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- Professional installation recommended. However, there are certain
locking hardwood floors that are easy to install.
- Not recommended for bathrooms.
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- Engineered hardwood has multiple plies and is easy to install without glue, staples or nails.
- Easiest type of hardwood floor to install.
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- Engineered or solid hardwood floor that requires professional installation.
- Installation of these types of floors requires special tools and more subfloor preparation.
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- Easiest to install, especially peel-and-stick tile.
- Tools needed: common household items like tape measure, pencil, chalk line, ruler, and utility knife.
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- Can easily install floors with glueless locking system.
- May hire a professional for more complex jobs, or for bathrooms where
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- Can install yourself, or hire a professional, depending on complexity of job and your skill level.
- Tools needed: common household items like a rolling pin, hammer, and straight-edged utility knife.
- Can purchase a Guaranteed Installation Kit and Armstrong will replace the floor if you make a mistake while cutting.
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- Professional installation recommended.
- Make sure tile fits its function. Armstrong offers tiles for floors, walls, and countertops.
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- Professional installation recommended.
- Not recommended for bathrooms.
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- Can be stapled to wood furring strips.
- Tools needed: pencil, ruler, carpenter’s level, chalk line, tin snips, cordless screwdriver and utility knife.
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- Can be installed directly to exposed wood joists using enclosed clips and screws.
- Can be installed on wood furring when joists are hidden by drywall or plaster.
- Support can be spaced as much as 24" on center.
- Tools needed: saw suitable for cutting wood, ruler, tin snips, carpenter's level, pencil and cordless screwdriver.
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- Installs with Armstrong's HomeStyle or Prelude Suspension System.
- Tools needed: ruler, pencil, utility knife, tin snips, carpenter's level and wire cutting pliers.
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- Can be installed directly to existing drywall or plaster ceiling with ceiling tile adhesive.
- Can be stapled to wood furring.
- Tools needed: pencil, ruler, carpenter's level, chalk line, tin snips, utility knife and cordless screwdriver.
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- Installs with color coordinating Metallaire suspension system grid kits.
- Tools needed: tape measure,pencil, tin snips, carpenter or laser level and wire cutting pliers
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- Installs directly to drywall or plaster ceiling using plywood or furring strips
- Nail up with Metallaire color coordinating cone head nails.
- Tools needed: tape measure, pencil, tin snips, electric shears, painter’s tape, chalk line and hammer.
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