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Time to go site seeing…Manila Here I come
Time to go visit my partners, colleagues and friends in the Philippines, but since my schedule is so tight I will only have a few days there so I plan to…
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Floods
As many of you have heard the great Northwest has been very wet recently. As a side effect shipments from Seattle are suffering 1-2 day delays. Obviously…
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How many square feet?
Alot folks start the floor buying process without arming themselves with a critical piece of information. What is that piece of information? How big is…
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Vinyl Flooring Tiles – Harley Davidson Theme
Q: I am looking for orange and black vinyl flooring squares (we are Harley-Davidson people and would like to do the floor of our enclosed trailer in the…
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Exotic Hardwood Flooring
Not alot of time at the moment, so here are more shots of exotic floors which take my breath away. When people think about exotic hardwood, tigerwood…
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Slopping Floor – What should I Do?
Q: We just bought a home built in 1950 and we just notice that our second floor is slopping and I would love to put new floors down so i would like to…
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A Bamboo Forest
Here are some photos of a bamboo forest that was freshly culled. Of course culling a forest is better than clear cutting so I thought I would share some…
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Problems With Finish – Dull or Milky Appearance, Spots, Flaking and Bubbling
Up for December in our line of editorials will be a bit of information on reasons why problems occur in a finish. From spots and dull or milky appearances…
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Square Footage Question
Q: How do you figure out how much square footage of flooring you need to cover a room? My room measures 15.4 x 11. Which I was told was a little over 165…
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How can you tell the difference in laminate flooring?
When you look at a laminate floor it is very tough with your eyes to detect the differences between a awesome laminate and a crappy laminate. (Sorry to…
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True Luxury –
If you ever wondered what a truly luxurious American floor looks like let me show you: This is a WIDE plank Hickory flooring with a hand scraped…
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Bubinga Deep Cognac from Westhollow – Will Adding More Finish Help?
Q: I have installed the 3″ Bubinga Deep Cognac Westhollow® Wood 3/8″ Engineered. I wanted to know if I could put a coat of wood floor polyurethane on…
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A Holiday Miracle
We are shipping so many orders and samples that the volume is tough to keep up! Recently we have had so many orders for samples the guys have been buried…
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Travel again
Well I took a quick trip on the red eye Saturday to New Jersey from Seattle to check out a couple location potentials there. Very promising. Also popped…
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Question on Molding
Q: I’m having laminate installed in my kitchen. Since there are several different transition areas, I want to order the transitional 4-in-one molding that…
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Holidays and Floors
As a bit of a tribute to Thanksgiving, I wanted to put out some advice to anyone trying to get their new floor in by the holidays. For the flooring…
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Thanksgiving Holiday
Happy Thanksgiving. I will take a couple days off Blogging to enjoy turkey!
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Snapping, Popping, Creaking Floor
Q: I had an Alloc floating floor installed and it started popping and creaking immediately. A floor inspector came out and found nothing wrong with the…
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Ming Dynasty
The Ming Dynasty line of bamboo has always been about high end fashion and design. The design inspiration seems like it mirrors the cutting edge in…
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Stair Nosing Installation Question
Q: We recently ordered an engineered hardwood floor (Appalachian) for our kitchen, living room, and hallway. Most of the installation should be…