I am about to put an offer on a co-op unit, but am a little concerned about the very ugly floor to floor carpet in most of the bedrooms and the expenses that might come along with stripping it and, if ...

Hey, the floor's started squeaking. And what did you expect? We’ve had this run of mild winters and sweltering summers, saturating your home with humidity and causing your floorboards to expand and ...

Some people argue that scratches and dents in wood furniture and floors add character — and if that’s your philosophy, we say embrace it. But if you’re bummed out because of an obvious scratch, water ...

Question: I had a three-eighths-inch-thick, click-together wood floor installed over two layers of vinyl in my kitchen less than a year ago. The wood is sliding lengthwise in two areas. It has ...

A squeaky, creaky floor is an annoying nuisance that can drive you crazy. The causes are typically either structural — like a loose floorboard or two floorboards rubbing together — or environmental — ...

BATON ROUGE, La. — Just as heat can cause people to sweat, it can also cause moisture issues in buildings. Claudette Reichel, LSU AgCenter housing specialist and director of LaHouse Home and Landscape ...

Has your dust mop ever gotten caught on a splinter in your wood floor? It's aggravating, and the temptation is to pull that little sucker right up. But that would be the worst thing to do. The ...