I am finishing the basement and intend to put carpet in should I seal the concrete or just lay the carpet.
You can do it either way but I've found that if the concrete is sealed first, it doesn't off-dust "as much". Dust like that bleeds up through carpets and shows up as black marks that are hard to get rid of and even when you do, it keeps coming back.
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Last week you told me to use boiled linseed oil for concrete and interlocking brick. I should have mentioned t ... |
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Can you tell me of a product that will harden and seal the surface a concrete floor. The floor when swept or v ... |
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I had some interlock stone installed as a walkway and entry area at my front door. I was thinking of protectin ... |
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We had a concrete garage floor poured two weeks ago. When should be contemplate treating with the protective ... |
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I'm looking to buy a house, and it has a patched crack of about 3 or 4 feet in the cement wall in an unfinishe ... |
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I recently bought an older home (50s), the previous owners had a poured concrete front step/porch attached to ... |
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We purchased a 9 year old home with an unfinished basement. In sweeping the floors, a very fine dust coming of ... |
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Our house is about 17 years old. When we bought it seven years ago, I cleaned the garage floor, sealed and pa ... |
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I have a new home and am anxious to paint my basement floor. Could you tell me how long I have to wait before ... |
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Could you please tell me how long I should wait before I apply a sealer on my garage floor (concrete) and driv ... |
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We have an oversized double garage and live in an area prone to shifting due to clay. The asphalt floor and d ... |
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I am installing a shower stall for a disabled senior. I will be putting in a cement base. Because the base w ... |
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We had our concrete driveway done back in September 2006, after 30 days, the contractor recommended us to seal ... |
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The outside wall of my home is porous brick and the inside wall is plaster. Moisture is seeping from the outs ... |
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I'm considering sealing my basement slab and then placing peel and stick vinyl tiles on top of it. Is thi ... |
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The builder of my house poured the concrete garage slab at the end of October 2004. In December 2004, I notic ... |
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I was wondering about the sealant mix that you sugested for concrete(half varsol,half boiled lindseed oil) if ... |
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I bought an attached row house in Barrehaven (ON) in March 04. This spring my basement has started to leak. ... |
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Our foundation wall is leaking water through some round holes in the foundation (called "carriage bolt holes" ... |
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I have a concrete floor that was poured last October and I am now ready to put the sealing coat on it. It was ... |
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I note that in one reply you refer to two seasons. The floor was poured Sept 03 and possesion is May 04. Woul ... |
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I would like to seal the floor but the previous owner seems to have used some sort of paint on the floor. Do I ... |
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I have, in my garage, a salty substance on the surface of the concrete foundation. This is more predominant b ... |
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What is the best way to get road salt from my concrete ... |
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We have a 10 year old house in Kanata (ON) that has a couple of cracks in the basement floor. We are finishing ... |
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The salt water dripping from the car appears to attack the concrete floor as well as the fondation which was m ... |
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I live in an 1837 cottage in Oakville. The basement is reasonably dry - most of the time. The foundation is ... |
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We had water puddling in our basement from a 24inch hairline crack during 2 days of rain in Dec., mostly findi ... |
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My house is about 15 yrs old. The garage floor is asphalt and the concrete on the garage wall is flaking and i ... |
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Ren,mine is an old New England cape and half my basement is rock but there is 2 areas outside my home that fou ... |
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I have another roof question on leakage. i live in a semi-detached bungalo home in ottawa (ON). I've no ... |
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should I seal my basement floor before carpeting? If so, what should I use? ... |
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I am planning on painting/sealing 2000 sq ft of basement in my bungalow. This is a temporary solution to allo ... |
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Does the resin injected epoxy work on poured basement walls that have cracks? If I finish my basement, would ... |
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I have new 6x6 terra cotta floor tiles in the kitchen. They are quite porous. What do I use to seal them? is ... |
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I am wanting to protect the fairly unblemished 12 year old concrete floor from corrosive road salts - dripping ... |
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I've read one of your responses about using a 50/50 mixture of linseed oil and varsol to seal a concrete ... |
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Please tell me the name of few good sealants for Interlocking brick driveway. Which one lasts longer ? Is oil ... |
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What are the benifits and negatives for sealing a basement or garage concrete floor. ... |
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Love your show!! Will your tip on removing oil stain on a stone driveway work on interlocking stone (red bric ... |
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I just finished applying your prescribed mixture to my garage floor; now, how do I know when it's okay to ... |
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This is a follow-up to the question I asked a couple of weeks ago about what to use to seal a garage floor tha ... |
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This is a follow-up to the question I asked a couple of weeks ago about what to use to seal a garage floor tha ... |
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The outside of my house is clay brick. Do you think it's a good idea to apply a sealer to the clay brick t ... |
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I have a broomed-concrete garage floor that is 6 years old and we do park a car on it year-round. There is a c ... |
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I have some cracks in my concrete foundation. The cracks are about 1mm wide and they leak water. Is there a pr ... |
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I am going to under pin my basement and would like to know how to waterproof it from the INSIDE (I am not able ... |
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I am finishing the basement and intend to put carpet in should I seal the concrete or just lay the carpet. ... |
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A while back you suggested sealing a garage floor with boiled linseed oil. Did you also say to mix it half an ... |
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I am trying to adhere vinyl peel and stick flooring to a cement floor that has been sealed. There is a furnac ... |
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I have a 10 x 10 wooden shed that is well built and heavy. I plan on moving the shed to the other side of the ... |
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I have a pitted area (small holes of 3-5 cm in diameter and about 1-2 cm deep) at the entrance to our garage. ... |
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My 14-year-old house has 2 stainless steel flues coming out of the chimney top. Rain is leaking in around the ... |
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We just had a home constructed, and I am getting ready to seal the driveway, garage floor, and basement floor. ... |
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I want to protect my garage floor from winter salt, primarily, but also to reduce possible erosion and resulta ... |
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We are renovating our basement. It is now a bare concrete floor. Before we put down carpet does the floor ne ... |
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We have a newly poured concrete 40 feet by 50 feet garage floor. We would like to seal it with your recommend ... |
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How long should you wait before applying a sealer to a new basement floor? The floor was poured in early Augus ... |
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I am planning to paint our basement floor, and I am not sure whether to use an alkyd or latex paint. Our hous ... |
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I live in London, Ontario, in a house built approximately 80 years ago. Attached to the house is a garage wit ... |
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I'd like your opinion on flooring for a dry basement. Sub-floor with under pad and carpet or high quality unde ... |
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I have purchased a new home and have heard you mention how to treat the garage floor. However, I have only ca ... |
