About Experts Sitemap - Group 83 - Page 4 2012-07-27
Flooring and Carpeting: Vinyl Self Stick "Heating", croner, heat gun
croner, heat gun, seperating: You can use a industrial torch,or heat gun-you can even use a hair dryer set on the highest setting..Peel the paper off then hold a croner of the tile and heat the entire tile,front and back then install-if it does not want to stick heat it agin while on the...
Flooring and Carpeting: Vinyl Sheet, black patches, ceramic tiles
black patches, ceramic tiles, vinyl sheets: hey Stan, Question one sounds as if it could be moisture causing the black patches,unless the installer used cutback adheasive to install the floor(this is unlikely)-check to see if it is loose by those areas..Question 2-it is doubtfull that those sheets have...
Flooring and Carpeting: Vinyl Tile, vinyl tile, wet area
vinyl tile, wet area, water base: I will give you my Personal and Professional opinion. Vinyl peel n stick is a huge mistake for all applications except rental property. Having said that, the adhesive used is a non water base and thus will not be affected by moisture. If this is something...
Flooring and Carpeting: Vinyl Tile Flooring, vinyl tile flooring, embossing leveler
vinyl tile flooring, embossing leveler, vinyl tiles: It s usually not a wise idea to lay on Vinyl tiles. But you may be able to pull it off as long as none of the existing tiles are coming up at all. You need to use an embossing leveler first, then lay the new vinyl. Or lay new 1/4 ac plywood, then vinyl....
Flooring and Carpeting: Vinyl Tile In The Garage, car showrooms, vinyl tile
car showrooms, vinyl tile, showroom floors: I don t know if it is necessarily a Bad or Good idea. New Car showrooms put VCT on their showroom floors all the time, but they have a temperature controlled environment. Most garages are not heated and cooled. If you have a heated and cooled garage, here...
Flooring and Carpeting: Vinyl Tile over vinly tile, vinyl tile, tile floor
vinyl tile, tile floor, leveling compound: the floor shoul be level first with a cement dased leveling compound this will help to escapulate the asbestoes tile and it will give flat surface for your new tile install. We usea prodcut called feather finish by Ardex, Chemrex also makes a good leveler....
Flooring and Carpeting: Vinyl Tile, vinyl tile, time crunch
vinyl tile, time crunch, wear and tear: That will work as long as the tile is not loose anywhere,there will be no height problems if you go over the top(doors not clearing,dishwashers not coming out,etc) and any wax is removed and the floor is properly prepped.The key is that the floor is down tigh...
Flooring and Carpeting: Vinyl Tiles, vinyl tiles, leveling compound
vinyl tiles, leveling compound, adhesive remover: A portland based cement couldn t hurt. the floor would be best smooth, but the tiles will need perfection as much as possible if you expect it to last. I would scrape and grind and sand untill I was as smooth as possible. then I would level with a portland...
Flooring and Carpeting: Vinyl over tile, grout joints, putty knife
grout joints, putty knife, project marc: Thank you for your question Marc, Yes it is done all the time and it is pretty easy. You will need to strip the tile floor to be sure there isn t anything on the surface that would interfere with the cement patch needed to flush fill the joints so that...
Flooring and Carpeting: Vinyl underlayment buckle, saint paris oh, plywood underlayment
saint paris oh, plywood underlayment, inch plywood: I was wondering if you had this issue resolved yet? I know it s been a while since you posted this question, but if there s anything I can do to help, please don t hesitate to ask. The main problem I see with your situation is that 1/4 plywood was used...
Flooring and Carpeting: Vinyl over vinyl ???, vinyl manufacture, answer pattern
vinyl manufacture, answer pattern, warranty issue: I guess what I am trying to say is it is up to you. However it will void your vinyl warranty. I have done it when warranty issue are moot. If you choose this route be sure the floor is embossed properly this time. It should be floated with a portland cement...
Flooring and Carpeting: Vinyl vs carpet, square foot range, patterned carpet
square foot range, patterned carpet, outdoor carpet: Carpet is definitely the least expensive alternative. You are going to want to invest in a nylon, though, as opposed to the least expensive olefin. Olefin will mat and crush under the walker, and nylon will not. A 26oz olefin with a 3/8 , 8lb density pad...
Flooring and Carpeting: Vinyl Wood Plank Flooring, wood plank flooring, mannington adura
wood plank flooring, mannington adura, vinyl wood plank flooring: Lela, The Mannington ADura product is wonderful, especially for someone with 2 dogs. It will be noisier than carpet, but it won t be as loud as having real hardwood floors. I wouldn t worry about the noise as much as I would the durability of the product....
Flooring and Carpeting: Vitirified Tiles and marble Information, bangalore india, laticrete
bangalore india, laticrete, information question: They are generally membranes that are elastic that are applied to the floor first, then the tiles are attached to the membrane. The supplier of the tiles should have information and products that do this. If not, there s always search engines on the internet....
Flooring and Carpeting: Vitrified tile Issue cuurently faced by us., vitrified tiles, dark stains
vitrified tiles, dark stains, water seepage: Unfortunately, without personally seeing the situation, I would have no answer for you. Have you talked with the tile manufacturer direct? Has anyone from the company visited the site? This sounds like it is a common occurrence on every project, and I do know...
Flooring and Carpeting: Vitrified tiles for staircase, vitrified tiles, insallation
vitrified tiles, insallation, grinded: Vitrified can cover a spectrum; from the entire body of a tile to just a thin layer on the surface. I d need to know specifically what tile you have. You could always try grinding a tile left over from the insallation and see what it looks like. Bill...
Flooring and Carpeting: vapor barrier????, marble tile, concrete slab
marble tile, concrete slab, ceramic tile: Sterlene You will have to ask your installer if he thinks you will need a vapor barrier or not or if it would work under the thinset. I do know that if you think you are going to have a problem with water vapor coming up through the floor you will have to...
Flooring and Carpeting: vapor barrier, installing carpet, inch pad
installing carpet, inch pad, luck jim: Sheri, Unless you have already made your purchase, I would switch to 7/16th pad, and not purchase one with a mositure barrier. Instead, install plastic over the earth in the crawl space under the home. To learn why you should not purchase 1/2 pad read...
Flooring and Carpeting: varnish for saltillo, penetrating sealer, impact damage
penetrating sealer, impact damage, physical barrier: There are differing beliefs regarding the method of sealing saltillo; here is ours. A penetrating sealer is used first that soaks into the tile, and blocks water and waterborne minerals from coming up through the tile. Once the porosity of the tile is blocked...
Flooring and Carpeting: vct finish, slight difference, exelon
slight difference, exelon, solid surface: There is a very slight difference from the top vs the bottom. Most of the time it is a physical feel as well as appearance. If it is upside down it can be sanded/buffed and regain the normal appearance. It is a solid surface, meaning it is the same all...
Flooring and Carpeting: vct rolling at install, trowel, waves
trowel, waves, flat floor: If you are installing vct you need to use the exact tooth trowel to apply the adhesive and then allow it to dry til clear(assuming you are using clear thin spread)-If you are applying it over a perfectly flat floor than a 100 lb roller is not nesaccary-but...
Flooring and Carpeting: vct tile over ground level basemente floor, worse case scenario, tile edges
worse case scenario, tile edges, cement blocks: Hey Charlene, Well the only vinyl glue that I have experience with is a water soluble....but I am in no way the master of all things glue if you know what I mean. One other thing that came to my mind when I last answered you and forgot to mention was...
Flooring and Carpeting: vct tile, sheet vinyl, tiles
sheet vinyl, tiles, tile: Hi Vicki,Well there are definatly technics to doing it but if you follow the directions and maybe get a floor instalition guide from a munufacturer rep then it is not too bad-alot easier than putting in sheet vinyl.Make sure you have something to heat the...
Flooring and Carpeting: vct & underlayment install in older home, plywood underlayment, rental house
plywood underlayment, rental house, floorboards: your going to want to level out the slope with a portland based cement. you can install the underlayment over whatever you want, and yes I recommend plywood for stability. the VCT is a good choice for a rental and should perform well. level the floor...
Flooring and Carpeting: venetian plaster over old tile mastic on bathroom wall?, old mastic, drywall compound
old mastic, drywall compound, latex additive: Thank you for your question Patrick, The idea has merit Pat but I would prefer you supplant the drywall compound with white multipurpose thinset to skim out the wall surface. The thinset has a Latex additive that will give you added adhesion to the...
Flooring and Carpeting: victorian floor tile restoration, tile restoration, grout dye company
tile restoration, grout dye company, tile floor: Hello, and thank you for contacting The Grout Dye Company in NY. Great, it s always nice to find a tile floor that you can restore, or is it! I can t give any recommendations on restoring this floor unless you send me some digital pictures to groutdye@aol.com....
Flooring and Carpeting: vinyl ????????????, square tiles, sheet vinyl
square tiles, sheet vinyl, plywood: Professionally speaking....DO NOT PUT DOWN SELF STICK tiles. The worst product ever made for homeowners. If you want to put down squares, go with VCT, the commercial grade product. Otherwise go back to sheet viny. I have more requests for how to remove...
Flooring and Carpeting: vinyl, smooth concrete, leveling compound
smooth concrete, leveling compound, floorboards: If it is going over wood, you will need lauan board (1/8 plywood), unless you already have plywood. If it is going over vinyl, you will need to float the floor with a leveling compound so the old pattern does not telegraph through. If it is on smooth concrete,...
Flooring and Carpeting: vinyl adhesive, vinyl composition tile, central rocky mountains
vinyl composition tile, central rocky mountains, four tiles: Thank you for your question Dina, Forgive my tardiness as I was stuck over in the Central Rocky Mountains due to a snow storm and I just got home last night..... Based upon the content of your question I believe that I am too late to answer this...
