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Thickness – How do I know which to buy?
Q: I searched your entire site but cannot find the answer to this question…Why the different thicknesses of the products and how do I know what thickness…
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Where is the iFLOOR brand?
For those that wonder where exactly does the iFLOOR brand reach you may be surprised by the answer. Everywhere. Here is the world view of the brand: Here…
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Bellefloor Engineered Wood Question
Q: I recently requested and received multiple samples of engineered hardwood flooring from iFloor. I am in the process of constructing a retirement home…
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Cupping Issues with a Glue Down Engineered Floor
Q: I have been to ifloor and you guys carry a great line of products to choose from. I have had a 3/8” hardwood cherry floor put down on my lower level of…
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Engineered Floors and VOCs
Q: Because of respiratory problems, I too am looking for an engineered wood flooring that contains no VOCs, formaldehyde, etc. I think this is a more…
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Flooring a Remodeled Kitchen and Dining Room
Q: I hope you can help me…..I’m thinking of knocking down the wall between my dining room and kitchen and making it all one large room – there’s currently…
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As Promised: The Floor Daily Interview
The Floor Radio (aka Floor Daily) interview part 1 is posted at: http://www.floordaily.net/ PART 1…
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Cleaning Bamboo Floors
Q: Hi, how are you doing. Could you please tell me what if anything can I use on my bamboo floors to make them shine? And we have a lot of heavy traffic…
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Coming to a newstand near you…
The new iFLOOR TODAY informational handout is going to be available at all stores near you within the next 10 days or so. Additionally we are including…
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Laminate Installation In 2nd Level Hallway and Connected Rooms
Q: I am planning out material needs for a flooring project. I am laying a laminate floor (floating) on the 2nd floor of my house, with a wood sub-floor. I…
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Question: Installing Thresholds
Q: There is lots of info on installing engineered floors, but how do I install the thresholds. I am installing br-111 and 3 in 1 underlayment over…
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Floor Radio aka FloorDaily.net
Hi my name is Steve and I like to listen to Floor Radio. Yes I admit it. Flooring is my passion so why wouldn’t I listen to the most interactive flooring…
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Bamboo is used for, well: EVERYTHING!
Bamboo is a great product for flooring and many other applications. As always I caution people from overselling any product including bamboo. A good…
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Garage Conversion to Playroom – Follow Up
Follow-Up: Lev and I have gone into depth about this project. Lev mentioned he has had a flooding issue in the past and was a bit worried about the stale…
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Formaldehyde Update: It’s still not good for you!
A recent story about Hurricane Katrina and the temporary trailers that folks are living in has a story about the negative health impact of formaldehyde. I…
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Garage Conversion to Playroom – What to use for Flooring?
Q: We have two questions about a job we are about to start: 1) We are in the process of converting our garage into a recreational room and connect it to…
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Stair Floor Covering
Q: I want to replace carpet floor covering on two different sets of stairs and am confused about what would be the best choice other than more carpet. One…
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Dishwasher, Icemakers and other leaks
If your dishwasher or ice maker fails all at once or generates a small leak over a period of time, you should expect it to damage just about any flooring…
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Vinyl Bathroom Flooring
Q: I do not want hard tile in my bathroom. What do you suggest in vinyl? Non-slip flooring is very important! Esther D. A: Flooring in bathrooms or…
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A Real Customer – A Real Flooring Experience
I recently purchased about 1200 sq. ft. of flooring from your location Utica, MI. I work in computers so I do all my research online. I found a few places…
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Armstrong Vinyl Tile Issue
Q: I recently had Armstrong tile laid over old tile. Approx 10 to 20 percent of the tiles raised up on the corners and are now crumbling on those corners…
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A quick mention
Kevin in Houston mentioned the following article about iFLOOR that I hadn’t noticed. Good find Kevin and insightful comments by Frank O’Neill…
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Alloc Domestic Laminate on Stairs
Q: I am planning on using some of the alloc domestic laminate I recently bought from ifloor on the staircase in my house. The sides of my staircase are…
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HGTV & IFLOOR – talking renewable options for flooring
As I mentioned earlier this year we attended the International Builders show as we always do. It was a great event and we had some great coverage from DIY…
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Stores popping up everywhere!
