroom. Read the piece here: https://floorstoyourhome.com/resource-center/20-best-floor/20/whats-the-best-flo…
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Unlike those offered in the previous mini-episode on Best Floors for a Basement, none of these floors would survive any kind of flooding, whether a proper flood, a busted pipe or just a single, colossal spill, and all will require some additional moisture control before being put in. So here are the rest of the main floor types, listed from least t…
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A basement can make up around one third of the floorspace in a home, and the cost of finishing a basement can be half the cost of putting an addition of smaller space on the house. It's strange that unfinished basements would be so common. The problem is not that the cons are insurmountable, just that they are daunting enough to feel insurmountable…
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You can be allergic to your floor. Irritants can either be gathered and held by the floor, or they can be a part of its very make up. In this mini-episode I hope to help you make the best choice of flooring, specifically with allergy prevention in mind. My sources: The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA) The American Academy of Allergy …
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Having a pet can bring challenges to the household environment. Dogs chew. Cats scratch. Birds are ... you know, they do everything inside. Accidents happen. For a new floor in a home with a pet, several things come into play: where the floor is going to go how much traffic it will encounter how much wear and tear it can be expected to endure the p…
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When this question is posed, usually we're talking about a household that is more active than other households, likely one with older kids and/or pets. We're also talking about the common living areas, because in kitchens, bathrooms and similar rooms, the household makeup is less of a factor than are the room's uses and moisture issues. Here's the …
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Just where can a hardwood floor go? Or more important, where shouldn't you use solid hardwood? Each kind of flooring has strengths that the others don't, and today Dan and I go over those so that if your salesperson says, "Solid hardwood? In your basement? Sure!" you'll already know better. After this full episode, where we talk floor-by-floor, I'm…
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Basically, yes! Most will, to some degree, and you should plan on it, on the final color. But how much do they change, how long will it take, and how can you tell what you'll end up with? I look into that here. Here's a link to the illustrated piece I'm reading: Must Hardwood Floors Change Color Produced by https://FloorsToYourHome.com/ Created, Ho…
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Deciding which hardwood you want to look at is a decision you'll make with your eyes, so here I talk about the various hardwood species sorted by hardness. Not all wood is the same; some are denser and more rugged than others, so in case that's a factor you want to consider, I go through some common candidates from softest to hardest. The written &…
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Here we talk about things like color & tone, grain, the look of the finish, textures and edges, so seeing the pictures could be a good help. The piece I'm reading here was initially written to focus on laminate flooring, but the basics apply across the board with all hard surface flooring (so, also waterproof vinyl, hardwoods and so on). Produced b…
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How much will a new floor cost? How much should it cost? How is it even priced, by the carton? Dan and I do our best to give you some starting guidelines on how to navigate floor pricing as well as how different floors can look. Produced by https://FloorsToYourHome.com/ Created, Hosted & Edited by W. David Lichty Reach the show at https://MakingFlo…
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When accidents or natural disasters happen, replacing damaged flooring can be a costly endeavor which could involve your homeowners insurance. If you can properly file a claim, you might better cover the financial burden, but how is this best done? A colleague of ours used to assist an insurance claims adjuster, the people who investigate your insu…
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I just did a show on terminology, and this may be the biggest one people toss around: 'subfloor'. It's a must to understand, so it gets its own article (linked below)/episode. Definitely listen to this one if the word subfloor makes you scratch your head, and I even recommend looking at the written piece. I put a lot of helpful pictures there: http…
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Flooring specialists can be a little opaque with their wording: 2 strip, random length, wear layer, plies, micro-beveled and so on. It's probably hard for any specialist group to not fall into using their jargon even when talking with 'laymen', so to speak. I'll go over some of those terms, as well as talking about what the standard sizes are for t…