Flooring and Carpeting: vinyl floor removal, cement slab, razor knife
cement slab, razor knife, flooring material: Thank you for your question Ed, There is no short way of doing what you are needing to do. There are vinyl removal machines you can rent but they only have marginal success and typically only over a cement slab. I just get out the old razor knife and...
Flooring and Carpeting: vinyl floor repair, seam sealer, square tile
seam sealer, square tile, tile pattern: Hi Ken,well first off how old is the floor?What type of glue did you use?-I would suggest going to a flooring store and getting the proper adhesive and seam sealer for the floor-when you glue it get like a small putty knife and really glob it under there,then...
Flooring and Carpeting: vinyl floor tile squares, vinyl floor tile, vinyl tile
vinyl floor tile, vinyl tile, kitchen floor: Hi Jerry, It sounds to me that the person who installed the tile either used the wrong glue or used the right glue and did not allow it to dry.VCT tile is different from vinyl in that you have to allow the adhesive to dry completly before installing them(I...
Flooring and Carpeting: vinyl floor tiles, vinyl floor tiles, quarter rounds
vinyl floor tiles, quarter rounds, shiny vinyl: it sounds to me like a flaw in that run of tiles-since you said the ones in your bathroom were fine.Unfortunatly it is just gonna get worse and with too much adhesive under the tiles those problems are not gonna go away,-I would suggest contacting the manufacturer...
Flooring and Carpeting: vinyl flooring, grade flooring, vinyl flooring
grade flooring, vinyl flooring, biospec: This is not a fair comment for me, but I stay away from Mannington anything. I have installed their product and found their warrantee was the worst. When it came time to make reparation of faulty product....they bailed. I have always liked Tarkett, and...
Flooring and Carpeting: vinyl flooring, vinyl flooring, shrinkage
vinyl flooring, shrinkage, glue: A Long time ago they were selling a vinyl flooring that was a perimeter glue only. Supposedly you glue the edges, lay it, and it was to shrink to pull the vinyl tight. Well it wasnt long till it pulled away from the wall, as yours has done. Then they went...
Flooring and Carpeting: vinyl flooring, installing vinyl flooring, laminate flooring
installing vinyl flooring, laminate flooring, moisture problem: I am curious why you are looking for another moisture barrier between floors. If you have a water/moisture problem, that issue needs to be resolved before any flooring is installed. Only one layer of underlayment need be installed as prep for vinyl...
Flooring and Carpeting: vinyl flooring, vinyl flooring, two bumps
vinyl flooring, two bumps, nail heads: They could be nail heads. Sometimes just walking in the areas will create movement and the nailheads will pop up. Now days we use a underlayment staples. Up to about 15 years ago it was very common to secure subfloors with ringshank nails set on 8 inch spreads....
Flooring and Carpeting: vinyl flooring in basement, dricore, sq ft area
dricore, sq ft area, vinyl flooring: Dricore may work well I would confirm the manufacture specs. This will require a floating application like Konecto. Konecto is very user friendly. If you go with the dricore, Amtico will not apply. I can offer excellent pricing on Konecto with mationwide...
Flooring and Carpeting: vinyl flooring in basement, asbestos abatement contractor, cement floor
asbestos abatement contractor, cement floor, vinyl flooring: Unfortunately that is the time frame that some of those tiles were made with asbestos. I would say, assume the worst and hope for the best. It may be worth your time to pull up one tile and take it to an Asbestos Abatement Contractor. Let him find that...
Flooring and Carpeting: vinyl flooring coming away from wall, shoe molding, contact cement
shoe molding, contact cement, vinyl flooring: It is time to bring the manufacture into the picture. If it is pulling away I assume it is a interflex. One of two things has happened either the glue failed or the installer used the wrong glue. I would contact the shop that installed it. The first...
Flooring and Carpeting: vinyl flooring preparation, vinyl flooring, new construction
vinyl flooring, new construction, substrate: Thank you for your question Donna, OSB is not an approved substrate for having anything glued to it, that s not to say that it hasn t been done before but I wouldn t recommend it. It is better to have a layer of 1/4 particle underlayment designed especially...
Flooring and Carpeting: vinyl flooring, putty knife, air pockets
putty knife, air pockets, vinyl flooring: A good notched trowel for spreading the glue, and a good utility knife to cut it in to corners and such. If you can lay from one end to the other, you can roll the vinyl onto the glue and prevent alot of air pockets. Avoid a heavy roller. It merely pushes...
Flooring and Carpeting: vinyl installation, exterior grade plywood, vinyl installation
exterior grade plywood, vinyl installation, durock: Thank you for your question Martha, You could install a 1/4 layer of plywood by using a Construction adhesive and screws that would reach through the Durock and into the floor joists. Then just float out the seams so that they are smooth and the vinyl...
Flooring and Carpeting: vinyl or laminate in 1/4 bath and kitchen, laminate wood flooring, flooring questions
laminate wood flooring, flooring questions, pedestal sink: 1. Being from 1982 it is not asbestos unless the builder did not follow code, which means you could not only sue the builder, but also the county building inspector. 2. Do not use laminate 3. You really need to look at a product called Konecto made by...
Flooring and Carpeting: vinyl plank adhesive leaks, putty knife, vinyl plank
putty knife, vinyl plank, positive solution: The options narrow.... Too much glue was used, the plank was wet laid and should have been drylaid, they used the wrong glue. These can be the only three options left. It has been to long to see if it was the wrong glue. I am leaning to the trowel notch...
Flooring and Carpeting: vinyl plank versus laminate, vinyl planks, vinyl tiles
vinyl planks, vinyl tiles, laundry area: Ann, The products by Metroflor and Adura would both be great solutions for you flooring replacement. If it s high traffic and kids & pets running everywhere, like my house :), I would use the vinyl tiles. They wear like iron and will last forever. As I...
Flooring and Carpeting: vinyl seams, seam sealer, factory edge
seam sealer, factory edge, independent inspector: You will have to get an independent inspector to come look at the floor. There is no sense in speculating what the problem is, because there is literally dozens of things that could be causing the problem. Here are some of them: 1. You used the wrong seam...
Flooring and Carpeting: vinyl self-stick tiles, faux marble, time jen
faux marble, time jen, room temp: Hi Jen..Self stick tiles are notorious for seperating at the seams unless you heat them when you install them.The only product out there would be a high quality colered caulk-expect to pay between 3-7 dollars per tube.Make sure that it is the type that expands...
Flooring and Carpeting: vinyl squares, vinyl tile, nail holes
vinyl tile, nail holes, decent shape: If the nail holes are small I would not worry about them..Is your tile VCT tile? Or what exact kind is it?-If it is VCT use either the manufatures brand thin spread or Henrys 430 clear thin spread adheasive and follow directions exactly.You will also need...
Flooring and Carpeting: vinyl stick down tile on hardwood, terry cloth towel, absorbtion rate
terry cloth towel, absorbtion rate, putty knife: Sanding it will just gum up the sander there is some stuff ont the market called AFTA it cleans glue and has a fast absorbtion rate so the chances of it bleeding into the wood are slim,that is as long as you do not saturate it. You can get a small can of it...
Flooring and Carpeting: vinyl strips such as Allure, vinyl planks, vinyl strips
vinyl planks, vinyl strips, vinyl product: Carole, whatever you decide, put it in both rooms. As far as the Konecto vinyl product goes, it may help your home sell, but wood will actually increase the value of the house, and not just it s saleability. Personally, I would stick with the wood. Konecto...
Flooring and Carpeting: vinyl tile, concrete grinder, vinyl tiles
concrete grinder, vinyl tiles, leveling compound: Unfortunately, the rougher surface is going to be enhanced thru the vinyl tiles. The floor levelor may be needed to remove the grinding marks from the finish look . You may need to consider floating in the entire floor with the leveling compound to gain...
Flooring and Carpeting: vinyl tile, vinyl tile, carpet layers
vinyl tile, carpet layers, new carpet: Hi Sue You do want to lay the tile before the carpet. That way they can cover the edge of it with a finish metal and protect it. You can go over the old vinyl just make sure you have a clean surface. If you need anything else, please don t...
Flooring and Carpeting: vinyl tile flooring up to porcelain tile walls, ceramic tile floor, vinyl tile flooring
ceramic tile floor, vinyl tile flooring, porcelain tile: Thank you for your question Heather, I have to say that I am a bit mystified this vinyl installer is having to struggle with the idea of needing some quarter round to, in affect, hide a seam. If he is unable to install vinyl and take the time to accurately...
Flooring and Carpeting: vinyl tile floors, grout dye company, putty knife
grout dye company, putty knife, vinyl tile: Hello and thank you for contacting The Grout Dye Company in NY. Use a painters heat gun, while prying up with a metal putty knife. The heat will soften the tile glue and make the tiles come up easier. Also be sure to wear gloves, to protect your hands from...
Flooring and Carpeting: vinyl tile installation, vinyl tile flooring, tile installation
vinyl tile flooring, tile installation, exelon: Sure you can do it yourself. but the most important part is the prep. All carpet needs to be removed, and the floor must be cleaned and flat and level. if not, then when the tile is installed you will see every bump and dip. floor prep is best left up to...
Flooring and Carpeting: vinyl tile over vinyl tile on a slab, slab floor, vinyl tiles
slab floor, vinyl tiles, capillary action: The floor needs to skim coated with a good portland latex cement that has polymers in it like Ardex or Chemrex. Let it dry good, knock off the high spots, primer the floor with some liquid latex and a paint roller,tight nap let dry good alsi and keep any dust...
Flooring and Carpeting: vinyl tile, self adhesive tile, thin glue
self adhesive tile, thin glue, vinyl tile: Do not use glue with self adhesive tile because if you ever want to remove it down the road it is next to impossible to get up.You should put a patching compound over the rot or if it is bad replace it.Vitex ultra is a good compound.If your tiles do not want...
