Do I Really Need to Grind My Slab Before Installing Glued Down Hardwood Flooring?
Yes. Modern California compliant wood flooring adhesives require a slab to be properly prepared so that a mechanical bond can be archived. This was of less importance when … Read More
Concrete Leveling & Moisture Control
Floorensics Inc. provides a complete line of concrete slab preparation services for the installation of hard surface flooring. Flooring should always be protected from substrate moisture! From the … Read More
Problems With Vinyl Plank Flooring
Vinyl plank flooring has been all the rage in showrooms over the past few years, and a favorite for home flippers who want to quickly spruce up an … Read More
Moisture Mapping and Standardized Testing
Substrate moisture is one, if not the most common cause of flooring failure. All reputable hardwood and vinyl flooring manufacturers require that moisture testing be performed prior to … Read More
Matching and Repairing Old Oak Flooring Part 2 – Dark Stain
In part one, we took a 50 year old white oak floorboard and used it along with three new white oak boards to make a sample board, then … Read More
Matching Old Oak Hardwood Flooring For Repair
I hear a lot of differing opinions regarding matching new oak hardwood with old oak hardwood flooring, so we did an experiment using a 50 year old white … Read More
Damage to Natural Stone Floors
Common Problems with Natural Stone Floors and Their Causes Natural stone is an extremely durable flooring surface, and is far more resistant to water and wear than just … Read More
Laminate Basics: HPL vs DPL laminate floors – Video Post
Laminate flooring is manufactured in two ways. These two manufacturing processes produce either direct press laminate flooring or high pressure laminate flooring. Both types may appear similar but … Read More
Hollow Sounding Tile
Hollow Flooring Tiles and Water Story usually starts out like this: “my tile floor got wet and now it sounds hollow when I tap on it,” and “it … Read More
Laminate Graphics
MATCHING A LAMINATE GRAPHIC PRINT When trying to match a laminate floor, the first thing one might look at is the print, or the graphic. the graphic is … Read More
Why Use Xactfloors?
Xactfloors Answers Questions: Industry standard support for repair or full replacement? Can this hardwood floor be sanded and finished? Why do these tiles sound hollow? Can natural stone … Read More
Request a Flooring Inspection
Email inspection request to: admin@xactfloors.com or info.xactfloors@gmail.com Services for property adjusters: Flooring inspection, flooring inspection report including material matching opinion and Xactimate© estimate. $450 in Orange County and … Read More
What’s Included with a Flooring Inspection?
Every Xactfloors flooring inspection includes a detailed flooring inspection report and an accurate Xactimate® flooring estimate. (Example Report) Flooring inspection report includes (where relevant): Determination of cause. Repair options. … Read More
Laminate Flooring Basics
Laminate flooring basics. Types of laminate flooring. Styles, construction and value. Types of laminate flooring. There are two major categories of laminate floors, high pressure (hpl) and direct … Read More
Engineered Hardwood Flooring Water Damage
Identifying common engineered hardwood flooring water damage Like solid hardwood floors, damage to engineered hardwood floors can be the result of either a one time water event or an … Read More