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The standard flooring options include solid and engineered hardwood, laminate, various forms of waterproof flooring, ceramic tile, stone tile and carpet. You may have a very good idea of what you want, you may have no idea, or you may have questions about whether your selection will be the best fit for your room. Here I'll share some very broad tip…
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Shopping for a new floor doesn’t have to be an intimidating process, and we’re here to help make it as painless as possible. Everyone has their own way of doing things, but in this mini-episode, we give a few basic guidelines to help you get started. This is our second mini-episode, based on this article, if you'd like to see it in e-print: https:/…
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It’s not like a busted television. The determination to replace a floor can be forced on you, or it can be a matter of whim or opportunity. There are many kinds of flooring, each with many factors to consider, and it’s an expensive proposition, so you need to take it seriously. We’ll try to help, sorting the factors to consider by how certainly the…
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HOW TO SHOP FOR FLOORING from https://floorstoyourhome.com/ How do you even begin to shop for a new floor? How do you anticipate the final cost? Is it better to bundle the floor material with installation? How do you figure out what kind of flooring to get? Who arranges installation? I mentioned 'subfloors' in the show, and if you don't want to wai…
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This comes from https://floorstoyourhome.com/ I mean… we’re flooring people, from an outlet store basically, and it looks to us like just figuring our how to pick the right floor is daunting at best. In your life, you’ll do it less often than you’ll buy cars, and that’s a pretty taxing thing to do. So we’re trying to start from scratch and be as ba…
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Santa Clarita Epoxy Flooring specializes in providing high-quality epoxy flooring for your garage, interior rooms, restaurants, and industrial or commercial concrete floors in the Santa Clarita Valley. Our expertise and competitive prices will benefit you, as we've been doing this for close to 20 years and counting.…
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Waterproofing basement walls with DRYLOK paint is an easy way to make your basement more functional and smell better. Today we discuss tips for waterproofing with DRYLOK and share a little story about why Pittsburgh homes have the ‘Pittsburgh Pot’. Here’s the link to our DRYLOK tutorial https://www.homerepairtutor.com/waterproofing-basement-walls-w…
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Bathroom waterproofing can be confusing as all heck. Today we discuss Schluter’s new thin-set and how this is shaking up the bathroom remodeling industry. Here’s the link to our Schluter thin-set tutorial https://www.homerepairtutor.com/schluter-thin-set/. If you’re remodeling a bathroom and want one-on-one help and detailed step-by-step tutorials …
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Tub shower combos are very popular in old homes and today we share quick tips on how to replace them. For the complete written tutorial you can visit https://www.homerepairtutor.com/tub-shower-combo-remodeling-quick-tips/. If you’re remodeling a tub shower combo we have a new online course with 20 written tutorials, over 400 pictures and more than …
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Heated flooring systems are great for tiled bathroom floors. Today we share several tips on how to install DITRA-HEAT and discuss why it’s a great option. For the complete step-by-step tutorial visit https://www.homerepairtutor.com/ditra-heat-heated-flooring-systems/. If you’re remodeling a tub shower combo we have a new online course with 20 writt…
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Drilling through cinderblock, brick and tile is a breeze if you have the right tool and bits. Today we share three quick tips that’ll make these projects way easier. For more home improvement tips visit us at https://www.homerepairtutor.com/. If you’re remodeling a bathroom our online courses will help you do it faster, easier and better https://ba…
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Cutting bathroom tiles is a lot easier with the right tools. Angle grinders equipped with Montolit’s new CGX115 will make smooth cuts through the hardest porcelain tile. The CGX115 has layers of diamond that make it stronger and more resilient. If you want to buy the CGX115 contact Christopher McNeeley https://www.facebook.com/christopher.mcneeley.…
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Cement board is the cheapest way to waterproof a tub shower combo. Today’s podcast has 7 tips to help make your project rock solid and as painless as possible. If you’re remodeling a bathtub or tiling a shower check out our courses over on Bathroom Repair Tutor https://bathroomrepairtutor.com/
