http://urbanfloor.com/blog/the-use-of-wood-as-a-building-material-can-provide-substantial-economic-and-environmental-benefits-to-our-nation%e2%80%99s-citizens Fri, 17 May 2013 00:54:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://urbanfloor.com/blog/the-use-of-wood-as-a-building-material-can-provide-substantial-economic-and-environmental-benefits-to-our-nation%e2%80%99s-citizens#comment-963 Leader Thu, 20 Dec 2012 04:51:26 +0000 http://urbanfloor.com/blog/?p=27#comment-963 Awesome work there, Tony! I’ve got some flooring that needs doing here at our wee shack… if you’re lokiong for work that takes you “abroad,” then here’s the ticket! Nothing like a bit of physical labour to make you appreciate sitting on your arse and writing.

]]> http://urbanfloor.com/blog/the-use-of-wood-as-a-building-material-can-provide-substantial-economic-and-environmental-benefits-to-our-nation%e2%80%99s-citizens#comment-37 Ela Fri, 04 May 2012 07:47:15 +0000 http://urbanfloor.com/blog/?p=27#comment-37 that part of the floor (maybe 10 square feet or so) is still rgnsiterieg moisture on his meter. He recommends that the floor be dried with drying mats and then sanded and refinished.The floor is white oak builder grade from 1972. It squeaks a fair amount when you walk on it and it could definitely stand to be refinished. However, the price I got from the restoration company is outrageous: $2,000 (two thousand dollars) just to dry it out plus another $800 to $1,000 to refinish it. The room is approximately 160 square feet.A few questions for you:1. Doesn’t it make sense for me simply to replace the subfloor and the hardwood rather than repair something that was less than average quality to begin with? The cost of restoration amounts to at least $17.50/square foot. I assume that I can have a new floor installed for $10-11/square foot plus the cost of the subfloor. Do those numbers sound accurate?2. If I do end up replacing the subfloor and the hardwood will that take care of any moisture that was rgnsiterieg on the moisture meter?3. Would you recommend prefinished or raw wood?4. The only surefire way to get rid of the remaining moisture problem and squeaks is to replace the subfloor, correct? Is CDX still the way to go on a subfloor?Thanks, Jeff. I look forward to your response.

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