Floors and Coverings - Page 24 of 36

Plywood vs. OSB
New-generation panels mean decade-old notions are no way to choose sheathing. Here's what you need to know.
Maple flooring over radiant heat
Q: I’ll be laying down solid-maple tongue-and-groove strip flooring over a radiant-heating system installed in a plywood subfloor. Should I glue down the flooring to avoid accidentally nailing through one of…
Concrete Possibilities: A Gallery of Ideas
Designer Fu-Tung Cheng illustrates the aesthetic potential of concrete
Warm Floors Now Easier Than Ever
Radiant-panel systems a carpenter can install are perfect under a wood floor.
Inlaying a Floor Medallion
Exotic scraps find a new life as the focal point of a floor.
Tar paper under wood floor?
Q: I have to install wide pine flooring on a remodeling job. The original pine strip flooring was laid over tar paper. Why? Should I use tar paper under the new…
A Hard-Working Bungalow Kitchen
Small, smart, and beautiful, this kitchen makes the most of a modest addition.
Correcting a bouncy I-joist floor
Q: The first story of my house has a bouncy floor. It’s framed with 12-in. I-joists spaced 16 in. o.c., spanning 20 ft. The subfloor is glued and nailed to…
Fixing a broken floor joist
When our 1920s farmhouse was moved in the ’70s, it gained a new foundation and a couple of broken floor joists. The joists never were repaired, so by the time we…
Code Check: Framing Guidelines
Requirements for floor and wall framing, and more.

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