Flooring and Carpeting: vinyl tiles self stick, vinyl tiles, heat gun
vinyl tiles, heat gun, arrows: If it is only 15 then you can try heating them with a heat gun and slowly pell them up-they may not bond as well-I would suggest putting in 15 new ones if you have any left-they will always look different because they are turned and they are reflecting the...
Flooring and Carpeting: vinyl tles self stick, grout dye company, vinyl tiles
grout dye company, vinyl tiles, wood glue: Hello and thank you for contacting The Grout dye Company. You can take a blow dryer and apply a little heat and carefully try to pry the tile up, when you reset it you might need to buy a little wood glue. The arrows don t matter as long as there isn t a...
Flooring and Carpeting: what can go over vinyl, cork floor, laminate flooring
cork floor, laminate flooring, wood floor: If the underlay is plywood, and there is only 1 layer of vinyl, then you can install another layer of vinyl over the top of it. Or you can install Laminate flooring, floating wood floor, or a floating cork floor right over the top regardless of underlayment...
Flooring and Carpeting: Wall tiling, wall tiles, wall tile
wall tiles, wall tile, floor tiles: Ok Dan, Now I understand what s going on and why you are having such a difficult time hanging tile instead of installing tile. The solution to your problem is as easy as reading a tape measure. Lets say that from the bottom of where your first tile...
Flooring and Carpeting: Wall to wall carpeting in a basement, wall to wall carpeting, installing carpet
wall to wall carpeting, installing carpet, proper tension: Hi Jimmy Unfortunately, glue will not hold the tackstrip unless the tile glue is bonded well with the floor. I would say that it is not, being they are asbestos and have probably been down a long time. Proper tension from stretching will more than likely...
Flooring and Carpeting: Warped Floor, home improvement center, dust mask
home improvement center, dust mask, leveling compound: Thank you for your question Gerilyn, You don t mention whether the subfloor is made of wood or cement...big difference in labor, but... if it s wood you can purchase or rent a belt sander to sand/plane down the inconsistent surface till it s flat. Be...
Flooring and Carpeting: Water Damage, particle board, laminate flooring
particle board, laminate flooring, manufacturer states: Unfortunately, I cant imagine a fix for particle board that has gotten wet. If it is delaminating....you are going to remove and replace it. Alot of people are finding this problem. The manufacturer states that the flooring does not need to be glued at...
Flooring and Carpeting: Water proof tile deck, schluter systems, waterproof membranes
schluter systems, waterproof membranes, waterproof deck: Randy Hi Randy, In general terms, what you have described will work. However there are many details that you have not mentioned. Even though they may be called little, it’s still a detail and could be the one that allows water to enter your living room...
Flooring and Carpeting: Waterproofing exterior floor, visqueen plastic, porch floor
visqueen plastic, porch floor, lowe s: John, even if you glue to joints, it is still going to leak, as wood expands and contracts. Also, if you stain and seal all sides of the wood, it will rot much quicker, as there is nowhere for the moisture inside of the wood to go. All wood contains moisture,...
Flooring and Carpeting: Wavy decking...., self leveling cement, wood flooring
self leveling cement, wood flooring, dryrot: Best to have it inspected to find out if your subfloor is in good condition. it sounds like you have some problems that need to be addressed first. You could sand down, or pour self leveling cement, but why install good floor over a bad one. first thing...
Flooring and Carpeting: Wavy floor decking....., plywood floor, wood flooring
plywood floor, wood flooring, dryrot: You might be ahead to take up the plywood floor, out the perimeter of the walls and make whatever adjustments are necessary with the joists. If something is loose, warped or pulled apart...this is the only time you get to fix it. The floating floors are...
Flooring and Carpeting: Wax build-up, protective gloves, paper towels
protective gloves, paper towels, scrub brush: If it s just a wax, and not something like Future , just about any wax stripper will work, just wear protective gloves, etc. and do a small area at a time. Normally, a stripping pad is used, and the wax goes into the pad, and you clean the pad out as it...
Flooring and Carpeting: No-Wax Vinyl and Stainless Steel Sink, soap and water, lighter fluid
soap and water, lighter fluid, vinyl floor: Hi Angela,well the kitchen sink I do not have the answer to because I install floors and not sinks.On the floor try paint thinner(NOT laquer thinner) or lighter fluid(like the kind you use to fill up zippos-NOT BBQ fluid) on a CLEAN white rag and that should...
Flooring and Carpeting: Waxed grout, grout dye company, tile grout
grout dye company, tile grout, maintenance nightmare: Hello and thank you for contacting The Grout Dye Company in NY. Johnson s Liquid Wax is one of the worst things next to vinegar for ceramic tile grout, it might make the tile look nice and shiny. But for the grout it is a maintenance nightmare. I wish...
Flooring and Carpeting: Waxes, sponge mop, seal cement
sponge mop, seal cement, cement floor: You can put a finish over the sealer, that will serve the function of a wax without the drawbacks. Anything you walk on will wear, so by putting a finish down, it wears instead, the advantage being a finish can be touched up with a wax applicator or sponge...
Flooring and Carpeting: Weather to strip my formally carpeted stairs, interior stairs, color match
interior stairs, color match, tack strips: Rick, you may have to do both, actually. I would start with a stripper, and be sure to follow instructions ti the letter. The longer the stripper goes past the recommended time, the harder it gets to remove. Then, in places the scaper that is used with...
Flooring and Carpeting: Wet spots in grout from unknown source, ceramic tile floor, cement slab
ceramic tile floor, cement slab, little holes: Miriam, you need someone to visit your home and evaluate the situation. My first thought was a water line in or under the slab. Even if there isn t a water line present, liquid could be seeping underground. What is different or changed in your neighborhood...
Flooring and Carpeting: Whirlpool tub skirt tile question., horizontal tiles, tile edges
horizontal tiles, tile edges, porcelain tile: Hello, and thank you, for contacting The Grout Dye Company in NY. Hi, Q. I m installing porcelain tile around a whirlpool bath which has been framed with 3/4 plywood. I was wondering if I need adhesive for the sides which are about two feet tall, or...
Flooring and Carpeting: White alcohol haze on asphalt tile, asphalt tile, white vinegar
asphalt tile, white vinegar, tile floors: With all this build up on the tile, I would say it is a good time to go ahead and strip all of it off. Pick up a wax/floor finish stripper from a janitorial supply, and work a small area at a time using a stiff hand held scrub brush and wipe up with paper...
Flooring and Carpeting: White ceramic tile, porcelain tile, inch tiles
porcelain tile, inch tiles, water absorption: Hi Bonnie, Thanks for the follow up question. The wall tiles are Ok since they don t get the amount of water on them as do the floor tiles. I have a tendency to lean towards the smaller ones for a shower floor. First, almost all of the are porcelain and by...
Flooring and Carpeting: White Dap Bathroom Caulk turns green, upstairs bathroom, floor tile
upstairs bathroom, floor tile, caulk: Hi Lee, I m afraid I can t help you except to suggest calling Dap Technical Dept direct. It seems to me that since they made it and know what the ingredients are, they would also have a clue as to what is causing it change from white to copper green. Ji...
Flooring and Carpeting: White and Gray Thinset, tile thinset, flooring specialist
tile thinset, flooring specialist, grout: Thank you for your question Larry, It is good that you are willing to increase your knowledge in the field you have chosen and though this is a simple question it is none the less an important one, good call Larry. Most pro installers will use a grey...
Flooring and Carpeting: White Honed Alabama Marble backsplash, propane burner, white alabama
propane burner, white alabama, shades of grey: Hi Joyce, If moisture was already in the wall before the marble was installed, mildew was already there and will multiply because of the extra moisture in the marble and the wet thinset. If the wall was dry and mildewfree, the thinset itself will not cause...
Flooring and Carpeting: White Marble Discoloration, marble tiles, tile store
marble tiles, tile store, visual appearance: Thank you for your question Tess, Nearly any light color Marble can be affected in some way by typically three things, setting technique, application, and use. Carrera (white with light grey veins) Marble is another stone that can be problematic, there...
Flooring and Carpeting: White Marble Grout, toothpics, lateral support
toothpics, lateral support, mopping the floor: Thank you for your question Milan, In seven years no one has asked me this so I guess it was due to come sooner or later at this point. Aside from the lateral support that grout gives each tile it also offers additional support from beneath the tile...
Flooring and Carpeting: White oak flooring, oak stairs, oak flooring
oak stairs, oak flooring, polyurethanes: There may be a slight difference due to the different manufacturers having different polyurethanes. However, I seriously doubt that it will be very noticeable. Personally, I would take the chance. I really think that it will look fine. Hope this Helps,...
Flooring and Carpeting: White Thassos for a shower floor, soap scum, slip resistance
soap scum, slip resistance, resistance one: Hi Lauren. Thanks for asking. Soap scum will stick to any stone used in a shower. Polished stones tend to look dirty when the surface shows dull streaks mixed with patchy shiny areas as the soap scum sticks to various areas as it dries. A polished surface...
Flooring and Carpeting: Wide Plank Hardwood Floor, unfinished hardwood floor, parquet floor
unfinished hardwood floor, parquet floor, running the risk: well, for an unfinished floor if indeed they will try to nail down or glue, I would stick with a less wide floor. a 3/4 solid wood is usually 2 1/4 wide so it will help keep it from buckling, but buckling can still occur. My recommendation would be to...
Flooring and Carpeting: Wine stain in Tile grout, carbide grit, aqua mix
carbide grit, aqua mix, tile grout: Dave, I have good news and bad news. The bad first. Because you have a stone floor, you don t want to use those heavy duty cleaners as they can react with the stone. Don t use the old grout. FYI: grout, as with all cement products has a shelf life. If I...
Flooring and Carpeting: Wood Floor Adhesive Problem, gallon containers, time issue
gallon containers, time issue, wood floor: Get ahold of BR111. All adhesives have an expiration date, with typically a 90 day shelf life. BR111 will have a new adhesive for the floor. Tell the retailer that you believe you were sold expired BRg111 glue, and would like them to offer some sort of...
