A University of Oregon research and design team has completed construction on a prototype house that showcases a sustainable, ...

Choosing flooring for your home involves decisions about style, durability and budget. Here are 11 flooring options, along ...

Nonprofits helping Western North Carolina rescue, recovery, and rebuilding: For desperately needed building materials please ...

Vinyl flooring has several layers, including an underlayment, a rigid core, a printed layer, and a wear layer. While this makes vinyl flooring soft underfoot, be careful not to dent or scratch it ...

Popularized in the 1940s, waxing is a floor-finishing technique in which clear or colored wax, made of a blend of solvents and synthetic and/or natural waxes like beeswax or carnauba, is applied ...

The Prozorb and Cerazorb, to be used under ceramic tile and engineered hardwood floors, are a synthetic cork underlayment that are mold and mildew resistant, economically priced, lightweight and ...

So, we felt pretty good about tackling our first project as homeowners: replacing the floors in our main downstairs ... nails and staples on our bare plywood subfloor. Thankfully we didn't have ...