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To celebrate Earth Day and ultimately Earth week we have joined with a great enterprise called Trees for the Future. We hope to help plant more than…
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To celebrate Earth Day and ultimately Earth week we have joined with a great enterprise called Trees for the Future. We hope to help plant more than…
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In the past week I have the great pleasure of visiting our Orlando, Melbourne, Oakland Park Florida stores as well as the Charlotte North Carolina store…
Q: I am installing laminate flooring in my kitchen and living room. Under the current vinyl in the kitchen is a proboard sub-floor on top of one or two…
Q: Santos Mahogany, natural and not laminate: I have owned Santos Mahogany in a number of homes and the color from all vendors was always the same – a…
Q: I have fallen in love with American Walnut flooring. THE WAY IT LOOKS WHEN IT IS NEW! The beautiful grain patterns and cool, deep taupey-brown tones of…
Q: I have an outdoor concrete patio and walkway that is approximately 700 square feet. The concrete is over 20 years old but in good condition. I want to…
Brooke is brilliant. She went on Craig’s List found a picnic table for kids we can set up in the showroom and with that plus some crayons and coloring…
Q: We currently have plywood subfloors in a 1980’s 1 story home home. We are re-doing the kitchen floor (100 sq ft.) We have the Hardibacker and were…
just want to say, thank you to my sales rep. Amir Jusic ,was very helpful with any question i had , about styles ,quality, delivery ,ordering etc…
For our editorial this month, I would like to go into depth about a very common misconception when it comes to shopping for flooring. Before we get…
Q: What is the difference between Acrylic and Urethane finishes? – Rob A: The technical definition here is that urethanes, scientifically known as…
Get it while it lasts. We have a couple truckloads of Tigerwood from the contractor’s choice collection that is a STUNNING buy. Get it before it is gone…
Finally got deliver of a new truck for the NW area. Here’s a quick photo i shot at night, but it still looks good:
I flew back into Seattle recently and looked out the window at some stunning scenery so I grabbed my camera (although I think I wasn’t supposed to use…
Q: I have recently had laminate flooring installed on my stairs but I must say I think something is wrong. The stair nose is not flush with the tread and…
Did you know that the “grade” of hardwood is not an indicator of strength but only a indicator of the color uniformity and other visual aspects of the…
Q: We have white ceramic tile w/antique white grout in kitchen and hall that is about 16 years old. We were thinking of extending it into attached family…
Q: We have 2 large dogs and as you can imagine, their claws are very hard on flooring. Hardwood is a bit out of our price range and we are debating…
One of the toughest laminates in the market is Alloc. It has been around for years and is tried and tested both in terms of the locking system and well as…
I get a ton of questions about Bamboo so I am going to repost an article here that I have written in the past. There are 2 key things that I encourage…