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Installing Kahrs Engineered Floors Over Vinyl
Q: I am thinking of installing an engineered wood floor in my kitchen – Kahrs brand – can we install the wood flooring directly over the vinyl or does the…
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Sweeping floors saves lives…
Yes that’s right. Sweeping can save lives. By sweeping your floor regularly (or using a DRY swiffer type dust mop) you can really extend if not preserve…
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Flooring Suggestion – Upstairs rooms and Dog Woes
Q: We raise Shih Tzus dogs and we installed Wilsonart Flooring in a kitchen/dining/living area portion of our basement area a few years ago. Our dogs…
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Red Vinyl Tile – Keeping to the 40’s-50’s Era Look
Q: I am not sure if you can help me. I live in a 1907 bungalow and am trying to keep the kitchen looking of the 40-50’s era. I am wanting to put down RED…
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Help in North Carolina – 3/4″ Solid over a Concrete Slab
Q: We are building a new home in Western North Carolina, it is concrete slab on grade. No crawl space. We want to install 3/4 hardwood floor’s. What is…
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Kudos to team Brooklyn
All of our teams receive great KUDOs regularly and I try to post here from time to time. Honestly I need to do a better job of that in fairness to all of…
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Natural means no stain
If you ever see a floor that has a “natural” finish – that traditionally means that the floor has a clear coat of finish on it an no stain. A brazilian…
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Gapping in new Anderson Engineered Floor
Q: We are currently having engineered wood floors from Anderson installed in our house. We are having them glued down to a concrete subfloor that has been…
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Children’s Museum Flooring Suggestions
Q: I am opening up a children’s museum where I will have an arts and crafts room and party room sized 11.6′ x 24′. Children will be using paint easels…
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3000 project successes in just about 1 year
Installation is a tough business, but the dedicated people we have make people’s home dreams come true are really getting it done. From the sales side…
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Clicking noise when walking on engineered wood floor
Q: An engineered wood floor was installed over a slab foundation in my kitchen/great room in March, 2007. There is a definite “clicking” or “cracking”…
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Thickness – How do I know which to buy?
Q: I searched your entire site but cannot find the answer to this question…Why the different thicknesses of the products and how do I know what thickness…
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Where is the iFLOOR brand?
For those that wonder where exactly does the iFLOOR brand reach you may be surprised by the answer. Everywhere. Here is the world view of the brand: Here…
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Bellefloor Engineered Wood Question
Q: I recently requested and received multiple samples of engineered hardwood flooring from iFloor. I am in the process of constructing a retirement home…
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Cupping Issues with a Glue Down Engineered Floor
Q: I have been to ifloor and you guys carry a great line of products to choose from. I have had a 3/8” hardwood cherry floor put down on my lower level of…
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Engineered Floors and VOCs
Q: Because of respiratory problems, I too am looking for an engineered wood flooring that contains no VOCs, formaldehyde, etc. I think this is a more…
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Flooring a Remodeled Kitchen and Dining Room
Q: I hope you can help me…..I’m thinking of knocking down the wall between my dining room and kitchen and making it all one large room – there’s currently…
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As Promised: The Floor Daily Interview
The Floor Radio (aka Floor Daily) interview part 1 is posted at: http://www.floordaily.net/ PART 1…
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Cleaning Bamboo Floors
Q: Hi, how are you doing. Could you please tell me what if anything can I use on my bamboo floors to make them shine? And we have a lot of heavy traffic…
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Coming to a newstand near you…
The new iFLOOR TODAY informational handout is going to be available at all stores near you within the next 10 days or so. Additionally we are including…