How to clean and re-seal vinyl flooring

by | Jan 13, 2014

  How to clean and re-seal vinyl flooring Vinyl floors are generally maintenance-free, or at least that’s what the manufacturers advertise.  We clean and seal VCT (vinyl composition flooring), rubber and cork floors too, when maintenance is actually...

How to Fix a Broken Brick Step

by | Dec 5, 2013

How to Fix a Broken Brick Step This blog is a simple primer on how to fix bricks that have come loose at a step edge. Often, the reason mortared material comes loose is because the brick, slate or stone was not backed correctly.  In this case, a layer of compacted...

How do I fix a chip in Ceasarstone?

by | Jul 20, 2012

Here’s a chip I fixed in Ceasarstone in San Francisco last week.  I used Travertine patch and added some white to it.  I built it up over several applications and cleaned up the excess patch with acetone.  Ceasarstone is a man-made subsatnce and we generally...

Should I use an enhancing sealer?

by | Jul 20, 2012

The picture above is a good representation of the effect of an enhancing sealer on slate.  Obviously, this sealer–in this case Miracle 511 Seal and Enhance–is in the process of being freshly applied, so the sheen you see will fade as the sealer dries. ...

Why are my baseboards peeling, bubbling and damaged?

by | Jun 13, 2012

  Holy Smokes!  This baseboard looks bad.  What happened?  We at Appleby are intimately involved with baseboards because we in the Hard Surface Division deal with them everyday.  The picture above is an example of MDF baseboards that have been exposed to water...