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Wood Floor Transition – New to Old
Q: We are trying to decide what to install in the kitchen, wood or tile. The problem is the existing 2″ white oak wood floor in the adjacent rooms is…
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Molding Questions from a 1st Time Installer
Q: I am planning on installing laminate floors in my kitchen and have been doing a lot of research on how to perform the installation and the products…
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Flooring Choices – Hardwood, Laminate, Cork, Bamboo and so much more…
The world of flooring is getting more interesting by the day. We are seeing some really cool 2008 introductions including the new lines from Ming Dynasty…
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Hardwood – not Laminate – can use Refresher
A great product to use for annual maintenance on certain floors is the “hardwood refresher” by Bona…
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Condo Installation – Laminate on Wooden Subfloor
Q: I am embarking on a remodel project of an older condo project built in 1985, the unit is on the 4th floor and the structure I am told by the current…
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Bamboo Bows? Bamboo flooring that is handcrafted into something special
Wow what a cool customer! Recently we received pictures from a customer that talked about a VERY unique and inspiring usage for bamboo flooring: You can…
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Adding to a Subfloor and Underlayment Help
Q: I am working on laying new 3/8″ engineered wood flooring over a wood subfloor. I also have ceramic tile floors which will meet with the new wood floor…
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Installing Around a Brick Hearth
Q: We are going to install a good quality laminate flooring in our mountain cabin (4,800ft. elev.). There is a concrete slab subfloor. At one end of the…
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Quickstep Handscraped Eligna Country Collection
Q: Hi, I found your comparison on the various laminate floor options VERY insightful. Do you have any thoughts or data on the Quickstep Handscraped Eligna…
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Spice as Nice – Strand Bamboo is FOR YOU! – Bamboo Flooring is changing.
iFLOOR.com – 6′ Spice – Engineered Strand Woven – Ming Dynasty Bamboo – Bamboo Flooring I think our customer Marcus Sorensen said it all in his review…
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Remodeling an Old Camp House
Q: I am remodeling a old camp house that has the original wood flooring in it. The floor can not be saved. The entire house is about 1300 sq ft. We want…
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Brazilian Cherry – Made in America
Brazilian Cherry Westhollow® Wood Exotic Solid Hardwood This floor is made in America – that means although it is grown and harvested in Brazil or areas…
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Road Trip!
I am hitting the skies again shortly. I expect to hit Chicago, Palantine, Tinley Park, Bensenville and a couple other new Chicagoland locations this…
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Heavy Traffic and Allergy Worries – What Floor Should I Use?
Q: Our house recently took on water damage. Some of our floor was wood (not sure which kind, not real wood) and we are going to have to replace it. I have…
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Flooring Near an Indoor Spa
Q: I am planning on redoing the floor around a spa and am looking for a antislip/water resistant flooring A: For the moisture amount I would suggest…
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Westhollow White Oak Butterscotch 3/8″ Engineered Installation Help
Q: Hello Ifloor Experts I placed the order today (10/8/07) for Westhollow White Oak Butterscotch Engineered wood 3, 3/8 to be installed over concreted…
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Bamboo – flooring that can be green, but not all bamboo is green.
I have talked about this idea of eco-myths before, but let’s review: Bamboo is only as green as the company that makes it, the process that produces it…
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Laminate for a Sports Floor?
Today we have another great question answered by the CEO Steve Simonson. I personally have had several folks in the past look into cheaper flooring…
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Outdoor Flooring
Q: I live in Central New Jersey approximately 2 miles from the ocean. I have a second floor covered porch with the option to have it screened in or open…
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Removing Scratches from Bamboo Flooring
Q: I recently had installed vertical bamboo flooring with a mat finish. On day one I made a couple of minor scratches. Can I cover the mat finish with a…
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Bruce Hardwood – Still the king of selection, should we call it King Bruce?
