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The Flooring Handbook: The Complete Guide to Choosing and Installing Floors

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The complete guide to choosing and installing floors.
Wall-to-wall carpet is no longer the only option for cost-conscious or do-it-yourself home decorators. The Flooring Handbook reveals the extensive variety of flooring options available today that can add function, beauty and comfort to any area of a home.
Packed with practical information, The Flooring Handbook is a comprehensive reference that provides the latest in flooring materials and methods. This book describes the benefits of the basic flooring types in three broad categories: hard, semi-hard and soft, including:

Hardwood

Ceramic

Tile

Carpet

Cork

Linoleum (looking nothing like you remember it)

Laminates

Slate, stone and marble

Leather, felt, rubber and steel

Detailed step-by-step instructions and illustrations show how to lay different types of flooring under various circumstances. Color photographs of finished rooms demonstrate how various materials work to the best effect in a home. The Flooring Handbook is a comprehensive reference for designers, decorators and homeowners -- whether doing it themselves or hiring a professional.
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Author:	Dennis Jeffries
Paperback:	144 pages
Publisher:	Firefly Books
Publication Date:	March 06, 2004
Language:	English
ISBN:	1552977528
Package Length:	9.45 inches
Package Width:	9.37 inches
Package Height:	0.39 inches
Package Weight:	1.28 pounds
Average Customer Rating:	based on 5 reviews

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26 of 26 found the following review helpful:

A comprehensive guide Oct 10, 2005 By Briard Walker
This is an excellent book, by far the best I have ever bought on flooring maintenance and installation (I wish I had bought this one first). This book offers great comparisons of different types of materials, well written and simple instructions on how to install them and advice on when to get a professional if your an amatuer such as myself. This book is a great resource and will help you make an informed decision if your putting in a new floor, whether you do it yourself or not.

20 of 20 found the following review helpful:

An Excellent Resource Apr 09, 2006 By TC Ashton
We're refinishing our hardwood flooring and adding laminate to the playroom downstairs, but I wanted to do some research before spending any money. I checked out several books on flooring from the library, and this was the only one that was so thorough I immediately went out and purchased my own copy. Not only does it cover hardwoods and laminates, it covers just about every flooring material you can imagine (leather, rubber, cork, bamboo, etc.). Every material gets a solid description, several pictures, a list of pros and cons, and installation instructions. Also, a big chart in the front tells you which floors can be installed yourself and which need professional installers. It also gives number ratings for the difficulty of the task (should you take it on yourself) and for how much you can expect to spend in comparison with other flooring materials.

This book is simply the definitive resource on the subject.

7 of 7 found the following review helpful:

Good overview Jan 16, 2007 By T. Wagner
This book provides a very good overview of the different types of flooring. It also provides some useful tricks. I recently installed 17'x17' hardwood bamboo floor for a friend whose house is on a slab. We had to install a vapor barrier and if you read this book you'll notice that the author and the references are generally from the UK. So if you walk into a flooring distributor and ask for some of the products Jeffries mentioned, you will get some weird looks. But the trick about using tape to hold the boards while the glue dried was invaluable.

A complete guide indeed! Sep 27, 2011 By Mara Rivera "environmental toy lover & ecosystem activist"
Excellent review of most of the available flooring choices, with great photos, a comparison chart, and directions for each type.

Great book for anyone wanting to learn the basics Feb 08, 2011 By Rysn
This book is an excellent summary and guide to the different types of flooring and the ways to go about installing them. The author explains this topic extremely well, being detail oriented without being overly technical. Many great pictures accompany his explanations so that the reader is given a clear understanding of some of the concepts introduced in this book. I recommend it to anyone wanting to learn about flooring basics!