Flooring and Carpeting: Wood Floor Cupping, solid oak flooring, humidity levels
solid oak flooring, humidity levels, external moisture: It may be over a subfloor seam that is cupping. Check the floor joists below to see if that is the case. If it is not a seam, there may not have been enough of an expansion gap installed. It should be one of those two things. Hope this Helps, Brya...
Flooring and Carpeting: Wood Floors, hard wood floors, roofing paper
hard wood floors, roofing paper, natural surface: What type of floor is really up to you. Laminate is the least maintenance product. Hardwood however, because it is a natural surface, actually increases the value of the house, laminate does not. Hardwood life expectancy is different for all different types...
Flooring and Carpeting: Wood Floors, wood floors, extra money
wood floors, extra money, hardwood floors: Terry, The Lauzon is probably more expensive, but it will be more scratch resistant. I have lots of experience with both manufacturers. Although both make good products, the Lauzon will last longer simply because of the finish alone. If it is more expensive,...
Flooring and Carpeting: Wood Floors, wood floors, stains
wood floors, stains, paint: It can be messy but a good paint stripper may be a good way to go. It lets you control the amount of work you take on, on any given day. It usually allows you to remove all previous stains and finishes in one application. Sanding the raw clean wood would...
Flooring and Carpeting: Wood floor cupping, oak flooring, humidity level
oak flooring, humidity level, question thanks: Maurice, If the cupping is minor, I would leave the floor alone for now. They will probably correct themselves. If you can live with it, wait until the end of the year to see if the cupping comes out. If it s bad and you can t wait, sanding the floor will...
Flooring and Carpeting: Wood floor installation, pneumatic floor nailers, wood floor installation
pneumatic floor nailers, wood floor installation, maple flooring: I assisted my church in installing a 2 1/4 maple floor, with a power hand nailer. It took nearly a week...with alot of dilegence. It separated alot during the installation..with all the best intentions. I have found, from that experience, pre drilling...
Flooring and Carpeting: Wood floor sanding, wood floor sanding, nailheads
wood floor sanding, nailheads, maximum depth: It depends on the thickness of the floor. If it is a 3/4 product, you can usually sand it down up to 1/4 . Ideally you should go 1/16 on the initial refinish. There isn t really a percentage, but if I had to guess one, I would say 25%. A lot of people...
Flooring and Carpeting: Wood flooring-thickness,Subfloor, vapor barrier, particle board, solid wood floor
particle board, solid wood floor, wood flooring: There should be no problem putting down a 3/8 plywood over the existing subfloor. I would try not to use particle board if at all possible because the nails or staples tend not to grab as much in particle board. Yes, I would put a vapor barrier under...
Flooring and Carpeting: Wood flooring, wood laminate, wood flooring
wood laminate, wood flooring, money quality: Time is Money, Quality is Money....both add up to a better longer lasting job. The floating floors are the simplest way to go when you have extremely limited funds. If you can afford a long lasting floor...real wood cant be beat. Oak, Maple, Birch, Bamboo,...
Flooring and Carpeting: Wood floors, wood planks, tongue and groove
wood planks, tongue and groove, tile floor: Most hardwoods are manufactured and kept at 15% humidity, so you are in the appropriated atmosphere. There appears to be very little difference in your choices...both having a resembling hardness and character. If pricing matters...the cheaper of the two....whichever...
Flooring and Carpeting: Wood Hardness, hard wood floors, yellow birch
hard wood floors, yellow birch, wood hardness: There are some general misconceptions. Hardwoods refer mostly to the idea that it is a traffic typical wood. Unlike fir, cypress, poplar, spruce etc. Pine is a hardwood. Mahogany has soft and hard species. Maple is one of the hardest along with hickory....
Flooring and Carpeting: Wood laminate/hardwood flooring, wood laminate, vinyl flooring
wood laminate, vinyl flooring, wood flooring: I believe I understand. You may run into some height problems if you find out that the vinyl is installed on underlayment, and the carpet is only on top of the subfloor. If so, you will have a drop of at least 1/4 inch or more. If you find that the carpet...
Flooring and Carpeting: Wood meeting Marble, marble thresholds, ladder effect
marble thresholds, ladder effect, t molding: Rick, I would allow for approx. 1/4 of expansion due to seasonal changes in humidity. If you can t get the marble and hardwood to line up exactly, you can either use a t-molding that matches the Bruce hardwood or use a marble threshold in a neutral color....
Flooring and Carpeting: Wooden tiles Vs Vitrified Tiles, wooden tiles, vitrified tiles
wooden tiles, vitrified tiles, colored tile: The vitrified is a very durable composite fired with resin and glass/procelain or marble, This may have a tendancy the scratch but so will the wood. I would think a vitrified tile floor with wood trim work would give a complementing effect to any flat....
Flooring and Carpeting: Wrong Wood Installed, unfinished wood, ann marie
unfinished wood, ann marie, streaking: Ann-Marie. Unfortunately in the case of Unfinished Wood, you really have no way of telling what type of wood they put down. In most cases, the box the wood comes in doesn t even say what grade the wood is. The #2 Common wood that they laid probably will...
Flooring and Carpeting: wall to wall carpenting, new carpet, wall to wall
new carpet, wall to wall, mario: Hi Mario It is not recommended at all. You have to follow proper installation guidelines for the carpet to wear properly. Also, installing new carpet over old carpet will void any and all warranty. If there is anything else I can do for you, please...
Flooring and Carpeting: wall-to-wall, water incursion, subpump
water incursion, subpump, concrete slab: Dear Carrye, Thank you for your question. I will give you my experiences with your question. Then it will come down to what you want because there is no black or white answer. Several years ago, I installed a glue down commerical carpet (no pad) in...
Flooring and Carpeting: want to lighten tile grouting, linda lockwood, tile grouting
linda lockwood, tile grouting, shower tile: The only way grout can be lightened is by painting it with a grout paint, available in home improvement stores (in the ceramic tile section). Painting the grout is a temporary fix. The paint will wear out over time. Regards, Linda Lockwood www.statewideinspection.com...
Flooring and Carpeting: water damage on hardwood floor, hardwood installation, water bowl
hardwood installation, water bowl, water protection: I am so sorry to tell you...not repairable. Hardwood is a wonderfull floor, but not forgiving. A good hardwood installation includes water protection. Most installers do not have the time to waterproof a floor. The only possibility is to sand the floor...
Flooring and Carpeting: water damage to laminate, laminate floor, tolet
laminate floor, tolet, water damage: Steve, You should be able to replace just the pieces that were damaged. But, if the core of the laminate got wet, it is ruined permanently. Typically the laminate will swell if the core has gotten wet. If there is no swelling, then the face of the laminate...
Flooring and Carpeting: water damage on laminate flooring, lamiante flooring, laminate flooring
lamiante flooring, laminate flooring, water damage: To my limited knowledge, once the laminate delaminates from moisture....it is history. It is amazing the short time laminates have been popular, I get a huge amount of requests for way to fix water damage. The manufatures are still saying a no glue installation....
Flooring and Carpeting: water damaged oak flooring, wick water, flooring experts
wick water, flooring experts, oak flooring: They are right. How old id the floor in question? I would get three differnt experts out there and then smack the insruance company into the corner with facts. These guys are jerks and take advantage of the public every chance they get. Moisture and water...
Flooring and Carpeting: water intrusion and ceramic tile, palm beach florida, west palm beach florida
palm beach florida, west palm beach florida, west palm beach: Hi Kim, Standing water generally will not affect ceramic tile, what will have a detrimental effect is how it is installed and on what type of substrate. 1/ There are different types of tile on the market. These vary from impervious or less the .5 water absorption...
Flooring and Carpeting: water leaking through tile, metal lath, mortar bed
metal lath, mortar bed, tile walls: Hi Nic. Thanks for the additional information. I m a bit confused. The surround is tile. The water is running through the floor on the tile, not the surround. I m going to take a stab at it. Judging by the date the house was built, the installation should...
Flooring and Carpeting: waterproofing 4 tile decks, deck waterproofing, waterproofing systems
deck waterproofing, waterproofing systems, tile council: Hi Bill, Thanks for the info. I have a tendency not to send people to the TCNA as they are simply the Secretariat for ANSI committee. They print the ANSI Standards book pertaining to tile and print the Handbook which is revised by the handbook committee....
Flooring and Carpeting: waterproofing before tiling, cement slab, slop sink
cement slab, slop sink, cement board: Hey Christian, You have to forgive me for being a bit too brief in my response to you. When I have a number of questions to answer I sometimes go too quickly through them ending up leaving out key points along the way. When you install the Wonderboard...
Flooring and Carpeting: wax removal from carpet, wax removal, heat settings
wax removal, heat settings, candle wax: if you use a paper bag and an iron set on low, it will slowly draw the wax into the bag. it will take a while, and you need to make sure the iron does not touch the carpet directly. use lots of bags if needed. you will need to play with the heat settings...
Flooring and Carpeting: waxing a porcelain floor., tile restoration company, porcelain tile floor
tile restoration company, porcelain tile floor, porcelain tiles: Hello and thank you for contacting The Grout Dye Company in NY. Unfortunately, who ever told you to seal and wax your porcelain tile, has sent to down the road with a maintenance nightmare. When maintaining a Porcelain tile floor the only thing that...
Flooring and Carpeting: your website, buying carpet, website thanks
buying carpet, website thanks, home purchases: Hi Ed, Glad that you were able to reach the website. Yes, I can send you a hard copy of the book and have you pay by check rather than credit card. It s $12.99 for the book and $2.00 for shipping and postage. With your next purchase you can easily recover...
Flooring and Carpeting: weight difference, gyp crete, lightweight concrete
gyp crete, lightweight concrete, gypcrete: Thank you for your question Christine, Gyp-crete is a Trade name rather than the specific product. Gypsum concrete is more a liquid slurry that hardens and has lightweight properties but has significant preparatory restrictions to receive any type of...