The largest brand of hardwood is unquestionably Bruce Hardwood Floors. The sheer scale of the choices found in Bruce are frankly overwhelming. In theory I…
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Living Floors by Pergo – Click together hardwood (aka clic flooring)
Sam’s Club couldn’t take their full allotment of some flooring called “Living Floors by Pergo” and therefore we picked it up as an overstock blowout…
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Spots on a Brazilian Cherry Floor
Q: We are building a new home and have upgraded our floors to Brazilian cherry throughout the first floor and upstairs to the loft. They are beautiful but…
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Heavy Furniture on Wood Floors
Q: While cabinets along a wall are attached via screws, therefore displacing weight to the wall, bedroom/office furniture such as armoires, full dressers…
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True Flooring – True Colors – True Styles
I may have already mentioned this, but I have to say the new colors in True woods laminate collections, but it deserves repeating. One of the things that…
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Cutting Down Noise with Wood Floors
Q: We are going through major construction, and one thing is doing the stairs, I love wood floors but I’m worried about the noise going up and down, what…
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Flooring that changes your life…
I realize that alot of folks get buried by the floor buying process and forget that the outcome can be a real life changing event. When you prepare to…
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Cork – beauty divine! Faro Urban Premium Cork Flooring
Some of the decors in the new Westhollow cork flooring Urban Premium collection are really something to see! I was just taking notice of some of the…
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Installing Cork Flooring on Slab
Q: Please tell me about installing Cork flooring over a concrete slab (on grade). I live in the Las Vegas NV area and want to know if any special…
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Flooring a Home Near the Beach
Q: We are buying a house and I want wood/looking floors. Since I live about 30 mins from the beach, which flooring would be better in my location. I am…
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Strand Woven Bamboo Flooring
Q: I would like to put down a bamboo flooring. I was told that strand woven is the hardest bamboo there is. Is that correct? Can you float a bamboo floor…
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3-in-1 Underlayment
Q: I am installing a Westhollow 12mm thick laminate floor…first time…I’m pretty comfortable with everything, but the underlayment…because it was 12mm, the…
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Amendoim from BR-111
Q: We spent a lot of time researching wood and colors and finally decided upon Amendoim, we like the look of Oak and the hardness greater than oak. I…
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Art – The Real Deal – Kevin Barrett Sculpture
When I was traveling recently I had the opportunity to visit our new iFLOOR Brooklyn location which is in itself awesome. Finally we can offer a choice…
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Matching Existing Tile
Q: We are about to remodel our 1970 kitchen. In the 90’s someone installed a really beautiful tile floor with a border design in the center of the room…
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Philadelphia Commercial – Neyland II Carpet Question
Q: I am thinking about buying Philadelphia Commercial – Neyland II carpet for my basement. I am planning on purchasing the 26 oz with Unitary backing. It…
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Flooring Navigation
I think it is tough for folks to navigate the floor buying process in general. In my past article “Steve’s Stages of Floor Shopping” I pointed out that a…
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Removing Damaged Bruce Flooring
Q: We have builder installed Bruce Natural Hardwood flooring (NOV 2001) installed in our kitchen and foyer. This is the nail/staple-down type. Despite…
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clicflooring, flooring that clicks together & floors that are click together
If you are thinking about laminate in today’s market it may come as a surprise to you that just a few years ago laminate was 100% glue together at the…
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Flooring a Restaurant – Is Cork a Good Idea
Q: Im looking at using cork flooring for a commercial kitchen. is this a good idea…do you have a better suggestion or a specific type of cork flooring to…
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Cracking Noises with an Engineered Floor
Q: My Universal Flooring engineered floor makes cracking and crunching noises that are so annoying it wakes up the kids when we walk around. Are the…
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Costa Rican Maple – Flooring That looks so REAL!
The flooring on this page is something that I just can’t believe how awesome it looks. If you have never seen a floor with a “Cost Rican” maple styling…
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Removing Hardwood Flooring
Q: I am going to remove 3/8″ thick x 1 1/2″ wide oak plank hardwood flooring in my house. I was wondering if there is any tips to remove the planks and…
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Jeez – now we’re giving away free floors?
Well you always know the best marketing ideas have 2 things in common: 1) Giving something away for free. 2) Don’t tell the CEO I just saw that we are…
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Can I Install a Laminate Floor Under Kitchen Cabinets?
Q: Should you install a laminate floor under your new kitchen cabinets? My contractors recommends that i install them under the cabinet so I won’t have…
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Hardwood Floor and Radiant Heat
Q: Can a 3/4″ hardwood floor be installed on a subfloor that is heated by radiant heat?? Thank-you, in advance for your response. Kathy Farmer A: As a…
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Grand Opening!
Starting on Thursday we are having a 3-day grand opening event both in stores and online. We are doing a nationwide celebration for our new stores which…
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Keys to a Successful Installation Preparation
Throughout September I received several installation based questions, many of which were the unfortunate few who have problems after installation because…
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Cool Rugs = Cool You
If you are cool – check out these rugs – when I see the total collections these guys offer the styles blow my mind. This is true art for the floor. (if…
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Engineered Flooring Over Radiant Heat
Q: Are there any species of engineered hardwoods that should not be used over radiant heat? Thank you A: Generally speaking you can use any species of…