Not only is our e-commerce business continuing to gain strength the rollout of our local Internet Pick Up Points (iPUPs) continues to roll on. The…
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Decorating with Bruce Turlington American Exotic 5″ Maple
Q: We’re buying a new townhouse which will have hardwood flooring throughout the first floor. We’ve never had hardwood floor before and have had a very…
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One of my Favorites
I was referred to a great sales book called “The Little Red Book of Selling” a couple years back by a great guy and I wanted to pass this tip along to…
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American Duet Vintage Pine by Armstrong
Q: I would like to purchase the American Duet Vintage Pine Narrow by Armstrong but it doesn’t look like much padding on the underside. I’ve seen some…
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Westhollow 3/8” Engineered 3” Bubinga Deep Cognac
Q: I am wanting to replace the carpet and vinyl in an “L” shaped area that is my living (approx 310 sq. ft.) and dining area (approx 110 sq. ft.) with…
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Guilt leads to these photos
I was feeling guilty about not posting over the last week or so, but I was driving through Yellowstone, the Grand Tetons, Bighorn Recreation area in…
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Installing Hardwood on Stairs with Newel Posts
Q: I have a question in regards to wood floor installation around the stair newel posts. Our flooring company is advising that it will look much cleaner…
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Sacramento Does it Again!
Service is something that we really have passion for. There are so many people in the iFLOOR organization that spend their professional career advancing…
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Cork – Finally
We have finally seen a bunch of our cork hit the port and is now in stock. That is great news for customers that may have been waiting. More cork will be…
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Tile Alternatives
Q: I have a quick question. I’m interested in reflooring all of our downstairs – living, dining, kitchen, half-bath and laundry area. I am very interested…
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Matching a New Floor to Existing Oak Stairs
Q: My wife and I bought a new house that has an existing oak staircase (in excellent shape, about 7 years old), and carpet upstairs. We’d like to install…
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Price Fixing – It’s now Legal! Prices will rise soon.
Discounting may soon disappear online and offline! Recently the Supreme Court overturned a nearly 100 year old rule that prohibited price fixing by…
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Back again
After some more travel I am back in the saddle again. I should be back to daily postings by tomorrow.
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Nail Down Installation – What is Resin Paper?
Q: I am looking at maple hard wood flooring from RONA. They have a wonderful deal on at the moment, about 3 Canadian dollars a sq foot. It looks…
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Removing Laminate Flooring
Q: What is the best method for removing laminate flooring? Brett B. A: The “best” method for removing laminate is always which one works easiest for you…
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Engineered Wood Floors – Any VOCs?
Q: I want to put wood flooring in my walk-out basement. Since it is below grade, I understand that I need to use an engineered wood floor. Can you tell me…
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Slate Approaching Oak Stairs
Q: We are installing slate tile on a floor up to the top edge of a stairway, but we don’t know how best to finish the edge along that top step. It’s…
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Laminate flooring
Laminate flooring has really been in the United States and Canada for about 11 years, but what a ride it has had. Pergo was first introduced through…
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Floating Floor over a Sloped Subfloor
Q: I am flooring on the second floor over wood and different types of tiles (some at different heights by the way). One of my rooms also has a gradual 1…
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Cork Floor in a Kitchen
Q: I plan to install one of your floating cork floors in our living room and possibly into the kitchen, but I’ve come across a few snags. First, there are…
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Outgassing Concerns
Q: Dear Steve, Thank you very much for writing that detailed article comparing different brands of laminates. It was very helpful and goes way beyond what…
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Engineered Wood Floor over Concrete
Q: I am considering laying a high end 9/16″ thick x 3-3/4″ wide engineered oak floor over concrete in 3 rooms and 2 hallways. I intend to glue the floor…
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Flooring for a Screened-in Porch
Q: We built a screened porch over an existing wood deck. The floor is presently 2″ x 6″ wood treated lumber. We would like to cover this with a more…
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Flooring companies with a great environmental record
The other day I had a reporter ask me who were some of the companies that I believe are making some good progress in the sustainability movement. In other…
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Using Luan for Flooring
Q: A friend of mine recently suggested using a birch luan plywood to finish the floor in my basement. The underlayment is 2 sheets of 3/4 inch plywood…
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Tip O’ the Day – Floating floors are the way to go for concrete subfloors
For those who have concrete floors I would highly recommend considering a floating floor. I think floating floors offer great flexibility and i think they…