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  • Kahrs Hardwood Floor – Warped Boards

    Q: I am in the process of installing hardwood floor (Kahrs Brazilian Cherry) in our home, and some of the boards are significantly warped out of the box…

  • Outdoor Patio

    Q: We have an outdoor cement ‘patio’ that we are thinking of refinishing with the patio wood tiles and we are wondering what we need to do to the cememt…

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    Reuse, Reduce, Recycle Flooring

    Kudos to the Distribution and Logistics team for really trying to do their part to reduce our footprint. We have continually tried at all levels to be…

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    Transitions from Cork to Marble/Tile

    Q: What kind of transitions would you recommend between cork flooring and marble flooring (part of a fireplace)? How about cork flooring and tile…

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    Kudos to Scott for doing the right thing

    From time to time it is important to recognize someone for doing the right thing even if it is not directly work related. Scott has been driving for…

  • Flooring Over Concrete in a Kitchen

    Q: I have a long thin crack in my cement slab kitchen floor. The crack is about 1/4 of an inch, but is about 12 feet long. I have tried ceramic tile, but…

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    New Look & Feel

    Kudos to the tech and marketing team for pulling off a nicely executed site look and feel update along with some cool engineering stuff which you can’t…

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    Upcoming trip to China

    Hopefully I my plans will come together for a quick trip to China in the next couple weeks to see some of the best factories in the world and perhaps even…

  • Nailing 3/8″ Engineered Floors

    Q: I am installing 3/8″ Bubinga Deep Cognac Engineered hardwood flooring that I ordered from iFloor. I have chosen the staple/nail option for…

  • Self-Adhesive Tiles Over Pergo

    Q: I just put down my new Pergo flooring my house and it looks beautiful! I was wondering if I can stick 10 self adhesive vinyl tiles on top of Pergo…

  • Flooring for a Cabin

    Q: I want to put laminate or some kind of flooring up at our lake cabin.. The cabin is not heated during the winter time the cabin sits on a wood flood up…

  • Shaw Engineered Floors

    Q: We got a decent price on upgrading the flooring in our new home from carpet to an engineered wood floor. They offer mannington, bruce, and shaw. The…

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    Free Catalogue Preview

    Although we don’t want to waste trees by running hundreds of thousands of our new iFLOOR catalogue I did want to share the “pre-press” version…

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    Back in Seattle

    Another whirlwind tour to visit with the great people of iFLOOR. Flew out Monday evening and visited Balitmore, Parkville (MD), Wilimington (DE)…

  • Wide Plank Flooring

    Q: We are building a 2300 sq ft ranch w/ heated basement in the Chicago area. We like the look of wide plank flooring but builder has not worked with it…

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    DIY Tips for a Successful Floor Project

    June’s editorial will go over a few tips for the DIY folks out there as we get into the swing of the DIY season. New flooring is a very common DIY project…

  • Refinishing Bamboo

    Q: Is is possible to refinish a solid bamboo floor? If so, would you use the same techniques as refinishing any hardwood floor? Thanks, Mike A: Solid…

  • Greasy Residue on Brazilian Cherry Floor

    Q: We have a Brazilian Cherry floor that has developed an almost “greasy” residue on it. The floor is 4 years old, and has never been cleaned with…

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    West Roxbury, MA – iFLOOR Store

    The West Roxbury store around Boston is a great store with great people setting new records. I have attached some pictures that show this location which…