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The undeniable beauty of parquet flooring is financially out of reach for most people.A price comparison between replacing the old exhausted wall to wall carpeting and installing parquet flooring will show that the parquet choice is less costly if you set it up yourself.If you do not have sub flooring which may be sanded and varnished, you may consider do-it-yourself parquet flooring.Eight or twelve inch squares of finished oak can be found in several shades of stain from dark walnut like oak to pale natural tones...

You have just settled down in bed and are twenty five minutes into Letterman when you hear it: a mild scratching overhead, accompanied by a squeak here and a squeal there.You assume that it is the end making strange sounds, or perhaps the home is just settling.Maybe the sounds are merely the result of an overactive imagination.You hope!Naturally, you can't get around the obvious conclusion - you have company...