Flooring
The Best Flooring Options for Bathrooms
Need to know what's the best type of flooring for your bathroom? Consider ceramic, vinyl, cork, and concrete, to name a few.
Flooring Overview
Find the surface that suits your style, function, and budget
How to Easily and Safely Remove Carpet
Want to remove the carpet in your home? Grab safety gear and your carpet removal tools, and follow our how-to guide.
How to Level a Concrete Floor
Get insider tips and a step-by-step guide for concrete floor leveling.
How to Install Carpet Tiles
Carpet tiles can be a stylish and affordable flooring choice—and their simple maintenance makes them a smart one. Luckily, installing carpet tiles is beginner-friendly, requiring just a few tools and a bit of preparation to get the job done.
The Best Flooring Options for Basements
Find the best flooring option for your basement by comparing cost, comfort, durability, appearance, and installation details.
Wood Floors Are Lightening Up
Many homeowners are switching to lighter wood floors. Learn about ways to lighten your floors, and how the change can open up your space.
How to Remove a Burn Mark from a Hardwood Floor
Ask This Old House carpenter Nathan Gilbert travels to Portland, Oregon to repair an original wood floor that was burned by a face-down hot iron.
How to Patch a Chipped Wood Floor
Using only hand tools and a drill, Tom Silva makes minor floor damage disappear with a simple and effective dutchman repair technique
Subflooring Secrets to a Quiet Floor
Squeaky floors can be a jobsite nuisance or a frustrating callback. Learn how choosing the right subflooring material can help prevent the pain
How to Replace a Cracked Floor Tile
Ask This Old House general contractor Tom Silva demonstrates some DIY Smarts with the correct way to replace a cracked kitchen floor tile.
How to Replace a Vinyl Floor with Ceramic Tile
Ask This Old House general contractor Tom Silva helps a homeowner replace the peeling, vinyl floor in his bathroom with a ceramic tile floor
How to Patch a Chipped Wood Floor
Ask This Old House general contractor Tom Silva fixes a chipped wood floor using a Dutchman and hand tools.
How to Repair a Bad Flooring Joint
Ask This Old House general contractor Tom Silva repairs a piece of wood nosing that was poorly installed and resulted in a bad joint.
How to Patch a Hole in Wood Trim
This Old House general contractor Tom Silva helps a homeowner patch a large hole in painted baseboard molding
How to Patch a Hardwood Floor
Tom Silva installs a patch in a hardwood floor and fills the gaps with a custom wood putty
Dog-Friendly Flooring Rules
Dog-friendly flooring needs to be durable, easy to clean, and attractive too. Here's what you need to know if you have four on the floor
How to Patch Hardwood Flooring
Ask This Old House general contractor Tom Silva helps a homeowner patch a hardwood floor to make it look seamless
How to Install DIY Radiant Floor Heating
Use a specialized foam panel to lock the PEX tubing in place, cover it with a sand-and-cement mix, and tile away.
All About Bamboo Hardwood Flooring
Looking for the best bamboo flooring? Read our guide on what to look for, the difference in cost and durability compared to that of its rival hardwood, and how it delivers on style and versatility.
How to Restore Terrazzo Floors
This Old House host Kevin O'Connor heads to Del Ray Beach, Florida, to restore terrazzo floors
How to Avoid Rookie Plumbing Mistakes
This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey demonstrates some common plumbing mistakes and how to avoid them
How to Repair a Cracked Floor Joist
This Old House general contractor Tom Silva helps a homeowner repair a cracked floor joist
How to Quiet Squeaky Carpeted Floors
This Old House general Contractor Tom Silva shows how you can silence those squeaks by using specials screws
Fast Fixes for Floor Scratches
Between footwear, pets, and furniture, wood floors can take a beating. Minimize the signs of wear and tear with these easy repairs.
All About Linoleum Flooring
Switching up your flooring material? You can't go wrong with linoleum, a durable, eco-friendly, and versatile option.
6 Design Ideas for Tile Rugs
Fall in love with one of these bathroom-floor designs
Fun Facts in Rug History
World-renowned appraiser Stephen Fletcher looks back at the history of American floor coverings
5 Easy Room Updates You (Probably) Never Thought Of
The folks at Apartment Therapy share nifty, thrifty interior-design ideas in a new book
Cleaning Dos and Don'ts for a Painted Hardwood Floor
A flooring expert offers tips for caring for your painted wood floor
11 Ways to Update Your Floors With Paint
Lively and budget-friendly paint ideas for the surfaces beneath your feet
Easy Fixes to Create Quiet in the House
Pounding washers, knocking pipes, roaring exhaust fans, whistling windows—read these simple house noise solutions to quiet nuisance sounds