Need to know how to repair vinyl flooring? Have a few broken, peeling or damaged kitchen floor tiles? This excerpt, taken from Upgrade Your House (Creative Publishing International, 2010) by Philip ...

Durable, resilient, and low maintenance, linoleum and vinyl flooring are also inexpensive to install. To make a good thing even better, they are also surprisingly easy to repair. In fact, vinyl floor ...

Q: There’s a scorch mark on my kitchen floor caused when my son dropped a lighted match (don’t ask, it was a teenage thing, I guess) on it. I tried scrubbing it out, but it seems to be melted into the ...

Q: When we remodeled our kitchen and adjoining pantry, the contractor installed 12-by-12-inch travertine tiles. The tiles are not flush throughout. The blue tape in the picture shows the problem ...

Vinyl floor tiles curl up at the corners as their adhesive starts to fail, but there’s usually still enough stick to them that you can’t just pull them up without damage. You can use a simple clothes ...

After 10 years in print journalism, Nick transitioned to the home improvement space. He has specialized in maintenance, mortgages, home warranties, moving, car shipping, home security and more for 7 ...

Q: How do you repair squeaking floors? The house is 47 years old, and simply walking across the floors creates a squeak. But it’s only in certain areas, not the whole floor or room. Can we eliminate ...

Installing vinyl flooring for the first time can transform the look and feel of your space with a durable and low-maintenance ...