Q: We got a decent price on upgrading the flooring in our new home from carpet to an engineered wood floor. They offer mannington, bruce, and shaw. The sample we liked was Shaw. What is your opinion of Shaw? Tony A: Shaw is one of the largest flooring manufacturers in the world. Shaw has...
Monthly Archives: June 2008
Free Catalogue Preview
Although we don’t want to waste trees by running hundreds of thousands of our new iFLOOR catalogue I did want to share the “pre-press” version electronically. More details to follow along with some edits, but thought a preview would be fun to share. Below is a 3 MEG PDF file that you can peruse...
Back in Seattle
Another whirlwind tour to visit with the great people of iFLOOR. Flew out Monday evening and visited Balitmore, Parkville (MD), Wilimington (DE), Eatontown and Brooklyn, NY. Although the visits were quick they were great! I will try to get back to regular posts tomorrow.
Wide Plank Flooring
Q: We are building a 2300 sq ft ranch w/ heated basement in the Chicago area. We like the look of wide plank flooring but builder has not worked with it before and we are having trouble finding out if this type of wood flooring would work for us. We would like to have...
DIY Tips for a Successful Floor Project
June’s editorial will go over a few tips for the DIY folks out there as we get into the swing of the DIY season. New flooring is a very common DIY project that can be a great investment for increasing your home’s value, but small oversights can turn into huge nightmares when it comes...
Refinishing Bamboo
Q: Is is possible to refinish a solid bamboo floor? If so, would you use the same techniques as refinishing any hardwood floor? Thanks, Mike A: Solid Bamboo floors can be refinished and you do the same process as refinishing a hardwood floor, but before you go ahead with refinishing let’s go over a...
Greasy Residue on Brazilian Cherry Floor
Q: We have a Brazilian Cherry floor that has developed an almost “greasy” residue on it. The floor is 4 years old, and has never been cleaned with anything other than Bona floor cleaner. The floor was originally acid-cure finished (not our choice) and then it appears two coats of polyurethane were applied over...
West Roxbury, MA – iFLOOR Store
The West Roxbury store around Boston is a great store with great people setting new records. I have attached some pictures that show this location which continues to make great flooring progress in the Boston market!
Decorating with Pergo
Q: I have a decorating question. In 1998 i put Pergo laminate in my kitchen and laundry room. Let me back up a minute. I live in a mobile home. I now want to put pergo throughout the rest of the house. I now prefer the wider plank look and maybe a little darker...
A Bamboo Excursion
Part of buying bamboo right is knowing where bamboo comes from, how it is harvested, managed and otherwise cared for environmentally speaking. There are lots of differences in bamboo flooring, but we want to be sure that we try to understand how to build the best flooring possible and in some cases that means...
