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When I bought this house,the people had put down vinyl tiles over a concrete floor that had epoxy paint on it.They did not stick well. It took us a week trying to get the glue up (unsuccessfully).We ended up using ceramic tiles to cover the mess.
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First of all, your health. Did you know every time you roll your chair around on carpet or a plastic floor mat you are causing injury to your back, hips and knees? Without a hard surface under the most elite of ergonomic chairs you are causing the
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Tiles, stone, slate or even engineered floor covering (like Pergo) are always great for floor heating. Wood, on the other hand, is an insulator and does not like to be heated. Constant heating would eventually drive out its natural moisture with
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Most paints will remove easily from parquet floors with this simple method. If you find the paint won’t budge, however, see the additional tips and advice section for an alternative method that will clean your floor without ruining the finish. You
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When the floor becomes black or grey, it means there is no more finish on these specific areas and the wood is no longer protected. In this case, you need to completely sand to remove all black or grey spots and then apply one of FINITEC’s finishes.
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Basically, there are two ways of treating "glueless" floating cork parquet after laying. The first way is to apply a coat of Cortex Finish (as described in Question 1). But a second coat of one of our water-based varnishes is also possible. First
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That is not possible for cork parquet because the sound-absorbing material has a lower density then the cork parquet. But under "glueless" floating cork parquet, you can install a sound absorption underlay up to 2 mm (1/13 in) thick. But that is
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Wooden floors are not rigid enough and contain a great number of mobile joints. Therefore, they are not suitable for the application of MICROCEMENTO®. In such cases, the existing flooring needs to be removed prior to application of the product.
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It's best to allow a movement gap in doorways between different areas, to ensure that the joint won't open. When you lay a floor through a doorway, there's a very limited length of joint to hold together a larger floor area on the other side of the
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Installing ceramic tile on top of parquet floors is not the ideal choice. Wood flooring will naturally expand and contract with moisture, causing the grout in the tile to crack. Installing ceramic tile on top of parquet is not recommended. However,
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