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Wall Street Journal talks Flooring
Why is the wood flooring duty important. The Wall Street Journal helps break it down.
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Flooring Installers (aka Flooring Fitters) – See if you can detect Sarcasm
How many times do people take flooring installers or fitters for granted. Too often…
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Furniture and Flooring are closely related
Flooring and furniture are often found in homes and offices. Does your home or office have both furniture and flooring?
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Home Improvement can be funny…
So often Home Improvement projects can be considered difficult or a hardship, but there is a funny side that only Mary can find.
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Engineered Hardwood – to be or not to be affordable?
Will proposed anti-dumping tariffs and duties impact you? Why is this happening and what can you do about it? Is Made in the USA all that matters?
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Emerging Bamboo Flooring Brand
Bamboo flooring is not all the same. Find out what Gala Manufacturing brand flooring has to offer in hardwood, FSC certified bamboo, laminate and cork.
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Handy Man – Weekend Warrior – DIY – Product Spotlight
Ocasionally a product will deserve highlighting (or lowlighting in the case of bad floors) and here is a pick the the DIY’er near you.
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Shipping rates increase across flooring industry
Free shipping at e-commerce flooring companies sounds great, but there are costs for fuel built in. What do you need to do to maximize your savings?
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Brand name floors – cost more, but are they worth it?
Brand leading names in flooring often cost 30-50% more than alternatives. Are they worth it?
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Laminate Malaise
Laminate was once defined as an innovative category and today it seems stuck in a perpetualy malaise. Find out more inside…
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Vinyl flooring surging, but watch out for a big gotcha
If it looks like vinyl and quacks like vinyl it must be vinyl – or is it really a dead duck?
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Red Oak is playing hard to get
Why is Red Oak hardwood flooring playing hard to get? Find out inside..
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Rugs to Riches
Hidden tales of hitting it big at a garage sale are examined and new phrases are coined in a story about men and women, sailing and getting rich.
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Tongue and Groove Flooring is Still Groovy
Why is the ever groovy and timeless tongue and groove flooring still alive after over a century?
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Why is the cost of different cork patterns so different?
Cork flooring has a wide range of prices and you can find out why in this quick in depth look at cork flooring.
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How to destroy a brand new floor…
One of the most common ways to destroy a floor is rarely discussed during the sales process. This quick tip could save you thousands!
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Top 3 Mistakes People Make When Buying Flooring
Avoid the top 3 mistakes when buying flooring by knowing what those mistakes are…
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Flooring – watch out for price increases
You may have heard about prices of clothing going up 10% this spring, but inflation pressures are happening on flooring too. It may be time to act before…
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Vinyl Flooring – A Revolution?
Vinyl was rocked by the introduction of laminate flooring like Pergo about a decade ago, now the game has changed and it’s advantage VINYL.