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Buying flooring makes people nervous…iFLOOR Brooklyn makes people happy!
It is very normal for people to feel apprehensive about a big purchase. Buying flooring for example is marked by 4 distinct stages. So when you find a…
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Lemonade anyone?
I must say, there is certainly a lot of gloom and doom going around these days. Banks failing, insurance companies running out of money, the sky may be…
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Great Service – But Customer waited too long on a hot deal. :(
Subject: wonderful communication Thank you for your red oak sample….I should have asked in the beginning if there was enough red oak for my needs…I was…
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iFLOOR Installers – Kudos on top quality service
Our new floor looks fabulous. I was delighted to see that the installer did all the cutting outside and there was no mess in my house. I have already…
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Cleaning Bruce Hardwood Floors
Q: I have Bruce Hardwood Oak prefinished flooring in my kitchen. I use Pledge Hardwood Floor Cleaner and a large terry mop and all seems fine. My husband…
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Laminate Flooring, Pergo, Wilsonart, Armstrong, True Flooring and more…
Laminate flooring is still relatively new in terms of a product category within the flooring industry. Still it is surprising how often people still ask…
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Ask the Expert Hits 500
This is just a quick post to celebrate the 500th blog post here on the Ask the Expert blog at iFLOOR. Although we have helped answer questions for more…
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Konecto Transitions
Q: We have a client using konecto and want to know what transition should we use going to a sealed concrete floor? Eva A: Since you will be going down to…
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Bamboo vs Oak Hardwood
Q: Hello; my question is this, we are putting new floor in our living room and very much want Bamboo, but we have read horror stories that bamboo…
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Vinyl vs Laminate
Q: I am in the process of opening a retail ice cream and chocolates store and wanted to know what the best synthetic wood flooring is. Mannington? Amtico…
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Tax Free on select items for a limited time only
Every once in awhile, the opportunity arises to avoid something we all (or at least most of us) dislike; sales tax. It makes me recall a story I heard…
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Random Width Laminate Flooring
Q: We were looking at installing hardwood floors and like the way we could change the width of the board. Is this possible in the laminate floors? We have…
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Laminate Floor in Kitchen and Foyer
Q: We are planning to put a wood-look laminate floor in our kitchen and foyer. This is a high traffic area. We were told it has a 25- year guarantee. At…
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iFLOOR Nashua – Flooring and Service in one place – Giddy-up!
I just wanted to drop a note about my experience with ifloor.com and the retail store. From the moment I placed the order to picking it up today the…
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Carrollton Texas – Flooring Mavericks
Some feedback from a customer regarding our flooring store in the Dallas Texas area. =========== I wanted to take a minute and provide feedback on my…
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Engineered Hardwood Floor “Popping Noise”
Q: I have just install a engineered hardwood floor and I suspect the floor did not adhere to the substrate (e.g. popping noise after I walk over the area…
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Cork Flooring Questions
Q: My husband and I want to put cork in our bedroom/business areas on the second floor. We are looking at Granville Grey or Rainforest Green Eurocork and…
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Design Star – HGTV – Laminate Flooring in Michigan
Recently some of the iFLOOR products were featured on HGTV’s Design Star. That in itself sounds great and the floor looked AWESOME despite being installed…
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Flooring vs. Feline
Q: It seems we have inadvertently turned one of our bedrooms into a cat box. As our cute little feline would have it, the carpet is now destroyed. Under…
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Buy flooring for less – buy DIRECT, the iFLOOR way.
Try it the iFLOOR way. That’s my message this week. I think it’s pretty simple and to the point (at least in my own mind.) What is the iFLOOR way, you…
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Kudos to Utica & Amir (again)
The measure of a company is often the “will you recommend us” percentage. I am thrilled to see the Utica team and Amir continue to serve their community…
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Finishing a Basement
Q: We are about 1/2 way done with finishing our basement. We pretty much have everything “floor wise” decided except for the exercise room. The floor is…
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IIC Ratings
Q: I am wondering how to add IIC ratings for two different materials, as I know that I can’t simply “add” them together for the total score. I am meeting…
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Creaking Laminate Floor
Q: inherited a 10 year old laminated floor. it was placed over tile. don’t know more of history. previous owner had metal strips as thresholds between…
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Hot Summer – Hot Service – Phoenix Flooring Mania
A recent customer in the Phoenix area (near our Tempe, AZ iFLOOR – full service flooring store) submitted this brief, but very on point feedback: Chris…
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Konecto Prestige Plank
Q: As a “floating” product what are the weight restrictions for Konecto plank flooring ? ie; furniture, free standing kitchen islands, refrigerators…
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Bamboo for Dance/Yoga
Q: I am opening a dance/yoga studio and of course, on a shoestring budget! I am interested in bamboo for ecological reasons, and wonder if you know if it…
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Utica, MI – Detroit – making a difference in flooring
To Whom it May Concern, I just wanted to let you know what a great experience I had working with Amir Jusic at your, ifloor, Utica, Michigan location…
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Hardwood Installation in a Condo over Gypcrete
Q: I’m a new condo owner and would like to install hardwood (like the BR-111 Engineered Tigerwood or Triangulo Tigerwood). The builder didn’t offer…
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iRobots and Laminate Floors
Q: Can I use a irobot to clean my laminate floor? If not what is the best way to clean them? A: Tough question, and technically the answer here is yes and…
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Flooring – shopping online is good for you!
One of the benefits of buying on the internet is savings, right? It’s certainly a big benefit, but I think one of the other big ones is convenience…