Posts Tagged ‘floor preparation’
Top Challenges in Subfloor Preparation and How to Solve Them
When it comes to a successful flooring installation, the foundation starts with proper subfloor preparation. Unfortunately, many projects encounter challenges such as uneven surfaces, moisture issues, substrate movement, and adhesion problems. In todayâs blog post, weâll explore these common hurdles and reveal how FloorPrep by Dependableâs product library can help you overcome them with innovative,…
Read MoreYour Floor Is Only As Good As Your Platform
While carpet and carpet pads hide a lot of deficiencies found in typical subfloors, things like wood, tile, and LVT/LVP flooring reflect those deficiencies: Uneven joints between planks, sheets and tiles; Floors with obvious slopes, bumps, ridges and/or rolls, etc. These deficiencies can quickly turn what was anticipated to be a beautiful LVP floor into…
Read MoreFlooring Won’t Stick To Gypsum?
Why Wonât It Stick? Many installers experience a huge problem when applying flooring on new or old gypsum substrates: their glue or patch just wonât stick to the slab. More often than not, this is attributed to gypsum lacking the integrity to accept many floor coverings. Thankfully, there is a simple method for making gyspum…
Read MoreSpecial Announcement – “The Weatherhead 100” 2019
We are pleased to announce that not one, but TWO companies within the Keene Family have been selected as winners of “The Weatherhead 100” for 2019: Keene Building Products â Dependable, LLC Established in 1988, âThe Weatherhead 100â awards are the premier celebration of Northeast Ohioâs spirit of entrepreneurship and the companies leading the way in Northeast…
Read MoreProject Profile: NoCal Custom Home using Skimflow LP + KeedeLath
Residential Home Livermore, CA KEEDELATH™ SKIMFLOWÂź LP Dependable is excited to be involved in the building process of an 8,000 sq. ft. home in Livermore, CA. The homeowners used KEEDELATH™ and SKIMFLOWÂź LP for their floor prep needs. After a radiant heating system was in place, workers installed KEEDELATH. This product was implemented into the…
Read MoreARTICLE: Sound Control Round Table: Adhesives vs. Underlayments
“Sound control, whether achieved through an adhesive or an underlayment, is an essential component of a hard surface flooring installation. In commercial projects, sound control will help meet building code requirements. In residential homes, a noisy hardwood or resilient could result in an angry callback.” FCI convened a panel of industry experts to discuss adhesives vs. underlayments…
Read MoreâACT Large Format Tile and Surface Prepâ
ââŠThe Large Format Tile (LFT) and Surface Prep exam was one of the first tests on the committeeâs wish list due to the popularity and ever-growing size of ceramic tile found in the marketplace today. A further reason for including this test was that many times inappropriate materials are used to âfixâ the floor or…
Read MoreâWhy âThe Year of LVTâ Continues; Opportunities for Retailersâ
âMany called 2013 âthe Year of LVT.â And with good reason: Resilient has been the fastest growing flooring category, and within this rapidly growing segment, luxury vinyl tile (LVT) is thriving (Editorâs note: For the purposes of this article, LVT refers to both luxury vinyl tile and luxury vinyl plank). We see no signs of the…
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