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If you’re doing a bathroom remodel and installing a new bathtub this podcast is a must listen. We share 5 solid bathtub installation tips that’ll save you a ton of grief and give you a leakproof result. If you’re remodeling your bathroom our online courses are great, check them out https://www.homerepairtutor.com/course-library/…
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Before you tile a bathroom, kitchen, or basement this lesson is a must. If you’re thin-set technique is bad your tiles might fall off the wall or crack over time. We share 5 tips in today’s show. Here’s the link to the video that Sal DiBlasi and I did on this topic https://youtu.be/CjJJEtlJkwU. Also, here’s the link to my video review of Ridgid’s 1…
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Today’s podcast shares tips on how to choose grout and use it for shower wall tiles. For example, what kind of grout should you use for grout joints less than 1/8 inch? Tons of great tips in today’s show. Here’s the link to my video tutorial on how to grout shower wall tiles using Mapei’s Keracolor U https://youtu.be/sUn60oLDAjc. Also we discuss Mi…
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There’s nothing worse than tiling a floor or wall then ruining it with grout. Today I share 3 tips that’ll help you get better color consistency, stain resistance and strength from your unsanded grout. You can also watch my latest YouTube video that shares these same tips, click this link to watch it https://youtu.be/SkWqM7QNtNg. Plus we discuss Em…
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Grouting a bathroom floor can be a pain. But with pre-mixed grouts it’s a lot easier and quicker. Today we talk about Mapei’s Flexcolor CQ and why it’s awesome. Check out my video on how to grout a ceramic tile floor with Flexcolor CQ here https://youtu.be/uuFqHERYGdw. Also, I tested Milwaukee’s Surge hydraulic driver which is quieter than a tradit…
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Insurance is not sexy…but it’s SUPER important. Today we discuss insurance tips to keep your home safe and to prevent you from writing huge checks when a catastrophe occurs. Also, we talk about the right way to approach a bathtub remodel. If you’re remodeling your bathroom and doing it yourself you might love our courses over on Bathroom Repair Tut…
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Grout removal tool selection is super important…especially if you don’t want to spend your entire Saturday removing grout. We discuss three different grout removal tools that’ll make your life easier. Check out my full tutorial here https://goo.gl/8olNcN. Also, if you’re looking for a great tool to use for screwing things together take a look at ou…
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Bathroom towel bars are easy to install but over time they can ruin your walls. Today you’ll get several tips to prevent this from happening. Also, we discuss Milwaukee’s new M18 brad nailer. I tested the 18 gauge nailer and wanted to share that with you. Here’s the link to our How to Tile a Shower course https://goo.gl/x0pUuB Here’s the link to ou…
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The winter presents special challenges for homeowners. Today we discuss 7 winter tips to help you keep you home safe and energy efficient. Here’s the link to the tutorial that shows how to install an exterior frost free sillcock https://www.homerepairtutor.com/frost-free-sillcocks-for-outside-water-faucets-and-hose-bibs/ Here’s the link to our cour…
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Pedestal sinks are a great way to make a small bathroom look great. Today’s show shares 4 great tips for how to install a pedestal sink and faucet. Plus, we discuss FEIN’s new 12V MultiTalent oscillating multi-tool and 4-speed drill/driver. Here’s the special link to Bathroom Repair Tutor https://bathroomrepairtutor.com/vip-bonus-november-2016-oh-y…
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Old bathrooms can be frustrating to remodel. Today we discuss how to waterproof a 120 year old bathroom using KERDI-BOARD. Anybody can use this type of waterproofing and make a shower 100% waterproof in one day. Also, we discuss Milwaukee’s new heated jacket. It has hand warmers and can charge your phone. Sounds like a perfect present!! Here’s our …
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Does your toilet constantly clog? Or maybe it’s just old as sin…today we discuss how to choose a new toilet and the process for installing it. Listen if you want to make sure you new toilet doesn’t leak!! Plus, we discuss DeWALT’s new FlexVolt 60V Max angle grinder. This bad boy is a BEAST. Here’s the link to our tutorial on how to replace a toilet…
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Waterproofing your bathroom is easy if you use the materials we discuss in today’s show. DITRA, KERDI-BOARDs, Wedi, KBRS…we talk about the options and explain why they’re the best. Plus, our latest gear review is about Ironclad’s new EXO gloves Here’s the link to the EXO glove review and giveaway https://youtu.be/sRq2Htem-Fw Here’s the link to Home…
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