I'm currently remodeling the bathroom in my first investment property and I've hit a wall.  I ripped up the floor all the way to the planks.  They are tongue and grove but not actually pushed together.  They aren't pe...

I recently had hardwood floors installed in my residence.  I am experiencing some pretty significant buckling in places.  In the worst spot, I cant even open my back door because the new floor has expanded and raised ...

I have an apartment that is below grade that had a wooden floor that buckled. We removed the floor boards and found moisture coming up thru the concrete floor underneath. The American Leak Detection company came out t...

I've got a 3/2 rental which is about 20 years old, where each bathtub has a crack (see above) on the base of the tub. Questions for those who have gone through this:1 - Is this deep enough where I have to worry about ...

Bathroom Floor at the rental property looks bad as attached. Any special type of flooring that you recommend to make it look better and less maintenance over the time especially when there is turn around of tenants. I...

Just went to inspect some work and noticed they weren't using thinset to lay down the cement board under porcelain tile.

When I asked the contractor, he asked his flooring guy who had been doing tile for 25 ...

Hello all,
a newbie here from Chicago, Logan Square area. a two part post here...
there is a new ADU pilot program in Chicago, and I am planning to build a garage top ADU, move there, and then fix up my crumbling t...

Hello Fellow Landlords,
I am sure this post has been talked about a lot, but what are your flooring preferences when it comes to rental houses? I know that we are all looking for the best bang for the buck. I like...

Hello everyone,I am looking at insulating the attic of my 2-flat in Chicago and have had a few people come out and look at it. One suggested using spray foam on the underside of the attic walls (roof) and the other su...

I got a couple quotes from two different hardwood refinishers for my primary residence. I’m trying to find a nice stain but one said my floor is red oak and we’ll be able to do a certain stain, the other said it’s whi...