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What is engineered hardwood?
I get asked all the time what exactly does the term “engineered” mean. And Although I have talked about this is the past it is worth a 2 minute review…
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Handscraped SOLID hardwood – liquidation priced
I have seen a ton of handscraped hardwood both engineered and solid being sold at retail for $15.00-$25.00 per square foot. We were lucky to pick up some…
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Floating Floors need a T-molding – how to install?
Here is a great little video about installing a T-molding for a glue down installation.
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Old School – New School
When we first started iFLOOR, we asked ourselves, “How do we take an already confusing process (buying flooring) and make it work on the internet?” Well…
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Cork Flooring – IFLOOR Video
Here is a quick video about the important topic of underlayment – in particular about 6mm cork underlayment.
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A couple more tourist shots
As a mentioned some of my photos had to be taken on my phone, which are not awesome quality – but I wanted to share a nice area in Shanghai called old…
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DuraCeramic Wood Grain
Q: I am looking for some DuraCeramic Wood Grain flooring. It looks like a wood laminate, but is made with the same materials as the DuraCeramic tile. Can…
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Nutty Deals
You may have noticed some amazing deals on the site lately, and quite frankly, I’m not sure how long they’re going to last. It seems my voicemail and…
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Some pictures from a tourist stop
My camera actually died while I was in China a few weeks back so I used my phone, so the pictures aren’t great, but they are all I can share. Below are a…
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Slow going
I have not been able to post regularly as normal when travel gets crazy it is hard to keep up. Last week I traveled to North Carolina to see the Exdura…
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Gas prices are all we hear about
You can’t go anywhere these days without hearing about gas prices, and since we ship more flooring across the globe than just about anyone, I probably…
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Vinyl Flooring on Stairs
Q: I am elderly and due to age – the carpet’s and mine, I need to replace carpet on the stairs and upstairs. I want something other than carpet for ease…
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They made too much, so I bought it all!
One of the benefits of being one of the largest flooring companies in the world is that when your vendors overestimate on production or have other…
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Replacing 9″ x 9″ Parquet Tiles
Q: I am looking for 9″ by 9″ tongue and groove parquet flooring to replace water damaged tiles — I believe it may be model “K-36.” Do you know where I can…
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Kudos to LA
Kudos to Jamie and the good folks in LA who are getting it done. From: brent Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 8:57 AM To: Jaime Lopez Subject: final shot…
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Success is their middlename
We have such superlative installation talent – they have no conducted more than 10,000 in home service calls and the number continues to grow. A video…
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How to clean your floor?
As I have mentioned many times in the past cleaning and maintenance of your flooring is CRITICAL to long term satisfaction. Check out my video with a…
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Frequently Asked Flooring Questions (VIDEO Responses)
We were talking about some FAQ’s (Frequently Asked Questions about Flooring) and we had an idea to just turn on the iFLOOR TV Camera and have me talk for…
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Flooring that Fits
Here’s a quick tip of the day: When installing your floating flooring (or fitting your floors for our British friends) you need to consider what type of…
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Installing Tile on a Wood Deck
Q: We currently have a raised wood deck off our living space, and we are wanting to have stone laid on top of the wood. I have heard about floating tiles…