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How Much Should You Pay for Shingles?
When you’re facing a roof repair or replacement for your home, you have a lot of important decision to make. However, most likely, the primary thing on your mind is how much the new shingles for your roof might cost. As with any home improvement, it’s important that you closely examine how much your shingles …
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Choosing the Right Stone Flooring for Your Home
As a homeowner, you have a lot of different choices when it comes to flooring, all of which offer big benefits. However, in terms of appearance and durability, there’s almost no better choice than stone flooring. What you might not realize, is that stone flooring is not a monolithic flooring category. In fact, stone flooring …
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How to Know if You Are Paying too Much for Laminate Flooring
Laminate flooring has become a popular substitution for wood, tile or stone floors for a number of great reasons. First, laminate offers extreme durability at a much lower price than other flooring types you could choose. Secondly, laminate is something of a master of disguise, mimicking the look of stone, tile or wood floors at …
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Maintaining Your Cork Flooring
Cork is a unique flooring option that saw its heyday from the late 19th century to the mid 20th century. However, due to the advent of more inexpensive flooring options, cork fell out of favor, but due to recent high-profile clients like Hilton Hotels and the Library of Congress, cork floors are making a comeback. …
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How to Budget for Carpet Installation
Like many home repairs or refurbishments, new carpet installation is a necessary evil. Years of foot traffic, pets, spills and general wear and tear take a toll on your carpet—and people with children see this wear and tear much sooner than anyone else. If your beloved carpet is on its last legs, then you need …
New Flooring: Tips on Saving Money
Did you purchase a new home with plans on upgrading the flooring? Perhaps you are looking to spruce up your current home with new flooring options. No matter what the reasons are, new flooring can be an exciting way to bring life into your home. Installing new flooring can both give your home a signature …
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Five Popular Laminate Flooring Trends
Laminate flooring is one of the most popular choices for homeowners across the country, owing both to its versatility in style and useful durability. Laminate is made by pressing layers of synthetic flooring material together with a top layer that is nearly identical to actual wood flooring. Because of this process, your flooring can take …
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Bamboo Flooring vs. Hardwood
If you’re looking to upgrade the flooring in your home, then you have a lot of choices to make so make sure that you get the most out of your project. First and foremost, you need to make sure you get the best flooring materials available. While there are a number of great materials you …
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ServiceWhale: Top Hardwood Flooring Choices
The addition of hardwood flooring to your home can add character, charm and timeless beauty. When you’ve made the excellent decision to enhance your current flooring situation with hardwood, there are a few considerations to take into account. Gathering all the information will help you pick the right flooring option for your home. Keep reading to …
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4 Reasons to Hire a Concrete Floor Contractor
Both for durability and appearance, installing concrete flooring is one of the best decisions that you can make as a homeowner. Installing a concrete floor will protect against common everyday spills and wear and tear, massively increasing the lifespan of your floor and the overall beauty of your home. However, like any home improvement project, …
