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Hardwood Floors: Laying, Sanding and Finishing | 
| Author: Don Bollinger
Publisher: Taunton
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
Buy Used: $6.44
You Save: $13.51 (68%)
Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 27376
Media: Paperback
Pages: 144
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 8 x 0.4
ISBN: 0942391624
Dewey Decimal Number: 694.6
UPC: 094115391627
EAN: 9780942391626
ASIN: 0942391624
Publication Date: October 1, 1990
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Using crisp photos and drawings, Bollinger goes step by step through the process. You will learn how to estimate materials, select the right kind of wood, prepare the subfloor and achieve a blemish-free finish for an old or new floor. Bollinger also provides numerous tips and tricks, and sources of supply. The book is indexed for easy reference.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 14 more reviews...
 CANT GO WRONG FOR THE PRICE. December 31, 2008
PETE (STATEN ISLAND, NY)
I purchased this to learn how to install hardwood floors in my home. I believe i paid about 15 dollars total with shipping. The book wont make you a hardwood pro, but will give more than a sufficient foundation to install flooring. Its an older book but the techniques being used today are still the same. I found it very helpful especially for determining the starting points, and how to measure and or come up with a starting point. I had a hallway, stair bull nosing and a living room on my install with no breaks between. Overall its a good book and it is a good purchase to learn and tackle hardwood flooring.
Helped me Successfully Install my Hardwood Floor August 9, 2008
Bill (Illinois)
Very practical and useful guide to installing a hardwood floor. I would not have had as great a result without it. If you are installing or thinking about installing a hardwwod floor, get this book. It gives you all of the tips and tricks to do the job properly. Well worth the price.
A "must read" for hardwood do-it-yourselfers September 28, 2007
S. Meyer (Snohomish WA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Author Don Bollinger stares in, writes, or is quoted in just about every video or book about installing, sanding and finishing hardwood flooring. I came across his video 15yrs ago while researching my first hardwood project. Of the four books I checked out from the library on the topic he was pictured and quoted in all of them. He is a master of his trade and in this book he lays out the very basic and clear steps to a beautiful floor. I read this book again before every flooring project and finely I just bought it. It takes all the uncertainty (but none of the hard work) out of laying and finishing a hardwood floor. Like most do-it-yourself books this one covers the basic principles and standard practices for the first timer as well as instructions and ideas for the adventurous. What sets this book apart from the others is the focus on common and not so common mistakes that will always result in a expensive disappointment. Once you nail down a wood floor you will realize it's never coming up again. That's a bad time to discover you should have read this book first.
Great book. Very helpful July 10, 2007
Kurt S. (Hilliard, OH)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought the book and the DVD and both provided information very useful for my first DIY install of hardwood flooring.
Like many projects it's the prep work that pays off in the end and it's also true with installing hardwood flooring. A sub-floor that is flat and secured to the joists along with that straight first row goes along way in ensuring a successful install.
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