Flooring and Carpeting: wet carpet, air conditioner condensation, berber carpeting
air conditioner condensation, berber carpeting, minimun charge: Dear Chris, Sorry to hear about your water problem. Your best shot is to get some air under the affected area. Go to the edge or corner where the carpet has gotten soaked. Release the carpet from the pins. Pins are a small set of boards along the wall...
Flooring and Carpeting: wet saw, marble tile, grout dye company
marble tile, grout dye company, plastic tarp: Hello and thank you for contacting The Grout Dye Company in NY. You can drape a plastic tarp, hanging from the wall, at a height higher then the saw, and run the tarp under the wet saw on the floor, do not allow the extension cord to lay in this area, also...
Flooring and Carpeting: whats on my floor?, laminate flooring, stickiness
laminate flooring, stickiness, asphalt: It may be an attempt to glue the carpet down on a previous install. I would try scraping up a small area to see of it is a glue vs a paint. A glue will be thicker and come up almost easy. A paint will not want to come up. I use a 4 wallpaper scraper...
Flooring and Carpeting: whit carera marble, carrera marble, sorry jerry
carrera marble, sorry jerry, baking soda: Thank you for your question Jerry, There isn t much to be done once things have been set and sealed. The stains should lighten over time and become less noticeable to the eye. There are poultices for wine and coffee/coke that sort of thing but black...
Flooring and Carpeting: white haze on brick floor, brick floor, white vinegar
brick floor, white vinegar, floor question: Then whatever the coating is, it has broken down somewhat from the standing water. Easiest thing to remove a coating in a small area is to keep it wet with acetone until it swells and blisters off. Then you will need to put something down to replace...
Flooring and Carpeting: white marble tiles, marble tiles, marble slab
marble tiles, marble slab, thinset mortar: Hi Rhoda. Thanks for the clarification. Mastic is an organic product prone to discomposure and re-emulsification when subjected to prolonged water exposure (as in a shower). It would be beneficial for you to find out from your installer if he actually used...
Flooring and Carpeting: white polished marble tiles, polished marble tiles, dark grey
polished marble tiles, dark grey, fabricator: Rhoda, when I said to contact the manufacturer direct, I was referring to the sealer manufacturer, not the fabricator of the tile. It is their product that is causing the shading on your marble. I apologize for the confusion, I simply assumed you would understand...
Flooring and Carpeting: white stains on marble, tile restoration company, grout dye company
tile restoration company, grout dye company, mortar beds: (Hello and thank you for contacting The Grout dye Company.) The white that you are noticing is probably Efflorescence, which is a white powdery substance deposited on the surface of the stone, this problem generally occurs when excess moisture and salts...
Flooring and Carpeting: white thausso, ceramic glue, marble installation
ceramic glue, marble installation, grout dye company: Hello and thank you for contacting The Grout Dye Company in NY. No, the Marble installation is ruined. The glue will always bleed through since the White Thauso Marble is semi transparent. Have the contractor come back and redo all the work, he should...
Flooring and Carpeting: white vinyl with blue spot, blue heat, plys
blue heat, plys, bathroom floor: Mold can range from black to purple...glue discoloration is usually a yellowing. It could be the glue reacting with the stain/ink of the plywood. The stamp that rates the plywood from the manufacture? Some mills use a blue heat sensitive glue in the layering...
Flooring and Carpeting: winter cold and Konecto plank vinyl floating floor, better hope, extreme cold
better hope, extreme cold, safe side: Hi Dan As long as they were installed properly, you shouldn t have to worry. To be on the safe side though, can you keep the temperature above 32.2 degrees? Anything above freezing would definitely be recommended. The warmer the better. Hope...
Flooring and Carpeting: wood & cork flooring., hardwood floorings, cork flooring
hardwood floorings, cork flooring, desert climates: Any natural wood flooring requires a certain level of humidity to minimize expansion and contraction. If you choose to install cork or bamboo, you will definitely need to add (if you don t have one) a humidifier to your HVAC system. The initial costs are...
Flooring and Carpeting: wood filler, wood poles, wood filler
wood poles, wood filler, caulking: I will offer a second remedy. Use an exterior spackle, then go over that with a latex caulking. Reason is the caulking shrinks alot. The spackle will fill the crack better, but as the wood continues to shrink the crack will reappear, the caulking on top...
Flooring and Carpeting: wood floor finish, orange glo, 0000 steel wool
orange glo, 0000 steel wool, polyurethane coating: I would suggest that you use masking tape and border that area, then use a 0000 steel wool and lightly buff the area, then get spray on Poly and put on a thin coat. Orange glo is a great product for sealing wood. It will soak into the joint/seams of wood...
Flooring and Carpeting: wood floor installation, concrete backerboard, wood floor installation
concrete backerboard, wood floor installation, tile manufacturers: If you use a solid, the last couple of rows will have to be face nailed or glued. If your contractor is not comfortable installing the hardwood this way, have someone else do it. I am more concerned about that ceramic install. I hope you used an anti-fracture...
Flooring and Carpeting: wood floor, floor question, aluminum oxide
floor question, aluminum oxide, yellow outline: Dahlia, I really have no idea and cannot guess without looking at the floor AND looking at the all the containers that the polyurethane came from. It really seems like an issue for the contractor who applied the 3-4 coats of polyurethane. Sorry, Brya...
Flooring and Carpeting: wood flooring, concrete slab foundation, construction adhesives
concrete slab foundation, construction adhesives, marine plywood: My number one recommendation, to prevent any possible movement complications, Install 1/4 marine plywood on the slab first. Most construction adhesives will do, but consult the flooring manufacture for the best recommended adhesive. It may take concrete...
Flooring and Carpeting: wood flooring, plywood floors, oak plywood
plywood floors, oak plywood, floor laminates: The definitions range widely. Different manufacturers want to sound like they are in the newest craze. First consider the maker. Pergo, WilsonArt to name the top contenders...plastic. Plastic surface, plastic body. It can be called laminates because...
Flooring and Carpeting: wood flooring, wood glue, wood flooring
wood glue, wood flooring, dancing on the floor: The price of laminate will determine the durability. Buy the best you can afford. Wood flooring is more valuable, and can be refinished to look new after some time. Engineered wood will be a better dance floor because it has more give, giving you more...
Flooring and Carpeting: wood flooring, cement slab, hardwood flooring
cement slab, hardwood flooring, wood flooring: Totally depends on the type of carpet. Only if the carpet is a low pile commercial glued with no pad. But you will need to check with the manufacturer you are interested in. www.Kahrs.com will be a floating wood. www.mannington.com will have floating...
Flooring and Carpeting: wood flooring, oak flooring, particle board
oak flooring, particle board, wood flooring: If the 1/2 is over 16 on center joists, nail it to that. If any of the joists are further apart than that, you need to build it up another 1/4 with more plywood. You may want to look at floating hardwoods, like Kahr s or Linnea, and put the subfloor worries...
Flooring and Carpeting: wood flooring, solid wood flooring, wood floors
solid wood flooring, wood floors, personal opinion: Solid wood is overwhelmingly prefered. The hardest product and nearly indestructable. Engineered floors, depending the size and styles can run a distant second. Laminates are the bain of the industry. They are cheap to install...dont last long, non durable,...
Flooring and Carpeting: wood flooring, solid wood flooring, wood floors
solid wood flooring, wood floors, low maintenance: Bob, You really need to form your own opinions on which product will meet your needs. Looks are on an almost level playing field these days, as manufacturers have spent large fortunes making their floors look GREAT. If it is low maintenance you want, go...
Flooring and Carpeting: wood flooring, solid wood flooring, weather changes
solid wood flooring, weather changes, subfloor: Bob, The look of the wood floor has very little to do with whether or not it is solid or engineered. In most cases engineered is used for 1 of 2 reasons. 1. The homeowner does not want their flooring to expand and contract when weather changes. 2....
Flooring and Carpeting: wood flooring, cement slab, trees in canada
cement slab, trees in canada, nancy nancy: Nancy, There are 2 very important factors in selecting a hardwood. The first is the finish put on the wood. If the finish is no good, it doesn t matter how thick the wearlayer is or how hard the wood is. Lauzon is known for having a superior finish to nearly...
Flooring and Carpeting: wood flooring in kitchen, hardwood flooring, wood flooring
hardwood flooring, wood flooring, homeshow: Take your husband to a local homeshow. I could tell you to show him some magazines, but we males are very hands on, so seeing it in person may help more than in a zine. If you get a quality engineered floor (like Lauzon), it is going to be VERY little maintenance....
Flooring and Carpeting: wood flooring vrs ceramic Tile, plywood floor, concrete slab
plywood floor, concrete slab, wood flooring: With all the stories I hear...it is nearly dead even. Alot depends on the price of the tiles vs the price of the wood. If you have kids, and pets....the wood is harder to maintain. Tiles are harder and you can replace any one tile as needed. If you do...
Flooring and Carpeting: wood flooring, wood flooring, minwax
wood flooring, minwax, kitchen knife: KNife test. If you can mar the finish with a kitchen knife with little or no pressure.... keep waiting. Also depending on the number of coats you put on. Multiple coats require longer cure time. If you only put on one coat..... consider more...that...
Flooring and Carpeting: wood floors, durable coat, oxide coatings
durable coat, oxide coatings, gym floors: All good questions. Not in order: I only do manual nailing...you can judge the nail and feel the hit. Mutilple taps also tend to vibrate the boards closer together as they are nailed. Rosen/kraft paper is prefered... less thickness to create give. As...
Flooring and Carpeting: wood floors, unfinished oak flooring, drum sander
unfinished oak flooring, drum sander, orbital sander: The prep depends on the amount of defection when installed. Some gymnasium floors have a deflection of nearly 1/8 which requires a drum sander and then a disc sander. If your oak is machined well enough, you might get away with a vibrator, or orbital sander....
