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When Floor Cracks Mean Trouble: Tile and Stone Warning Signs
A cracked tile is usually a subfloor story, not a tile story. Here is how to read cracks, grout, and hollow spots in tile and stone floors before they spread.

A cracked tile is usually a subfloor story, not a tile story. Here is how to read cracks, grout, and hollow spots in tile and stone floors before they spread.
The care a stone floor needs depends on whether it's calcareous or siliceous. How to clean, seal, and protect marble, travertine, and granite the right way.

Most hardwood floors are worth refinishing. See what a recoat (resurfacing) fixes, when it takes a full sand, how to check the wood left, and when to replace.