Q:we're considering it for a kid's playroom. Is it durable? I want flooring that won't be toxic, yet easy to clean and will be tough.

Cork wouldn't stay clean, and how WOULD you clean it? I would use tile. If you want it soft, there are some commercial grade linoleum type floor coverings that are rubbery or soft-- but you can clean them like a tile floor. They are starting to be used in hospitals, and are nice. I'm not sure about the toxicity, though. Probably pretty expensive, but so would cork be expensive, and a waste of money because you couldn't clean it.

Q:Tare out old floor and toilet and and llay the tile how much

It depends what area of the country you are in to figure labor, and what type of floor is existing. I am in the south (Texas - cheap labor) and I pay $60 for a toilet/removal and install, $2.50 per s.f. on the tile install and depending on the existing floor it should be another $60-$120 or so. I would guess labor to be around $350-$450, excluding materials.

Q:I know a wooden floor is ideal for dancing ballet...but what are some floors you shouldn't dance on?Is carpeted floor okay?

You do not want to dance on carpet, especially not on pointe, if the wooden floor is really shiny you might want some rosin. You can get some of that gray flooring(marlay I think), if you know what i'm talking about,at hardware stores that carry flooring.

Q:Last night around 11:30, my dad woke up and told my mom to clean the floors. He said it was a mater of life and death, and when she refused, he locked her outside her room. He then slammed my sisters door over and over again and threw random stuff. He then started mopping all the floors over and over again, and opened all the windows. I haven't seen him at all today. What the heck is going on?

He may not have been fully aware of what he was doing. Don't want to alarm you more than you already are, but it sounds like he needs some help. Can you talk to your mom about it? She is probably very upset too, but perhaps she knows some things that you don't know. If she is no help, then you need to talk to another adult, like a guidance counsellor at your school or a member of your dad's family. Best of luck to you and I hope it works out for you and your family.

Q:I just got my floors replace and I need a good product to clean them. Something that works, easy to use and not too pricey.

Rip them up and install real oak with 3 coats of varnish.

Q:I mop with hot water and pine-sol mix in a bucket then i proceed to pour the mixture on the floor and mop it around but then when i let the sun dry it out it leaves my floor with these weird water stains on the floor.What is the proper way to mop a floor so i wont have to do it over and over?

Do you give it the second mopping with clean water, to get up the pine sol? You have to mop it twice.

Q:What can be used to mop wax floors in-between waxes? My employees and I are having a hard time finding a cleaner that won't ruin the surface. For now, we are using just hot water and a mop but the water always leaves marks and doesn't seem to really do any. It just seems to make it dirtier. Any suggestions?

Wax floors? It would help to be more specific, but generally the marks may be coming from the mop being too wet. Hot water alone will not break down dirt. Nor will clorox. Add a small amount of mild liquid detergent, or an all purpose cleaner. I like liquid **** and Span (from the dollar store) as it doesn't leave a residue. I have used a Libman Wonder Mop for years. It doesn't leave streaks like cotton mops. Just make sure your mop is wrung out well on your last pass. Good luck! ps...I avoid the Mop and Glo type products as they tend to build up, along with the dirt that gets trapped:(

Q:Is the elephant of the solid wood flooring, may be installed when the sliding door of the bucket of spring and dagger tigers Tong Tong Quang, sliding door accidentally scraped to the solid wood flooring, a little conspicuous, the color of the surface of the floor has been scraped, and now It seems to be a piece of white, is already seen to see the wood, and what simple way to repair it? More

Teach you a way to buy a little better floor wax with color fine tune and the color of the floor similar to the color and then waxing, the effect will be bad not bad marks, you can DIY, the method for .. with almost the color of the oily microphone Or crayons painted, and then gently coated with your fingers, so that the coating should not be so obvious; scratches if deep, to the building materials hardware line, buy wood flooring bucket bucket spring dagger mazhi Tong Changkun Cracker Or with the wood chips + close to the wood floor color of the water-based silicone) into the depression, and then smoothed. Of course, repair up to see or there are traces (just like the car scratches repair DIY). ● If it is really serious or the effect of repair is not satisfied, you must find a professional wood flooring company to deal with, the replacement will be damaged serious wooden floor dug up, and then replace the new; the vast majority of need to scraping Around the bad wooden floor, together with the wood flooring that has not been worn, it has been dug together (because the wooden floor and the wood floor have a mouth joint, a single wooden floor is difficult to practice). ● If it is solid wood flooring, you can also ask the master to scratch, re-polished paint, but this practice does not apply to ultra-wear-resistant or island-type floor.

Q:Why do price floors lead to surpluses? What is an example of a price floor?

An price floor will lead to a surplus because even though the firm would like to lower prices to match the equilibrium price it cannot do so legally. For example, if I am a farmer selling corn that costs 100 dollars to produce the simple market clearing price would be 100 dollars. At a price of 100 dollars the quantity supplied equals the quantity demanded. Now the government hears farms are going out of business. It is in the governments best interest to ensure farms do not close so they put a price floor of 120 dollars into place. Now the farm can sell their corn at a minimum of 120 dollars. Remember the cost to produce the crop = 100. If it is sold at a minimum of 120 then there will be a 20 dollar surplus.

Q:I'm interested in installing cork flooring. I've been told that it acts as a sound barrier. I have a new home, the master bedroom is above the kitchen and the genius builder didn't insulate between the floors. It doesn't matter how softly or hard someone walks across the floor, it wakes me up b/c of the noise but also b/c of the vibration. Will cork flooring reduce the vibration and noise?

Yes but the problem is it tarnishes very quickly so if you apply cork and then put something over the top it would work better.