March 27th, 2009

I have a few home improvement questions regarding flooring & taping & texturing walls

crazymama asked:


We are moving into a new place this year and are working on one floor at a time. The top floor is almost finished, the walk out basement needs a lot of work. My husband is only home for 2 wks out of the month so he can’t do it all himself. Here comes the questions!

How hard is it to install laminate flooring? I’d like to do it at the very least in the master bedroom and maybe in the kids rooms too. I’ve been told its super easy. If I remember right it interlocks and I need a foam underlayment. What else is needed? How hard is this for a newbie to do? It’s a totally square or rectangular room with nothing to cut around.

We need to put the walls up inside of the basement still and my husband wanted to do paneling because it’s faster. I **** paneling! I want to sheetrock the whole thing. He doesn’t want to take the time to tape and texture the whole thing (it’s just not his favorite thing to do). So again, as a newbie, how hard can this be?? Just the tape and texture part of things. Time isn’t an issue for me.

All good advice is greatly appreciated!!

Please and thank you!

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3 Responses to “I have a few home improvement questions regarding flooring & taping & texturing walls”

  1. eric2045@2045 Says:
    March 29th, 2009 at 4:34 pm

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  2. ianalcorn Says:
    March 31st, 2009 at 8:04 pm

    For your wall panelling you can use a fibreglass sheet from totalwall, its lightweight, easy to cut and fit

  3. rob s Says:
    April 2nd, 2009 at 4:28 pm

    Laminate is easy once you get an idea on how to do it. All you ll need is a table saw, hammer,possible jig saw.. Read up on it a bit and get a gf who also wants to try it and you ll learn together.. Make it a girls day or two.. 1st 2/3 rows are the most challenging but once you have it started it s a breeze.If it s like you say and a basic room snap all the short ends together for a row including the end cuts and w/ 2 people you can snap a whole row in at once.Pick up a tapping block which comes w/ a tapping bar , it ll come in handy to tap the row in place.. You ll know when it goes together..Tapping block kit 15/20$ and it ll last for years, I ve had mine for years and easily install 100 000 s/f w/ it ..GL