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You are welcome to post a free wanted ad on DiscontinuedFloors.com; won’t cost you a penny. You are welcome to post your contact info too.
Robert Knupp
DiscontinuedFloors.comYou are welcome to post a free wanted ad on DiscontinuedFloors.com to help you locate the discontinued tile.
Robert Knupp
DiscontinuedFloors.comDiscontinuedFloors.com specializes in all discontinued flooring. You can place a free wanted ad.
Robert Knupp
DiscontinuedFloors.comYes, DiscontinuedFloors.com specializes in discontinued flooring. You can buy, sell, or place a free wanted ad.
Robert Knupp
DiscontinuedFloors.comTry a free wanted ad on DiscontinuedFloors.com and then use their keywords watch feature. If anyone lists it for sale that did not check your wanted ad, you will recieve an email alert with a link straight to the listing.
Robert Knupp
DiscontinuedFloors.comTry a free wanted ad on DiscontinuedFloors.com and then use their keywords watch feature. If anyone lists it for sale that did not check your wanted ad, you will recieve an email alert with a link straight to the listing.
Robert Knupp
DiscontinuedFloors.comCheck out discontinuedfloors.com and place a wanted add with some photos. Then use their keywords watch so you will recieve an email alert if someone posts a new listing with what your looking for.
Robert Knupp
DiscontinuedFloors.comThis is a brand new company, so I do recommend posting a wanted ad with photos of your existing floors to accompany your description, and use the keywords watch so you can recieve an automatic email with a link to the listing, should someone list something containing your keywords. They are pre-opening right now. Their traffic is unbelievable. They are dealing with manufacturers, distributors, retailers, and every other possible source of discontinued flooring.
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1discontinuedfloorRobert Knupp
DiscontinuedFloors.comI can say your floor should not have failed over night unless she really left that rug REALLY wet. Regardless, get a floor fan/ blower and run it in that room. You could run a dehumidifier in there, but if you do you can pull moisture out of the unaffected areas and cause gapping between boards. I would use the fan, and maybe crank down your a/c or lower your humidistat if your home is so equipped. Once it is dry you can probably fix the hollow spot yourself if it is just a hollow spot, and boards are not buckled. IF it is a hollow spot, you can purchase a Dri-Tac repair kit. First,you will drill a couple of very small holes in the floor with the supplied bit.You need at least two holes.The kit also has a bottle of liquid adhesive, a syringe, and some small dowels.
You will fill the syringe with adhesive and inject the floor with it through one of the holes; the other hole is a vent. Once you have filled the void between the sub-floor and flooring, you take a piece of dowel and sharpen one end with a razor knife.
No need to make it sharp, you just want it slightly narrower than the holes in the floor. Tap it in each hole with a hammer (Lightly) no deeper than the thickness of the flooring itself. Plug both holes this way. Use a nail set to sink the dowel slighly below the face of the flooring,place some weight on top of the area you just injected for 24-48 hours depending on the volume of the void you just filled. Finally go to your local home improvement store and purchase some finishing putty to match your floors. Take your wife out to dinner with the money you just saved, and hide the steam vac when she goes to sleep. Note: You may have to go to a real flooring store to get the Dri-Tac repair kit, or you may find it online. It should cost you about $50-$75 to complete the repair this way. If the floors are buckled, you will need an expert, unless you are a skilled craftsman.Robert Knupp
DiscontinuedFloors.comJose, you can easily fix your sub-floor with a floor patching compound like those made by ardex or Mapei. Most home impovement stores carry some type of patch. Make sure it is completely dry before installing your floors. Forget the ring shank nails and use screws so you dont have a squeaky or loose sub-floor later on. Check the moisture content of your sub-floor before installing to make sure it is withing manufacturer’s specs. Use the recommended trowel with proper notch size. Leave expansion space along the perimeter of the floor.
Follow all the directions in the instructions in the carton, and you should love those floors. Also, if nobody has suggested it to you; you will want to have a couple of extra cartons of flooring left over to store away in a climate controlled environment if you ever need any repairs. If the manufacturer ever discontinues that product or changes the milling on it, it can be dificult to locate later.Good Luck.
Robert Knupp
DiscontinuedFloors.comThere is a new site dedicated to locating discontinued flooring materials. Just use your search engine and enter discontinuedfloors – one word
You can place a wanted ad for free. Post your description of what you need there with photo’s of your existing floors.They have a keywords watch feature to email you if someone lists floors with any of your keywords in the listing.Keywords watch operates independently of your wanted ad.There are many people faced with replacing a whole floor because they can’t locate just a few cartons of this or that. Hope this helps.Robert Knupp
