Archive for February, 2008

We are all running around today like crazy. The day is off to a great start. We are incredibly excited to offer our customers this unique opportunity to have 4 years to pay for an order with 0% interest! Leap year is something cool and we’re making the most of it. ============== In other...
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Q: I recently purchased the engineered wood red oak flooring from Pergo (5 inches and 3/8 thick). It is to be floated. I hired an installer and noticed that several planks give a little when I walk over them. Is this normal with floating floors. Or should I try other options like nailing them...
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Q: I purchased over six hundred sq ft of 3″ American Maple Natural Westhollow® Wood 3/8″ Engineered / 6mm cork underlayment From iFloor.com I plan on installing in a bedroom with heavy furniture. Should I plan in advance where the furniture will be placed and install a solid underlayment instead of the cork under...
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500 trucks of illegal logs seized after Brazil police retake town View Gallery By Alan Clendenning in Sao Paulo HEAVILY armed Brazilian federal police have retaken control of an Amazon town and seized more than 500 truckloads of illegally cut hardwood that were abandoned last week when rioting residents and loggers drove out environmental...
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Q: We have just installed 3/4” Capella engineered pecan plank flooring and now we are doing the trim and molding. We have a couple of open doorways where the hardwood floor meets a tile floor about 1/4” lower. How can we transition the base molding and base shoe between the two floors over what...
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Dear Steve, We corresponded over three years ago when I first learned of your company. I have planned on purchasing from you and last week I finally was able to do so. Over the past three years I have told several people about your company and I have also printed out and shared your...
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On the heels of that Green Bay packers story below I am surprised by my own action, but I made a challenge to the company last week; a wager if you will. I said that when they meet or beat plan this month AND deliver our record day of all time this coming Friday...
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Q: A few years ago I had a vinyl floor installed by a professional. He put down a flake board underlayment over another vinyl floor, and then installed a glued down vinyl floor. Approximately one and a half years later little brown spots started appearing on the vinyl floor. The spots resemble cigarette burns....
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Q: We are in the slow process of redoing rooms in our home. Our first two we went with cork flooring, the second two with bamboo, as we were told it a harder flooring than cork and would wear better. When moving an item we noticed an ugly scratch, so before we went any...
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Q: Do you carry any products that can be placed on top of concrete for an outdoor patio area? What would happen to cork? We live in So California so rain doesn’t happen often, but it is quite sunny! A: Before we get directly into product, remember that part of the problem with outdoor...
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