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Hardwood Floors: Laying, Sanding, and Finishing Paperback – Illustrated, October 2, 1990

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While wood flooring has been much in vogue in recent years, it has received little if any exceptional treatment from do-it-yourself writers. Bollinger, an experienced flooring contractor, has produced what has to be the definitive guide to installing and finishing wood floors. He addresses the three types of flooring: strip, plank, and parquet--covering such topics as estimating costs; selecting wood types and grades; preparing the underlayment; planning the layout; sanding; and applying various finishes. Bollinger brings in many tricks of the trade, such refinements as wood and metal inlays, and ideas for dealing with the irregularities that invariably crop up in the repair or layout of floors as part of renovation projects. Nicely illustrated with photos and drawings. For most public libraries with active how-to collections. A companion video is also available; contact the publisher.
- Bill Demo, Tompkins Cortland Community Coll., Dryden, N.Y.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Don Bollinger is a contributor for Taunton Press titles including Sanding and Finishing Hardwood Floors.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Taunton Press; Illustrated edition (October 2, 1990)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 144 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0942391624
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0942391626
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.05 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8 x 0.34 x 10 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #490,865 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #15 in Interior Floor Design
- #255 in Carpentry
- #744 in Home Design & Construction (Books)

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I have owned and operated The Oak Floors of Greenbank, Inc., a wood flooring contracting company in the Seattle area for over 35 years and Wood Floor Products, Inc., a 20-year-old manufacturing and wholesale distribution firm. I have consulted and written extensively for trade & consumer magazines, written and edited numerous technical manuals & bulletins for wood flooring associations and manufacturers and I wrote the book "Hardwood Floors - Installing, Sanding & Finishing" and accompanying videos/DVDs published by Taunton Press/Fine Homebuilding Magazine widely perceived as the definitive text on the installation, sanding and finishing of wood flooring. I served on the board of directors for the National Wood Flooring Association for 5 years chairing the Technical & Education Committee and co-chairing the Magazine Committee. I helped write and develop the first Technical Manual on wood flooring and helped create the first exclusive magazine on hardwood flooring - "Hardwood Floors Magazine". I helped create and develop the first schools for NOFMA and NWFA to train both beginning and advanced trade's people and continue to instruct periodically for NWFA, NOFMA, MFMA and AHEC.

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Steve M.

The best hardwood floor book for the DIY homeowner

Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2015

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It has been just over 3 years since we ripped out carpet and linoleum and installed red oak floors in most of our home to match the existing floors in the bedrooms (circa 1961). My wife and I did all of the demo work and the install and we brought in a professional for the sand and finish. While researching this major project I purchased several books but this one quickly became my #1 resource as it focused on just what is needed for a typical home and didn't waste chapters and huge glossy photos on advanced marquetry and high end jobs done in mansions like some of my books did.

Of the most help to me were the sections showing trimming around the fireplace, trimming around the floor vents, trimming around exterior doors, and how to remove underlayment the ran underneath the kitchen cabinets. The other books touched briefly on some of these topics, but Don just lays out simple and effective ways to address these common issues in the typical home which is what most of us live in.

Also try to get the companion DVD. Seeing the techniques in action is very helpful and he walks through a complete install in a typical home like you or I would need to do.

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M. Sweetz

Decent effort, but could be clearer.

Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2022

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I bought this book after having success with Taunton Press's incredible 'Setting Tile' book. Unfortunately 'Hardwood Floors' fell short for me.

The author seems quite knowledgeable about the topic, but the writing isn't always clear for a beginner. The author falls into the trap of using lingo to teach a beginner; if I knew the lingo, I wouldn't need the book. At times it felt like five pages worth of material were crammed into one page. Elsewhere it felt like terms were defined and explained after they were used. I don't want to talk shop and feel cool...I want a book that guides me (like books are supposed to). Granted, I don't think the author meant to do be opaque. It just shows that 'expert' does not necessarily mean 'teacher'.

I also found the info on gluing to be rather skimpy. Unless you plan to use strip-and-screed, you're out of luck if you have concrete and don't want to raise your floors. This might be due to the book's age - there might be more options now than when it was written (such as moisture-resistant underlayment/adhesives).

I ended up buying 'Wood Flooring' by Charles Peterson (also from Taunton Press), and I used that for my project. That book has more about gluing and preventing moisture. Bollinger's book was a decent effort, written with good intentions I'm sure, but I got way more out of Peterson's. Your mileage may vary.

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CANT GO WRONG FOR THE PRICE.

Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2008

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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.

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Joseph R. Kurdock

One of the best introductory sources on hardwood floors

Reviewed in the United States on June 27, 2013

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This purchase was for a gift, but I first purchased this book several years ago. I am an accomplished D-I-Y person, but this was my first attempt at installing hardwood fllors. The book is very well structured and takes you from an intoduction to types of flooring, through layout, installation and finishing. Pay particular attention to subjects rarely if ever mentioned by any retailer, such as type of cut of wood from plain through quarter sawn.
This is a great reference and I recommend it to anyone for their construction library.

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Mike M.

Best of the hardwood flooring books

Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2014

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When I recently installed hardwood floors throughout my house, I purchased several books as guides. This was by far the most realistic and practical of all of the books. Don Bollinger is an experienced pro and presents an in-depth consideration of methods for installing many different types of floors. I would highly recommend this book to anyone looking to install hardwoods themselves or even someone who is evaluating contractors to do the work.

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audiogpyle

This book saved my DIY hardwood flooring project.

Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2010

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I prepared myself for my first hardwoor flooring project by reading this book. It turned out really good (according to my wife). Without this book, however, it would be hidden underneath a new carpet right now!
Too many DIY books are written by technical writers who work for companies that supply product. They suffer from a marketing agenda and a lack of real-world experience. Others are written by some guy who did it the first time, and took pictures to write a book.
The author of this book on the other hand, is a real-world practicing professional "floor mechanic" with years of experience. He has done everything from budget-restorations of FHA-home floors that weren't that good to start with, to state-of-the art projects in high-end homes and public facilities, where money is no object.
He is a true artisian. DIY flooring is not for the faint-of-heart, and this book will help you make wise choices, and even if you end up contracting your project out, you will be a better informed client after reading it.
The only (extremely mild) criticism is that there are new products which post-date the book. 4-disk orbital sanders are FAR safer than the mondo-drums and I used one with great success. Also, new water-borne finishes are getting better every year. It would be nice to have a new edition with Don Bollinger's current opinion and experience with these products.

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V. Vanderbeek

Good read

Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2021

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