Well i guess its now the “Green” thing to do and pretty trendy but we have had a cement floor in our house for years. Years ago we had a hot water heater blow out and our floors where ruined and we had to rip them all out, so in our kitchen and living room […]
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Concrete Floors
We are still building our house, and have had plans to do concrete floors also-at least in all but possibly the bedrooms. But, I was wondering how concrete floors might affect my back? Someone told me there might be more back pain from working (in the kitchen) on concrete floors. I don’t have back problems, […]
Installing a heated basement floor
Minnesota winters, split foyer with basement concrete floors about 4′ below grade. Late 1970’s construction with 7 1/2′ ceiling and a cold basement in the wintertime. My sister is considering an electrically heated floor system in addition to other upgrades (insulation & re-ducting) that she is going to have done – Is this practical given […]
Pull carpet tack strips out of dampened concrete
This may be common knowledge around here, but I’m taking up more of my old ratty carpet, and when I poured water on the tacks that hold the tack-strip in the concrete and let it soak in for an hour or so, most of the tacks came out of the concrete without a big chunk […]