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Laminate for a Sports Floor?
Today we have another great question answered by the CEO Steve Simonson. I personally have had several folks in the past look into cheaper flooring…
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Outdoor Flooring
Q: I live in Central New Jersey approximately 2 miles from the ocean. I have a second floor covered porch with the option to have it screened in or open…
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Removing Scratches from Bamboo Flooring
Q: I recently had installed vertical bamboo flooring with a mat finish. On day one I made a couple of minor scratches. Can I cover the mat finish with a…
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Bruce Hardwood – Still the king of selection, should we call it King Bruce?
The largest brand of hardwood is unquestionably Bruce Hardwood Floors. The sheer scale of the choices found in Bruce are frankly overwhelming. In theory I…
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Living Floors by Pergo – Click together hardwood (aka clic flooring)
Sam’s Club couldn’t take their full allotment of some flooring called “Living Floors by Pergo” and therefore we picked it up as an overstock blowout…
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Spots on a Brazilian Cherry Floor
Q: We are building a new home and have upgraded our floors to Brazilian cherry throughout the first floor and upstairs to the loft. They are beautiful but…
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Heavy Furniture on Wood Floors
Q: While cabinets along a wall are attached via screws, therefore displacing weight to the wall, bedroom/office furniture such as armoires, full dressers…
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True Flooring – True Colors – True Styles
I may have already mentioned this, but I have to say the new colors in True woods laminate collections, but it deserves repeating. One of the things that…
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Cutting Down Noise with Wood Floors
Q: We are going through major construction, and one thing is doing the stairs, I love wood floors but I’m worried about the noise going up and down, what…
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Flooring that changes your life…
I realize that alot of folks get buried by the floor buying process and forget that the outcome can be a real life changing event. When you prepare to…
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Cork – beauty divine! Faro Urban Premium Cork Flooring
Some of the decors in the new Westhollow cork flooring Urban Premium collection are really something to see! I was just taking notice of some of the…
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Installing Cork Flooring on Slab
Q: Please tell me about installing Cork flooring over a concrete slab (on grade). I live in the Las Vegas NV area and want to know if any special…
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Flooring a Home Near the Beach
Q: We are buying a house and I want wood/looking floors. Since I live about 30 mins from the beach, which flooring would be better in my location. I am…
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Strand Woven Bamboo Flooring
Q: I would like to put down a bamboo flooring. I was told that strand woven is the hardest bamboo there is. Is that correct? Can you float a bamboo floor…
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3-in-1 Underlayment
Q: I am installing a Westhollow 12mm thick laminate floor…first time…I’m pretty comfortable with everything, but the underlayment…because it was 12mm, the…
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Amendoim from BR-111
Q: We spent a lot of time researching wood and colors and finally decided upon Amendoim, we like the look of Oak and the hardness greater than oak. I…
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Art – The Real Deal – Kevin Barrett Sculpture
When I was traveling recently I had the opportunity to visit our new iFLOOR Brooklyn location which is in itself awesome. Finally we can offer a choice…
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Matching Existing Tile
Q: We are about to remodel our 1970 kitchen. In the 90’s someone installed a really beautiful tile floor with a border design in the center of the room…
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Philadelphia Commercial – Neyland II Carpet Question
Q: I am thinking about buying Philadelphia Commercial – Neyland II carpet for my basement. I am planning on purchasing the 26 oz with Unitary backing. It…
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Flooring Navigation
I think it is tough for folks to navigate the floor buying process in general. In my past article “Steve’s Stages of Floor Shopping” I pointed out that a…