Is it normal for a hearth to go through the floor?
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Comments (15)My friend and I went to a home tile store and the guy let me go into his back room and paw through his left overs. 8 SQ FT is not much you might ask about over runs in a tile store. I bought some gorgeous stuff for about 5 dollars a sheet. Course I am into mosaics and most of my tiles were all glass. This store had a HUGE room stacked with this stuff. Not enough to do a regular job but certainly enough for a small project. My friend bought some gorgeous greenish stone tiles for her kitchen back splash. The funny part is the sealer was expensive the tiles were cheep. I use Tile Lab for grout sealer and I think it seals stone. I would have to look it up. We put her back splash up in an afternoon. We did not grout but put the 4 by 4 tiles really close together. We used lots of silicone in the back and ran a bead along the bottom edge to seal any moisture from getting behind the tile. It was a fun job and looked so pretty when done. We will do her bathrooms some day. Here is a link that might be useful: This is my kitchen. Keep scrolling the thumb nails to the right to see all of it. NOT suggesting you go this insane. LOL...See MoreHardwood floors different color then sample.. Normal?
Comments (27)It's going to be just about impossible to get a perfect match between the cabinets and a standard color. Even if you had the same Minwax stain on both cabinets and floors, they might not look the same, because light hits a vertical surface and reflects one way, but it reacts differently on a horizontal surface. The sheen levels are another factor. And the floor poly does not look the same as the catalyzed varnish on the cabinets-- different chemistry. If you want a pretty good match, the floor guy will have to take off a cabinet door, put it on the floor, so the reflected light is similar, and then make up a sample using a custom mix. Then poly the sample and let it age. That custom mix will have to be carefully documented, so you will have something to start with if you need a repair down the road. It's a lot of work, and most "floor mechanics" don't have the skills anymore. And here's the rub. Even if you started out with perfectly matching cabinets and floors, sunlight will "amber out" the surfaces differently. The cabinets and floors didn't all come from the same tree, either, so there can be lots of variations. And if the cabinets are cherry, just for example, they will tend to darken over time no matter what. The chemistry of paint and stain is extremely technical, tricky, and a bit if a crap shoot. A lot of it is beyond my pay grade, but you can check out the paint forum if you like. IIWY I would aim for a decent color harmony between cabinets and floor, not an exact match, using a standard stain, and call it good....See MoreFlooring experts, what is going on with my new floors???
Comments (8)FYI that the mill called me, Lewis Lumber and Milling, and is trying to help make the situation right. They are shipping me a completely new batch of hardwood floors, at no cost to me. I am still not happy that I have to pay to have the bad wood removed, the hopefully good wood installed and then refinished again - no reprieve there unfortunately. As an FYI, the mill shared with me that they have seen this issue about 10 times in the past year. They worked with Virginia Tech to identify the cause and VT said it was the result of a fungus growing in the tree and that fungus has started to become more prevalent east of the Mississippi. Until you sand the wood down, it isn't noticeable (because it just looks like the wood is dusty/dirty) and because this is uncommon, it is unlikely that any homeowner would be able to identify the issue by simply looking at the wood. Hopefully this is helpful so others do not have to go through what we have in the future....See MoreHave someone painting baseboards after new floor… this normal?
Comments (5)That's because he used a cheap tape and or applied to much paint which caused the bleed through. You can use rubbing alcohol and a q-tip to remove the paint....See Morekevin9408
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