Cold floors make winters uncomfortable in many homes built on concrete slabs, and relatively complex systems often are recommended to improve the floors. Homasote Co., with fiberboard construction ...

Q: What is a “floating floor”? We are thinking about adding a sunroom onto the back of our house sometime in the future. When would be the best time to do that — fall, or summer? A: A floating floor ...

Q:In January, we installed floating bamboo engineered flooring over our concrete slab. The slab was poured the previous July, and in-floor radiant heat was added. We primed the concrete and added felt ...

Q. I read a lot about walls, insulation and other factors that can make a difference in utility bills, but what about flooring? Are some types of flooring better at saving energy than others ...

The quest for inexpensive joint free floors to minimize maintenance problems with floors as they age is an on-going effort by many companies. In the 1980s in Europe engineer Xavier Destree placed high ...