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Danvers, MA – iFLOOR Store
We had a nice visit recently at the Danvers iFLOOR store. Great people really engaged and getting the local community dialed in. Here are some photos I…
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Installing Hardwood Over Vinyl
Q: We are wanting to install 3/4 inch solid hardwood in our kitchen. Do we really have to take up the old sheet vinyl? I can only imagine it would be a…
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Handscraped bamboo flooring – very unique
Our talented in-house designers worked a number of years ago with a manufacturer to invent a new category of flooring. The emergence of this category came…
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Westhollow Cork Question
Q: I’m planning to install Westhollow cork floating planks throughout my new house: 3 bedrooms, kitchen, living room and basement/playroom. I have few…
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Laminate or Tile?
Q: Our contractor recommended we buy our flooring products from you. We are adding a large family room onto the back of our house with a master bedroom…
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A Chicago Tradition
Anyone who has been in or around Chicago for a long period of time can tell you a tale about a sandwich place so cool, so groovy – you’re not really sure…
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Removing Carpet in a Boat
Q: We just recently purchased a 50′ yacht and we want to remove all the carpet from its floor. I am not sure what type of flooring is underneath whether…
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Houston Making some Laminate flooring deals
Houston was in full motion Thursday lead by a capable leadership team. There’s very little more fun that to load out a car or truck with flooring…
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Moisture Concerns in a Basement
Q: I’m finishing a basement on a concrete slab, that is about 800sq ft and I want to do a small bathroom also in the area, the home is at the beach and…
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A great kit to help any installer with their flooring
The best value DIY kit for flooring every created is the delexue home install kit. the parts in there are worth 2 times more than the price of the kit…
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Red Oak – A Classic Hardwood Floor
Red Oak Hardwood flooring remains a classic hardwood look. I believe that some people remember this style from their youth growing up in a home with oak…
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Refinishing Parquet Flooring
Q: I have refinished hardwood floors before however I have never done parquet. The house we have just purchased has 20 Year old parquet that has never…
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Snap-together Laminate Flooring Question
Q: My husband and I recently installed the laminate hardwood look snap-together type flooring according to mfg instructions, in our kitchen. We didn’t lay…
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Hardwood flooring
After all my travels I have been under the weather(yes I took tons of preventative stuff) and lost my voice even for a couple days. I guess that’s what I…
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Cork Flooring
Q: We have a small block home on a river in Michigan. The kitchen/ bedroom/bathroom were built on a concrete slab and the living room is over the walkout…
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Laminate Flooring for a Condo
Q: I have a couple of questions, I would like to replace all my flooring (with the exception of the bathrooms) with durable, moisture resistant laminate…
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Underlayment for Alloc Laminate
Q: I’ve read through many of your answers regarding using cork as an underlayment for laminate for sound and even warmth. I notice though that some of the…
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Karndean Flooring
Q: I found a product from Karndean Flooring, which seems durable, and almost realistic to hardwood flooring. It is very thin, flexible and seems to have a…
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Quick Step Stair Nosing
Q: I have Quick-Step flooring in my entry along with a sunken living room. To handle the edge where the flooring ends, I have installed the stair nose…