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Decorating with Pergo
Q: I have a decorating question. In 1998 i put Pergo laminate in my kitchen and laundry room. Let me back up a minute. I live in a mobile home. I now want…
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A Bamboo Excursion
Part of buying bamboo right is knowing where bamboo comes from, how it is harvested, managed and otherwise cared for environmentally speaking. There are…
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Floating Floor Over Parquet
Q: I have a parquet floor that is glued to a 3/4″ plywood underlayment. The parquet is sound, but showing wear, and I would like to replace it with an…
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Nashua, New Hampshire iFLOOR Store – Tax Free Haven
A well known tax free haven in Nashua New Hampshire is home to a iFLOOR location to allow customers from near and far to pick up product there without…
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Laminate Flooring in Kitchen with IKEA Cabinets
Q: I was reading your answers and came upon something discussing problems with cabinets or heavy objects resting on a floating floor. IKEA’s cabinetry…
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Naperville (Aurora?) Illinois iFLOOR Store
Flooring has a new name in Naperville with the recent iFLOOR store opening there. We have customer routinely surprised at the values they find at iFLOOR…
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Click Type Hardwood Floors
Q: My handyman told me that there is a new type of installation for hardwood floors – click – no glue, no nails and that the finish is strong and durable…
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Palatine- Chicagoland area iFLOOR store
Part of a recent journey through the Midwest included a stop in Palatine, Illinois among other Chicagoland stores. Here are some photos from this stop at…
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Pergo Floors are changing
Every so often brands “refresh” their line up and right now Pergo is no exception. There is a large amount of change coming in the pergo line up. If you…
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Hardwood, Laminate or Bamboo?
Q: I was wondering what the difference between bamboo flooring, hardwood floors, and laminate flooring? I have two cat’s and two dogs, I’d like something…
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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…