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Laminate Over a Heated Floor
Ryan W., iFLOOR.com’s VP of Products, sent me a quick email with a few tips he wanted to share on the blog: I get asked about this many times and there…
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Can I use Underlayment in a Glue Down Installation
Q: Can I use an underlayment on concrete with a glue down cork tile? I want to ensure there is enough cushioning as the cork is not as thick as a ceramic…
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Kahrs Linnea – Grading
Q: I am interested in ordering Kahr’s Linnea 2 strip life – Maple. I’m wondering whether this is city or country grade? R.K. A: When you say “City” grade…
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Subfloor Prep Question – Filling Edges of Floor Area
Q: I am installing your Ming Dynasty bamboo strip flooring in a kitchen. Can floor leveling compound be used along the edges of a subfloor, where the…
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People make the difference!
Cathy has been with iFLOOR or it’s prior landbased precursor, Midlakes, for what I would guess is coming up on 15 years. Cathy has been a completely…
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Cleaning Bamboo Floors
Q: How do you clean Westhollow bamboo floors? By the way, Roger,Jon & Phil @ your Seekonk (MA) store are EXCEPTIONALLY helpful. What a team! A: Thanks for…
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Great day at the ballgame
We have been running like crazy working through a store managers meeting, I will post more at the end of this week, but I wanted to just upload a photo…
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Laminate Brand Suggestions
Q: I read your “Brand Wars 2 – A Laminate Showdown” article on iFloor.com and had a question two brands I came across at an outlet store. The two brands…
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Laminate Single Color Tile – Is it still available?
Q: Dear Steve Simonson; Thank you very much for the article comparing laminates that you wrote; I’ve been out of the flooring industry for about five…
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Garage Conversion – The Project Begins
If you read my previous few posts about Lev’s project to convert his garage into a playroom for his children, you’ll recall we’ve done a bit of talking so…
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Laminate Install Help – Hallway Options
Q: Which way do you run the laminate wood grain when the areas go different directions? Such as opening the front door if you go end to end, which way do…
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Flooring Choices for a Porch Near a Pool
Q: I am redoing my porch area. I have a pool and it is the main thoroughfare from the pool to the house and will constantly be getting wet. I want to put…
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The Flooring Name Game – From Carpet now to Hardwood, Laminate and Beyond
The names of flooring have often amused me. I used to look at the names of carpeting and wonder who came up with this stuff. At times it appeared that the…
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Engineered Hardwood Floor Installation
Q: I am nearly finished with my DIY engineered wood floor installation (my first). The floor is in my basement and it is installed over Dri-core tiles…
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Tropical Timber
Over time I have commented about Merbau specifically as well as other tropical species that are being harvested in a way that is at a minimum suspect. We…
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Laminate Installation Over Saltillo Tile
Q: Our home has an old Saltillo tile floor…between the natural variation in the tile and the grout lines the surface is not terribly flat. After months of…
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Laminate is red hot!
The laminate category continues to grow both in terms of the sales, quantity of square footage as well as it’s range of options. Although we were one of…
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Shaw Laminate Help
Q: Hello, I have been reading your articles on different brands of laminate floors. In your articles however I did not see any ratings of Shaw laminate…
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Unilin continues to grow
I just heard the unilin, which is now owned by Mohawk, is expanding their Thomasville, NC facility by investing 30 million dollars into additional…