Flooring and Carpeting: wood floors, wood floors, gap
wood floors, gap, hallway: Run the boards down the length of the hall and square the rooms all off the hallway. it will require a slight adjustment but if the hall looks off the whole job will look off. If I am understanding you correctly that is. If not, maybe explain a little more...
Flooring and Carpeting: wood floors, lacquer thinner, wax coating
lacquer thinner, wax coating, alchohol: Polish and wax wont stick to Poly. Polyurethane is a plastic finish. You can recoat the poly....but you cant wax or polish it. No adhesion. Shellac and Lacquer can be polished/waxed. If it is poly.... try alchohol or lacquer thinner. It will have no...
Flooring and Carpeting: wood laminate, wood laminate floor, flooring retailers
wood laminate floor, flooring retailers, oil soap: Genevieve, Now that the flooring is locked into place, the only thing that could make it lift up would be moisture. In which case, there would be nothing you could do about. The flooring only lifted up before because there was somewhere for it to do it....
Flooring and Carpeting: wood laminate flooring, wood laminate flooring, water proof
wood laminate flooring, water proof, plastic water: You have a problem that is not repairable. Your flooring was not a glue joint installation. This is why I GLUE ALL JOINTS when I install laminates. The manufacturer does not recommend gluing joints....they sell more flooring. Pergo and WilsonArt are the...
Flooring and Carpeting: wood or laminate, solid wood flooring, plastic laminates
solid wood flooring, plastic laminates, composite laminate: Laminates are getting so popular that confusion is the order of the day. Laminate means severaly layers assembled to form a surface. There are wood laminates, plastice laminates, composite laminates wood on plastic laminates...and probably more that I havent...
Flooring and Carpeting: wood look vinyl planks, vinyl planks, porcelin tile
vinyl planks, porcelin tile, metrofloor: Solidity is an excellent product, but Metrofloor has other products so it is buyer beware because there are so many different products in the line and they all have different thicknesses and wear layers. Be sure you get the SOLIDITY that you order, be sure...
Flooring and Carpeting: wood stain of tile, mineral spirits, ceramic tile
mineral spirits, ceramic tile, clean rag: Thank you for your question Heather, The surface of the tile should be fine, but I suggest you try Mineral Spirits first before Paint Thinner. Either way the only problem you might have is any Sealer will be lost at the point of stripping for the stain,...
Flooring and Carpeting: woodfloor laminate, wood laminate, cats and dogs
wood laminate, cats and dogs, vinyl flooring: A little education is called for. Laminates is a reference to plastic floors. Engineered floors are basically a plywood product with a wood surface that is prefinished for a durable wood surface. Most of the Engineered floors are rated for typical household...
Flooring and Carpeting: woodfloor, joist, planks
joist, planks, osb: There are nailers available for that kind of application. Any tool rental place should have access to them. Nation s Rent is a good place to start. They are expensive, so shop smaller places to get a great price, and if they don t have it in stock, Nation...
Flooring and Carpeting: workshop flooring, hardwood plywood, nuts bolts
hardwood plywood, nuts bolts, concrete slab: For the weight involved it sounds like you would need either a concrete slab or VCT. The VCT will require heavy initial maintenance to give the the long life you will want. Heavy wax coat(s). Any wood product on that floor would wear poorly. I am thinking...
Flooring and Carpeting: wrong wood stain on floor, carpet supplies, palm sander
carpet supplies, palm sander, yello pages: Kathy, there is a liquid based solvent that will remove the stain, or at least most of it. You need to find an installer s supply shop in the yello pages under Carpet Supplies. They should know what type of product you ll need. If it is a small area, and...
Flooring and Carpeting: How much, grout dye company, coverage charts
grout dye company, coverage charts, grout lines: Hello and thank you for contacting The Grout Dye Company in NY I would say yes, you will have enough, but to be certain contact the manufacturer of the product for coverage. Or visit their web site, most have colorant coverage charts on them. Here are...
Flooring and Carpeting: Yellow Stain on Bathroom Tile From Backing of Rug, bathroom tile, bathroom rugs
bathroom tile, bathroom rugs, bar keepers friend: Thank you for your question Ruth, If it is on the surface of the tile itself then most heavy duty cleanser s should take care of it. Something like Comet/Zud/Bar Keepers Friend that sort of thing. You don t mention what kind of tile this is Ceramic/Porcelain...
Flooring and Carpeting: Yellowing, asphalt driveway, bearer of bad news
asphalt driveway, bearer of bad news, vinyl floors: There probably isn t a way to remove the yellowing. Yellowing is caused by two things in on vinyl. 1. If you have an asphalt driveway it is from asphalt tracking, or 2.the wrong adhesive was used during installation. More than likely, if it is concentrated...
Flooring and Carpeting: do-it-yourself pourable floor, inspector gadget, finished floor
inspector gadget, finished floor, concrete product: There isn t one yet. Until someone discovers a way for latex to become self-levelling, self hardening, and sealable, stainable, sandable, and urethanable, there probably wont be one any time soon. You know one of my installers and I often joke about an Inspector...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: 1.0 versus 2.0 USB Port, sony viao, exact question
sony viao, exact question, helponthe net: Hi Reed Thanks for sending in your question. Have you tried searching the error message on the internet? I would also visit the Sony website to see if they can help you. I am not aware of any adapters out there, you would have to have a look online...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: 1.44 floppy usb, drive loads, proper settings
drive loads, proper settings, old windows: Hello Gary, Usually when there is a problem with floppy disk, it won t ask you to go for web. I guess this may be a problem with your drive. You tell me what error you are getting clearly so that I can suggest. As your drive is a new one, make sure...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: WinXP/USB Zip 250 Drive, zip floppies, blank disk
zip floppies, blank disk, zip 250: Hi Judy, You are sure about the data in it. Ok.. But when FAT fails in your case, if you have stored files in some other windows s OS like win 98 or 2000, it may occur so. Another suggestion is, try to recover with file recovery softwares.. Bye....
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: Backing up files with zip drive, external zip drive, novice computer users
external zip drive, novice computer users, backing up files: Hello Ed, The best device you need for backup depends on the volume of data. Zip disks too can be used if you feel it can accomodate your data. External zip drive is better if it supports USB standard to transfer data. Zip drives are not only meant...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: How to destroy floppy & zip disks, zip disks, magnetic properties
zip disks, magnetic properties, floppies: If you feel having important data on the disk, you can use softwares to destroy data in the disk completely. It ensures no recovery. As you have many floppies, you can prefer some other way. Floppies are more sensitive, so even small damages can make...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: External Floppy Drive, data recovery software, external floppy drive
data recovery software, external floppy drive, floppy disk drive: Fine, the answer i gave early is based on the error messaged you got like Do you want to format the disk ? . When this comes up it indicates the inability of floppy drive to read the floppy but nothing as you said changed settings not to make appear...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: floppy stops computer, Floppy
Floppy: Hi, If this problem problem occurs only with a particular floppy, it should be damaged and your floppy drive may found it erroneous to read further and caused troubles. As you told it works well with other computers, i guess the problem is with...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: usb drive infected, folder option, recent windows
folder option, recent windows, windows operating systems: Hi, It won t affect if you disabled autorun, in recent windows operating systems this problem is fixed. If you still feel vulnerable with windows, use Linux to do it. Simple cleaning mechanism is to format the drive without opening the drive. It s very...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: Back up on ext. usb drive., external usb drive, error messages
external usb drive, error messages, hard drives: Hi, Ensure that external USB drive is working. Whenever you connect it and its working, you will see icon for in your drives list in my computer. You can view or open files in them as if you are doing with local hard drives. Thanks for realizing...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: Interrupting Virus Infection While in Progress, virus tools, virus infection
virus tools, virus infection, windows drivers: You are right. Killing such processes which are infecting during the operations (copy,paste..) is difficult because they manage to start by some applications which looks trusted like office applications. They can even hook to windows drivers too. In...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: Virus Infections, virus programmer, virus infections
virus programmer, virus infections, virus programs: Hi, It can infect in both ways you told. Virus programs need not wait for any operations to occur. When it doesn t wait, you can easily notice that infecting write operation by the light in floppy drive and interrupt that operation too. Some intelligent...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: Floppy disk drive., data recovery software, floppy disk drive
data recovery software, floppy disk drive, external floppy disk drive: Hi, you are getting these error messages as the floppy drive can t read your floppy s file system(FAT12) information. Windows can t read the disk even when a small part of the floppy file system information is lost. It may be because of damaged sectors in...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: Pen drive, pen drive problems, hidden folders
pen drive problems, hidden folders, tab mark: Hi, try the following, 1. Start - Run - Type Cmd and Ok. (Now command prompt will be open) 2. You have to change directory to your pen drive. Suppose your pen drive is mounted in J: , then just type J: and press enter. 3. In the...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: 2GB jazz drives, jazz drive, helponthe net
jazz drive, helponthe net, backup device: Hi Ken Thanks very much for sending me your question. I m afraid I am not very familiar with the the Syquest model SPARQ1A1 and so I cannot offer you any advice. As for the 2 GB jazz drive I m certain that its a scsi as I ve used one myself. Have...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: 2nd Hard Drive, disk management, bios settings
disk management, bios settings, drive c: Hi Andy If it s worked before then its possible that you might have a failing hard disk. What happens if you remove the C drive. Does it boot up ok? I think it will be difficult for me to connect up to you on dial up so maybe I ll give that a miss...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: 3.5 floppy drive, dell 2350, floppy disk drive
dell 2350, floppy disk drive, faulty hardware: Hello and thank you for sending your question to me. Are you saying the floppy disk drive tries to read a disk even if there s nothing in it? Do you get a message asking you to insert a disk? If so, this sounds like it could be a virus. Here is a site where...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: 5.25 floopy drive installation, computer boots, computer view
computer boots, computer view, floppy discs: Hello Moore, I received your question already and answered. You can view that in the past answers section of my area. There is no relation between booting up and failure of the drives. As both drives are not working but listed, I think the type...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: 5.25 floppy drive, clutching at straws, pentium 2
clutching at straws, pentium 2, computer boot: Hello Moore, Make sure that correct type(3.5 for A, 5.25 for B like that) is assigned to floppy drives. Are the cables for both drives connected correctly ? Try to access the drive without connecting 3.5 floppy drive. There is no link between...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: adding a secon floppy drive, exact question, helponthe net
exact question, helponthe net, computer pentium: Hi Ted Thank you for sending me your question. I have one cheeky suggestion, I think it s time to buy a new computer! Now on to your question. Personally I have never used a 5.25 drive before, I was only introduced to the 3.5 floppies. I would...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: analog recording, imput, windows media player
imput, windows media player, tape deck: Hi Ron I m not sure that this is possible? Then again, these days it should be possible. The only suggestion I have is for you to try posting this question on a great site I use: www.helponthe.net Its free to use but you must register. Good...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: Backing Up, dell dimension 4500, external usb hard drive
