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This practical guide to installing a strip, plank or parquet floor with professional results. Using detailed photographs and drawings, this book takes readers step-by-step through the process of laying a floor. There are tips on choosing materials and tools, preparing the underfloor, laying out and installing the wood and sanding and finishing.
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Back in the early 1930s, when the Farmer's Home Administration began issuing cheap mortgages, it required all houses to have hardwood floors. Read the first page
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
if you are diy savvy or expert in woodwork you will be a lot comfortable with this book than i did. otherwise, save up to pay the expert!
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If you are considering laying a new Hardwwod floor this book is brilliant an absolute must read.
Very infomative and deteailed.
Very infomative and deteailed.
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88 of 88 people found the following review helpful
really a "must read"
9 Dec 2000
Format:Paperback
If you're planning to install or refinish wood floors, you really should read this book. Installing wood flooring is definitely something a determined beginner can do, but there are some pitfalls along the way. This book will help you avoid them. There's also a companion video that I highly recommend. The time and expense of buying and reading/watching these materials will be returned many times over by avoiding mistakes.
I used the book and video to help prepare myself for my first DIY floor installation, and everything went extremely well. I also had some coaching from a local installer, which I highly recommend. He had me practice on an 8' x 8' square before doing anything on the actual floor. The more you can learn, the easier it will all be and the better the final results. In my case, the results were really quite astonishing - I had many, many comments and compliments, and more than one person mentioned that my work was better than the "professional" work in their own house. That's an advantage of doing it yourself - you can take the time to do it right.
42 of 43 people found the following review helpful
Before you call for estimates, read this book ! Save MONEY
25 Oct 1999
Format:Paperback
This book will help solve "Many" questions about hardwood floors. The insight it provides will help you decide to "do it yourself" or hire a "licenced professional". Don teaches you step by step from start to "finishing". Deciding on what type and grade of wood is a mystery for most homeowners. Don makes this simple by explaining the different types, hardness, what grade, and a general price guide, to help make this an easier decision. The installation tips will save you hours of frustration and assure a quality look. After reading the book my mind was at ease about doing it myself. Dons book is nothing but "Simplistic Logic". Thanks Don !
44 of 46 people found the following review helpful
Great For Your Do-It-YourSelfer
18 Jan 2000
Format:Paperback
This is the book you need if you want to install or refinish your harwood floor. And the author even covers his views on water based finishes.
In addition, I recommend only using a continuous belt sander. The author mentions the benifits, but the sheet fed causes chatter marks. GO WITH THE BELT! The belt sanders can be harder to find, but look for it.
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