| If you have taken a walk through the flooring isle of | | | | down and it sits just fine, so that is the best way to |
| your local hardware store recently then you have surly | | | | think of a floating hardwood floor. |
| seen some of the new hardwood flooring products | | | | Besides, the new hardwood flooring products "plug |
| that are now available for homeowners to install | | | | together" solidly so don't worry. If you can do basic |
| themselves. You probably thought to yourself "they | | | | cuts with a miter saw then you can do the cuts that |
| make it look and sound so easy but whats the catch"? | | | | are required to install your own "floating" hardwood |
| These new flooring products are as easy as flooring | | | | floor and base board along the walls. A few things for |
| installation can get but you still have to have some | | | | your "to do" list before you get started are things such |
| basic tools and a basic understanding of their use if | | | | as "removing base boards along walls with a good flat |
| you are thinking of buying them. | | | | bar without tearing up the sheet rock. |
| Also, you have to understand that flooring involves | | | | Buying a nice "cheap" miter saw and learning to use it. |
| things like "base board and trim work as well. The fact | | | | Deciding on your new base board if you can't get the |
| is that most of these new hardwood flooring products | | | | existing base boards off the walls intact, which is rarely |
| are "floating floors" in that they aren't actually nailed | | | | possible. Leveling and repairing any problems in the |
| down. That can be a tough concept for a homeowner | | | | floor itself. Remembering to allow the flooring product |
| to grasp as most people like things that are attached | | | | to sit in the residence to adjust its water content to the |
| to their homes to be "nailed on". Carpeting isn't nailed | | | | humidity of the room if the instructions call for it. |