dell dimension 4500, external usb hard drive, usb hard drive: Hi Dave Thanks very much for submitting your question to me. Backing things up onto disks is fine but as you say you have so much data you would end up needing loads of disks. You are also limited to 650MB of data per disk (usually) which is probably...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: Backup Device, cross over cable, cd rom drive
cross over cable, cd rom drive, flash storage: Peter Thank you very much for sending in your question to me. Don t worry about being low tech these days, I can assure you I spend many hours scratching my head when things go wrong, even though I m supoosed to know whats going on! I am not aware...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: belkin f5u103 derial adapter, belkin f5u103, helponthe net
belkin f5u103, helponthe net, google: Hi Sinatra I m sorry to hear you are having problems with your device. I have not heard of the device but I can do my best to help. I have searched Google but many results have shown that this device does not work with XP. It suggests some people...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: CD-ROM, living and working in london, working in london
living and working in london, working in london, paul london: Hi Ethel Well, there is a twist in the story. I m actually South African but living and working in London for now. I also work for an American company. So, I m South African, in England, working for Americans! :) Have a great festive season too. Regards...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: Compact flash card copy, master boot record, compact flash card
master boot record, compact flash card, level sector: Hi Ron Thanks very much for submitting your question to me. To be perfectly honest with you I am not able to answer this question for you. However, rather than leaving it at that here s a website I use often. You will need to register (it s free)...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: Compaq Aramda 700 Floppy Drive Problem, cd rom drive, windows 2000 prof
cd rom drive, windows 2000 prof, laptop compaq: Hi Tom Sounds like you have an annoying problem there! I thought you could change the floppy drive letter for the floppy in disk management but I see you can t. I searched the net a bit and found this: **************************************************...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: Computer clock, computer clock, nusance
computer clock, nusance, helponthe net: Hi Robert Thank you for sending me your question. I have had this problem before, its very annoying! I don t think its a virus. Try this: From the control panel open regional seetings. Make sure everything is set your country, check all tabs. ...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: Computer Peripherals, pen type, computer peripherals
pen type, computer peripherals, pen drive: Hello Gupta, Usually files in CD are written as sessions. That is file system wont be in a particular location always. Every session starts with details about files going to be written on that session and followed by actual data. But in floppy and...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: Copying a Hard Drive, norton ghost, win xp
norton ghost, win xp, hard disk: Hi Larry I m certain there are loads of programs out there that could clone your hard disk. I ve only ever used Norton Ghost and had no complaints about it. Alternatively you could reload the OS to your new hard disk and manually copy data over, provided...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: connecting an External Floppy, external floppy driver, pc printer port
external floppy driver, pc printer port, dell laptop: Hi Frank Thanks very much for sending me your question. To be honest I m not sure that I can be of much help to you. I haven t used dos in ages! Is it not possible to remove the old pc s hard drive and add it as a second hard drive to the new pc?...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: copy a floppy, target disk, floppy hi
target disk, floppy hi, source disk: Hi Paul I understand now. I m not sure of any protection software you can get. Try posting this question on this forum: www.helponthe.net Great site. You need to signup but its free. Then post in an appropriate section. Good luck Paul...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: What is D Drive ?, mcse mcp, hp pavilion desktop
mcse mcp, hp pavilion desktop, cd rom drive: Hello Alan Thank you very much for submitting your question to me. I will do my best to give you a clear answer. To be honest, your D drive is usually one of three things: 1. Its either another Hard Drive installed on your computer 2. Its another...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: Defragment wont work, 128 mb ram, computer operating system
128 mb ram, computer operating system, mb memory: I should have asked which defrag app you are using, but if, for example, you are using Windows own defrag app, try getting your hands on Norton s Speed Disk . Some people have reservations about Windows defrag but I have never had a problem. In any case,...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: DriveSpace compressed disk, ls120 drive, cluster size
ls120 drive, cluster size, compression utility: David, I found some utilities in this link for win 95 or 98, just check out http://www.bookcase.com/library/software/win9x.util.disk.html Usually files are stored in this manner like .000 .001 and so on when there are two or more pieces...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: data recovery from sata hdd, sata hdd, ata type
sata hdd, ata type, last known good configuration: Hello Banerjee, This is not my area of expertise actually. Even then, some tips for you to recover data upto my knowledge, 1. Have you tried to enter windows throwgh Safe Mode or Last Known good configuration . 2. Use the win xp CD to fix...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: Back up device, external hard drives, backing up data
external hard drives, backing up data, desk top: Hi Brad Thank you for sending me your question. To help answer your question I would need to know how much data you have to backup. Personally (and depending on your requirements) I would recommend an external backup device. These range in sizes...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: What are the diff. types of external hard drives?, ms word documents, external hard drives
ms word documents, external hard drives, gb drives: An external hard drive is a good choice these days for back up storage. These are not in the category of removable drives like low capacity Jazz or Zip drives. Hard Drives are relatively low cost with very high capacities for storage. One of the best brands...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: disc capacity, bull by the horns, external hard drive
bull by the horns, external hard drive, answer number: Hello Manfred To be honest, I m not sure if it would fit. Personally I would say that it probably will if its only text. I have a Word document that has 23,000 words in it (it also has pictures which take up more space). It is 382 Kilobytes in size....
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: disk on key problem, key stop, keydrive
key stop, keydrive, diskonkey: While the device is inserted in a USB slot, go into Control Panel / System / Hardware / Devise Manager. Find the device from the list and select to remove the device. After you have done so, reboot and let Windows find the driver for it again. If you have...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: Ejecting Firewire drive, disc activity, windows 2000 sp
disc activity, windows 2000 sp, helponthe net: Hi Steve Thanks for your question. I m afraid I don t think I can be of much help here. I found this article which I know is not the same as your drive but was wondering if you could check and see if it has a Policies tab you can alter? http://www.anypakusa.com/FAQ_E_files/q_25.htm...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: External Hard Drive Recommendations, drive recommendations, external hard drive
drive recommendations, external hard drive, best buy: Try Maxtor or Western Digital for good, affordable drives. Get one at 7200 RPM rather than the slower 5400. That is about it except try to stick with a USB interface. Don t forget online from reputable sites, but since prices are pretty low these days,...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: External Hard drive, disk data storage, maxtor hard drive
disk data storage, maxtor hard drive, external hard drive: Hi Tania Thank you for sending me your question. I m sorry to hear the device is not functioning correctly. Have you tried connecting the device to another computer? If it works on another pc I would copy all the data to the pc in the mean time and...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: External Hardrive, external hardrive, external usb hard disk
external hardrive, external usb hard disk, usb hard disk: Hi Frank You should have no problem in expanding your hard drive capacity by purchasing an external USB hard disk. When purchasing it make sure you ask the sales person/sales department if it will work with Windows 98SE. I m sure it will. Also make sure...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: External hard disk drive, external hard disk, hello jim
external hard disk, hello jim, disk usb: Hello Jim, What problem you are actually facing.. How many partitions are in your disk ? Why not you select all(Ctrl+A) through windows explorer and copy and paste ? What would you like to do ? Please write your question in detail... ...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: erasing the hard drive, start at square one, spy killer
start at square one, spy killer, volumn: Hi Sue Thank you for submitting your question to me. You mentioned the computer is infected . Do you know if its a virus? Try running a free scan at this website: http://housecall.trendmicro.com/ Click Scan pc and follow the simple instructions ...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: external Hard drives, apple powerbook g4, apple macs
apple powerbook g4, apple macs, external hard drives: Hi Joel Thanks very much for submitting me your question. I m afraid I have no experience with Apple Macs and have been meaning to try one out! I m not really in a good position to recommend one to you. I had a quick search on a website I know and...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: FLOPPY DRIVE ERROR MSGS, asus terminator, windows xp prof
asus terminator, windows xp prof, error msgs: Hi Barbara Good question! This is not something I have come across before and so I m not sure I can be of any help. The only suggestion I have for you is to post this exact same question on a great site I use. www.helponthe.net Its free to use...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: FLOPPY DRIVE REMOVAL., john weir, error press
john weir, error press, computer folder: Well John. You ve successfully removed it from windows. You ve to remove the floppy drive from your BIOS as well. You enter BIOS configurations and look for removable drives or drive configurations. There you just select floppy as none instead...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: Flash disk drive, flash disk drive, ms word document
flash disk drive, ms word document, open word: Hello Nangai Where are these files stored? Are they on your computer or are they on a server? How are you opening them? Do you open Word and click File open? Do you have the files? If so, you are welcome to email them to me and I will try opening...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: Flash drive icon in, removable disk e, computer folder
removable disk e, computer folder, port hub: Hi I believe the problem lies with the 4 port usb hub since it works fine if you plug it in directly. I m afraid I can only recommend two things to try: 1. Contact the manufacturer to see if they can help. 2. Place your question on this website:...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: Floppie drive won't work, dell pc, device manager
dell pc, device manager, possiblities: Hi Mary There are several possiblities: 1. Your floppy disk is drive is damaged and will need replacing. 2. Your floppy disk may also be damaged. Try putting the floppy into another floppy drive on another pc. Does it work then? If so I would suggest...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: Floppy, floppy disk, becuase
floppy disk, becuase, partition: Dear Debangshu What an interesting question. To be honest I cannot tell you. I suppose its becuase of the nature of the floppy disk. Since it can only hold 1.44mb, it would be pointless to partition it into small sections. If you are still curious try...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: Floppy Disk, smudges, helponthe net
smudges, helponthe net, floppy disk: Hi Bob I m sorry to hear about your problem. To be perfectly honest, I m not sure how you can get around this problem. I have two suggestions for you: 1. Try the floppy disk in several other floppy drives. For some reason, some drives read better!...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: Floppy Disk Drive, computer crash, error details
computer crash, error details, floppies: Hi, When windows cannot format a floppy, you cannot use it to save files in windows anymore. You have to replace your foppy. This is a common problem with windows. But still there are some tools to use those floppies too in windows. They are not...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: Floppy Disk Help, file recovery tools, floppy disk
file recovery tools, floppy disk, lydia: Lydia, You are right.. You will lose file system when you format it. Practically formatting will erase information about files but won t erase each sector s data. Data will remain in most cases. I guess, you have to recover data from the floppy....
