Good flooring is quite literally the foundation of a comfortable home. As you're going about your daily chores or just hanging out at the house, a quiet floor adds comfort and stability to your space.

Floating floors are those that aren't fixed to either a subfloor or floor joists. While linoleum and cork can be installed as floating floors, most floors of this type are either laminate or vinyl ...

There's sometimes nothing worse than a floor that squeaks in just the worst place. What's the cause of this, though - and is ...

Dear Jim: My present home has squeaky floors, especially during winter. How can I fix these annoying squeaks? Also, I am planning to build an energy efficient home in two years. How can I avoid ...

As you delicately try to tiptoe past that familiar creak in the floor, your foot is inevitably drawn right to it and that terrible squeak is heard, loud as ever, throughout the house. It's happened to ...

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