Monthly Archives: September 2007

Golly – Here we go again…in Houston iFLOOR vs. Home Depot.

September 5, 2007
Golly – Here we go again…in Houston iFLOOR vs. Home Depot.

If you have followed this blog at all you know that from time to time we have had some difficulty with our bigger and stronger rival Home Depot. I like to think of this as a friendly competitiveness. I have no ill will nor do I seek to annoy the big guys (aside from...

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An installation

September 5, 2007

Here is a link to an installation time lapse. Completed by one of our star folks here at iFLOOR. Of course he is a programmer, not an installer so that makes it that much more interesting. http://images.ifloor.com/media/orcasfloor.mov or watch here in a bit more lower resolution version:

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Westhollow Cork Problems

September 5, 2007

Q: I have Westhollow Cork flooring, it has been down for approx. 6 months. I have 3 areas where the seams between the floating planks is uneven, one side of the plank is slightly higher than the one next to it. How can this be fixed? It is a floating click together type of...

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Unbiased Floor Advice – Does it still exist?

September 4, 2007

This was a question was initially worked on by another great member of iFLOOR.com’s sales team James A. James and I have recently worked to help another customer out with some underlayment questions – so James gave me an opportunity to chime in to help Colette out. Q: I am a Canadian consumer and...

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underlayment for floating floors is a very important piece of the flooring puzzle

September 3, 2007

Well with the title to this entry it should be clear that I believe the underlayment for your floating floor is CRITICAL for your floating floor. Depending on the application of your flooring there are a number of options. The best advice I can give quickly is that you should match your flooring underlayment...

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Moisture Concerns and Replacing Warped Flooring

September 3, 2007

Q: Hello. I need some advice. About a year ago we installed a bamboo floor (glue down) with no moisture barrier directly on our cement slab. It completely warped. We then had a flooring expert tell us that we have 5% moisture in our floors and that our only choice was to remove the...

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歡迎到我的朋友在中國。

September 2, 2007

我致以個人和非常熱烈歡迎對讀我的BLOG 的我的朋友從中國。 這裡在這BLOG 我們談論許多事關於flooring 事務包括重要角色那中國戲劇在事務的發展。我相信, 中國有在flooring 事務的一個重要角色, 當正確規格、規程、安全和其它製造過程被跟隨。 當前的氣候關於中國和美國當它來到產品安全繼續是一個非常重要題目。我們非常小心關於怎樣我們獲得產品從任一個國家包括中國。 我為我惡劣的中國語言譯者道歉, 但我想一樣清楚寄發消息到您儘可能。 謝謝是iFLOOR.com 的部份。”如果您的腳能談話。”

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Quick Step in Brand Wars II: A Laminate Showdown

September 2, 2007

Q: I just read the article on Laminates that gives stars to each brand. I am looking to purchase Quickstep but when I went to your list by brand I can find which names match the ones on the article. I am interested in the ones the article mentions: “Quick Step Perspective 4 sided...

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Eco-Friendly Flooring

September 1, 2007

As a new feature here to our Ask the Flooring Expert blog, we are going to begin doing a monthly editorial about issues that have come up frequently or more popular subjects to give a good in-depth look in the many topics of flooring. For September we are going to examine one of the...

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