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: Floppy Disk, air computer, hook up
air computer, hook up, radio shack: Assuming you have powered down and back up again since the jam, there is one of two potential problems. 1) There may be a small piece of plastic still inside the drive or 2) it may simply need the floppy drive driver reinstalled. Possible Solutions: ...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: Floppy Drive, floppy drive, helponthe net
floppy drive, helponthe net, test pc: Hi Carl Sorry for not replying sooner but I have been away on a short break. Your question did make me chuckle a bit and I m sure you know now not to touch anything inside while the pc is on! I don t think there is anything you can change (eg a fuse)...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: CD-ROM Drive, cd rom drive, floppy disk drive
cd rom drive, floppy disk drive, drive button: Hi Ethel I m pleased I was able to give you a few ideas. I m based in London and 6 years ago I bought a new computer for £1600. A computer today with much better specifications costs around £400-£500! Technology is very affordable these days. I would...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: Floppy Drive Installation, floppy drive installation, internal floppy drive
floppy drive installation, internal floppy drive, cd rw driver: Hi David Thank for the update. Windows XP should have no trouble in detecting the floppy drive and I m surprised its not working. Have you tried installing the existing floppy drive into your old pc? If that works then we know that the problem lies...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: Floppy Drive nNot recognized by Win 98se, floppy drive cable, system sectors
floppy drive cable, system sectors, device manager: Hello, This wont be a problem with Drive or windows because you are getting the Disk not formatted response.BIOS also recognises the drive. No need for reinstallation. Make sure your floppy drive is working by using some other floppies. Check the...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: Floppy Drive, housecall trendmicro, dell 2400 dimension
housecall trendmicro, dell 2400 dimension, dell 2400: Hi Jo Ann Thank you for submitting your question to me. Does the floppy light stay on all the time? Or does it just flash a bit as if its trying to read the drive? I will assume the latter. To be honest, if your floppy disk drive is trying to read...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: Floppy drive, power supply cable, floppy cable
power supply cable, floppy cable, hardware changes: Hello again I m sorry to hear it s still not working. If you ve replaced it but it still doesnt show up I would check the following: 1. Make sure its plugged in firmly and correctly from the floppy drive into the motherboard. 2. Make sure the power...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: Floppy drive, dell computer, device manager
dell computer, device manager, floppy drive: First, get an inxpensive floppy disk head cleaner from a local tech store and clean your floppy drive head. That may be all it is. If that doesn t solve the problem, and having checked all the other things you describe, I would just replace the drive with...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: Floppy drive errors, floppy drive errors, cross over cable
floppy drive errors, cross over cable, new dell: Hi Sonny I now understand what you mean. If it was blue screening before you could have hard disk errors. You would need to check the event viewer on the pc for errors and also run check disk. Should it be determined that the hard disk is fine, I...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: Floppy drive, floppy disk format, blank floppy disk
floppy disk format, blank floppy disk, address mark: Hi Ray Thank you for sending in your query. I have not seen or heard of this error message before but I ll certainly see what I can do. Is there defintely data on the floppy disks? Are you sure that they are not formatted or simply blank? I will assume...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: Floppy Problem, woodcreek tx, usb floppy drive
woodcreek tx, usb floppy drive, ribbon cable: Hi Jay Thank you for sending me your question. You have quite a problem there! From what you have told me I can see you have done everything that I would suggest you do. The only suggestion I have for you is to try posting the problem on this great...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: Floppy problem due to motherboard., bios checksum error, computer boots
bios checksum error, computer boots, decent system: Hi Marcelo My goodness, you have one painful problem here! My first suggestion is a simple one! I think it s time for an upgrade of you pc. If you have a look at www.dell.com you can get a pretty decent system for a cheap price. I d seriously consider...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: Floppy, open word, disk drive
open word, disk drive: Hi Hal Thank you for your question. From what you have told me it sounds like either the disk drive is damaged or the disk itself is damaged: Here are some suggestions: 1. Try another disk in your disk drive. Does it work ok? 2. Try the disk in...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: Formatting external harddisk, fat16 partition, external hard disks
fat16 partition, external hard disks, external harddisk: Hi Erik Thanks very much for emailing me your question. Generally, external hard disks do not have to be formatted as they do not contain the operating system, they are simply an add on of disk space. However, there is no harm in formatting and I...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: What is D Drive ?, d drive, c drive
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: What is D Drive ?, d drive, c drive, partition
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: Flash drive icon in "My Computer", usb hub, power supply
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: Flash drive icon in "My Computer", usb hub, power supply
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: Floppie drive won't work, floppies, dos 6
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: Floppie drive won't work, floppies, dos 6, device manager
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: Low Density format, density disk, low density
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: Low Density format, density disk, low density, t 80
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: Memorex Travel Drive USB 2.0, 512 mb, flash drive
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: Memorex Travel Drive USB 2.0, 512 mb, flash drive
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: Removable disk icon, hub, ports
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: Removable disk icon, hub, ports
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: faxing from the computer, notepager, helponthe net
notepager, helponthe net, apologies: Hi Michael This is difficult for me to help you with as I have not used Notepager or faxing from my pc before. I m afraid the only suggestion I have for you is to post this question at www.helponthe.net Its a great site I use and its free (you have...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: filing copying, lock folder xp, encryption tools
lock folder xp, encryption tools, security measures: Hello chen, There is no way to find the lastly copied date in windows. So you dont let such things happen in future by taking some security measures. There are some tools like Lock folder XP which could protect your files from being seen by others....
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: floppy disk drive, lotus 123, electrical plug
lotus 123, electrical plug, helponthe net: Hi Carl Thank you for sending me your question. To be honest with you, I have not used Lotus before and so I m sure how much I can help. I do have some suggestions for you though: 1. Try installing Lotus on another computer. If you don t have another...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: floppy disk, compaq computer, dirty head
compaq computer, dirty head, floppy drive: Try these things: 1. Open your case (power disconnected) and carefully re-seat all the cables to and from the floppy drive. 2. If #1 does not fix the problem, power up the PC and open Control Panel, then System. Select Hardware then Device Manager. Find...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: floppy disks, floppies, floppy disks
floppies, floppy disks, home computers: Hello Joe, If you are asked to format the floppy, the File System in floppy is damaged or the some sectors in floppy are bad in first few tracks of it. So you can try some floppy data recovery softwares, if the content of floppy is important. It...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: floppy drive, floppy drive controller, black arrow
floppy drive controller, black arrow, hardware change: Hello SK Thank you for submitting your question to me. Are you defintely copying the file to your c drive? Make sure it s not a shortcut. You can tell if its a shortcut by looking at the icon of the file, it will have a small black arrow on the bottom...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: about floppy, ribbon cable, motheboard
ribbon cable, motheboard, floppy drive: Hello Abdo Thank you for your question. I have not seen this problem before but after a quick search on the net I have a suggestion for you. If the light is continously on it means that your ribbon cable is on backwards, unplug the cable from your...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: HARDRIVE AS IMAGING STORAGE., hardrive, physical factors
hardrive, physical factors, mb cd: Hello , Data in the CDs won t be lost unless the CD is damaged by physical factors. Similarly if hard disks are maintained properly (by using disk checks) , its life would be for atleast 4 or 5 years . After that its performance would degrade(like hanging...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: Hard Drive Installation, jumper settings, d drive
jumper settings, d drive, screen computer: Hi Joe Thank you for sending in your question to me. To be honest it should be very easy. Do you know what file system your new pc is using? ie NTFS or Fat32? I always use NTFS for security but if that not an issue you can have them both on Fat32....
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: Hard Drive remove and reinstall, dell dimension xps r400, dell dimension xps
dell dimension xps r400, dell dimension xps, gig hd: Hello Marvin Thank you for submitting your question to me. Your question brings a smile to my face as I have been in the same situation before. I had a 20GB disk that needed its data transferred to my new 120GB disk. Since you are aware of the ways...
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: Hard disk failure, hard disk failure, sony laptop
hard disk failure, sony laptop, local shop: HI Steven, I would suggest you to take the computer to a local shop/dealer and ask them about the data recovery details because that would be much cheaper than any services online. If you try to recover it yourself then you might end up damaging it further....
Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives: Hard drive vs zip drive, 250mb zip drive, ms word docs
250mb zip drive, ms word docs, hard drive 80gb: The answer to your question is in two forms ... First, if the volume of your data to be backed up is over 120MB, you should look to the external hard drive option. IN other words, if you are only backing up MS Word docs and Excel files and more of this...