Floor Repair

Fill the gap and stop the squeak! You can do this fix in minutes, as long as you can get at the floor framing.

Stains occasionally bleed up through vinyl floors, and may have several causes, including chemicals in the adhesive. Here's how you can tell if…

Holes and burns in vinyl flooring look impossible to repair, but if you can cut a small patch from a closet or under an appliance, you can make…

Restore a pitted concrete garage floor with an easy-to-apply resurfacing product. It'll make the floor look fresh and new again at a modest…

To repair severe damage in a laminate floor, cut out the damaged boards with a circular saw using these simple techniques. Glue the new board in…

You can fix small tears, burns and gouges in a vinyl floor in less than 30 minutes. An inexpensive kit contains all the materials you need to…

If your vinyl floor has tough stains or scuffs that don't come up with ordinary cleaning, it's time to break out the chemicals.…

We'll show you two ways to fix a loose seam in a vinyl floor. They're simple DIY projects that you can do in just a few minutes. So stop…

A floor that bounces as you walk across it may just need to be stiffened with bridging, which spreads the load on each joist to adjoining…

Fast, easy ways to silence floor squeaks. No special skills or tools needed. We'll show you everything you need to know.

Prevent damp basement floors from ruining carpet and other finished flooring. Install dimpled polyethylene to create an air space between the…

We'll show you three ways to stiffen up your bouncy floor—by adding bridging, installing plywood along the joists and adding a wall or…

Tear out carpet yourself and silence floor squeaks, eliminate odors, hide speaker wires, replace bad subfloors and save a few bucks too! All…

Find out which finish is the best for you project, water-based or oil based polyurethane. They're both durable and good looking, but there…

Gaps in wood floors can usually be prevented by letting wood acclimate before installation. Wood filler won't help much, and will often make…

Tired up lumpy, loose carpeting? You can restretch your old carpeting in less than a day. In fact you can fit, trim and restretch a new carpet…

Learn how to maintain floor strength when you have to cut or drill joists for ducts, pipes, cables or other modifications. Following the rules…

Recoating a water-based acrylic floor finish with oil-based polyurethane is not usually a problem, so long as the old finish is properly buffed…

Carpeted stairs that squeak can be repaired from above in several easy steps—without destroying the ceiling below the steps.

Rent special carpet stretching tools and restretch loose or wrinkled carpet quickly and easily. We demonstrate the technique in four steps;…