One of my properties has a brick patio with treated wood guard rails.  The red brick color and the treated wood don't make a really nice color combination, and I'm thinking about painting the wood.  Now, I have certai...

Hello! I recently just purchased a duplex in the Pittsburgh market and I am having a tenant turnover in the next feew weeks. I wanted to ask if any of you guys have a reference to Carpet Cleaners who would be willing ...

Hi Everyone,I'm an investor from the Chicago market and have had great success finding quality suppliers and installers for nearly everything other than countertops. In Chicago, the thing is Quartz - Minneapolis seems...

If someone agreed to "refinish hardwood floor" as part of the scope of work in a contract, and the work they performed was to simply vacuum the floor and then use a mop to apply what looks to be either a brown paint o...

I am getting GC estimates on my 1st flip. Home built in 1964 has original hardwood floors  throughout the home except the kitchen and hallway. One of the contractors would re-stain existing hardwood floors while the o...

Morning All:

I found myself in a discussion with a contractor friend talking flooring in my latest acquisition. We were in the local grocery store (Ralphs-out here in southern California). . .

. . .and the ah haaaa...

Hi everyone, I recently purchased a very outdated duplex and am renovating pretty much the whole thing. I'm going to be painting the walls and ceilings next, but I am unsure what to do with the trim and doors. They ar...

Hi, we are buying a home that smells like dog pee.  The hardwood floors are stained in every room (3 bedrooms, living room, dining room).  My plan is to put new pergo in the living room/dining room and carpet the bedr...

I'm doing a new build in Chanute, KS. It's a 3/1 duplex, slab on grade, SIP construction, ~900 sq. ft. each side. The kitchen cabinets are going to be knotty alder. It's a darker wood and just finished, not stained. T...

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Smoke odor in an apartment - would appreciate opinions, recommendations, some magic spray or powder you've used, any ideas to eliminate the odor.

(It was tobacco smoke...