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Movement in a Floating Engineered Floor
Q: I recently purchased the engineered wood red oak flooring from Pergo (5 inches and 3/8 thick). It is to be floated. I hired an installer and noticed…
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Floating Installation Question
Q: I purchased over six hundred sq ft of 3″ American Maple Natural Westhollow® Wood 3/8″ Engineered / 6mm cork underlayment From iFloor.com I plan on…
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500 Trucks of Illegal Timber – Nabbed in Brazil!
500 trucks of illegal logs seized after Brazil police retake town View Gallery By Alan Clendenning in Sao Paulo HEAVILY armed Brazilian federal police…
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Base Molding and Transition Question
Q: We have just installed 3/4” Capella engineered pecan plank flooring and now we are doing the trim and molding. We have a couple of open doorways where…
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Kudos Corner
Dear Steve, We corresponded over three years ago when I first learned of your company. I have planned on purchasing from you and last week I finally was…
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Another Potential Wager
On the heels of that Green Bay packers story below I am surprised by my own action, but I made a challenge to the company last week; a wager if you will…
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Vinyl Floor Problem
Q: A few years ago I had a vinyl floor installed by a professional. He put down a flake board underlayment over another vinyl floor, and then installed a…
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Bamboo Floating Floor with Knicks/Scratches
Q: We are in the slow process of redoing rooms in our home. Our first two we went with cork flooring, the second two with bamboo, as we were told it a…
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Outdoor Patio Application
Q: Do you carry any products that can be placed on top of concrete for an outdoor patio area? What would happen to cork? We live in So California so rain…
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A Football bet gone wrong…
At times we get competitive around here. I suppose it is the nature of a group of high performers that they are always cooking up some kind of bet or…
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Quality of Cork Flooring
Q: The cork flooring you offer ranges from $2.79/SF to $7.69/SF. What influences the price? I purchased a bunch of cork samples based on color so they are…
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Matching Existing Carpet
Q: I have been having trouble identifying a commercial carpet that needs to be reordered. It’s possible that it has been discontinued but I would still…
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Landing again
Another safe landing in Seattle. I think I am already past 20,000 miles for this year in frequent flyer miles, but you never take a safe landing for…
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Top Nails Popping Up
Q: I have an old floor, about 80 years old. It is an oak veneer top nailed floor that is very thin. I have noticed lately that some of the nails are…
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HGTV shoot.
While I was in Florida I flew from the Orlando show down to our Fort Lauderdale showroom (technically in Oakland Park by the Lowes) and did a quick video…
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Transition from Old Hardwood to New
Q: I am in a house that is 8 years old. Originally the hardwood in the rest of the house was put down, sanded and stained. The family room had carpet laid…
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Kudos Corner
From: Ray To: Feedback Subject: at-a-girl My company has worked with you on a couple of occasions and I am very pleased with how my account is treated…
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Laminate Floor Problem
Q: We had a laminate floor installed in April. I was concerned from the beginning that noise would be an issue but was promised that it would be okay…
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Airplanes, Builders, Architects and more flooring fun!
Last week I flew to Florida to spend a couple days at the International Builder Show (IBS) which was a great time to visit some of our past customers as…
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Bamboo Review
An interesting article: This article “Is Bamboo Flooring Really Green” is on the MSN: BAMBOO STORY As I have been preaching for a long time – not all…