Hey everyone,Once again I find myself in a situation where I think I am being ripped off and could do a certain job much more cheaply on my own.    As I might have mentioned before, I recently acquired a multi-unit re...

Hello! We are going through the process of buying a property and it has concrete floors- there are areas of wear and tear that have caused black marks and smudges(for lack of better term) on the floor- any ideas on th...

I have a duplex that is divided up by floors: apartment 1 is on floor one and apartment 2 is on floor two. I have an issue with sound travel between the two floors. I got one of those dreaded 10:30pm tenant calls last...

I’m currently building a pool cabin in Gatlinburg and I’m interested in some opinions regarding indoor pool flooring options.  I will be pouring the pool floor next week and I had originally considered stamped concret...

I've seen several threads on BP where whether or not caulking in the base of a toilet is a good idea has been discussed. Seems the general concensus is to NOT caulk them. I vehemently disagree!

The main reason given...

Here is a picture of a 80 year old home I looked at today. http://imgur.com/tWsmECTYou can see it is uneven, rough, ugly. The black is adhesive left from them prying up the asbestos tiles. What in the world can I do w...

Hello all,

Looking for a contractor to give me some advice on laying vinyl flooring. The floor is uneven when stepping into the room from the tile in the kitchen. Originally it had carpet and there will be a gap of...

Any recommendations for small kitchen flooring area? Looking at tile vs. laminate wood flooring.

Thanks!

So I have a basement that used to get water issues, and I FINALLY got that taken completely taken care of after two years of trial and error (and money).  Now, I can get back on track to finishing the basement as orig...

Hello BPers,

During demo, we removed a 2nd story toilet on a wooden subfloor ( 1980s home).  I noticed a 1 inch gap all the way around the toilet flange and the wooden subfloor.  If someone were to drop water on th...