Material Selections

Absent Moisture Resistance Causes Sub Floor Rot From Carpet Steam-Cleaning PREMIUM

Absent Moisture Resistance Causes Sub Floor Rot From Carpet Steam-Cleaning

Moisture-resistant layers, sometimes called moisture barriers, have three typical locations of installation. One location is immediately under a concrete slab where the barrier restricts the movement of water vapor from the earth under a house up Read more
Material Selection for Interior or Exterior Use

Material Selection for Interior or Exterior Use

  Indoors and outdoors are NOT interchangeable. Materials may work well in one, but not the other. The ceiling fan in the picture is a perfect example. It's intended use, by the maker, was for indoor installation. But, somehow it found Read more
TRANSITION THRESHOLD for Wood Floors PREMIUM

TRANSITION THRESHOLD for Wood Floors

Imagine this scene: Psychic Medium : Run to the light, dead spirit. Dead Spirit : Which light? Psychic Medium : What?! Two lights to run to? It seems that “What?” is a good response. No less a quandary of two lights to run to appears when in Read more
Tiger Tile Tale

Tiger Tile Tale

I spent several childhood years living with my parents and sister in my grandmother’s house. The floors all over the house were wood, and they were kept waxed and polished and just slippery enough so a mid-sized cat could mimic a hockey puck. My Read more
Avoid Aluminum Failure by the Sea PREMIUM

Avoid Aluminum Failure by the Sea

Aluminum was first used in the 1920’s for decorative detailing, and, then as now, hailed as a miracle material, because it won’t rust, it’s lightweight, and easily formed and shaped. By the 1930’s its uses expanded to structural component Read more