Why allow something like a dingy floor vent ruin your floor's overall design? Here, learn how to DIY floor vents that look ...

The floor deflection was so bad that we measured up to 5 inches out of level at the center of each floor. The basement flooring was finished with a new cheap engineered mystery. The first floor was ...

Q: A metal picture frame sitting on a bookcase fell about three feet and caused a small puncture wound in my parquet floor. The floor was installed in the 1960s and was refinished and stained ...

It's a thrill akin to finding buried treasure -- that moment when you rip up the dusty carpets of your newly purchased home and discover that (bingo!) there are hardwood floors underneath. Wooden ...

Wood-frame buildings that utilize brick veneer date back to the late 19th century. At first glance, these older buildings might appear to be Type III ordinary construction.

Often floors will squeak in winter, when the wood is dry, and not squeak in summer when it expands as it takes on moisture. ... a whole setup including frame and threshold.

In many wood-frame buildings the lightweight wood products are what is holding up the floor, the trusses in turn are tied into the wall, making an entire assembly. Like steel, the fire resistance ...

Floors supported by lightweight wood parallel chord trusses is the “balloon frame construction of the 21st century; just laid on its side. Often the occupants of these buildings are protected by ...