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Flooring – watch out for price increases

July 8, 2010

Flooring of all kinds has been at historic lows for the past 12-18 months based on the dismal housing market. However, the costs of raw materials are souring, the costs of container shipping are out of control and the continued belief that the housing sector may be showing signs of life means 1 thing:...
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People Competing with Pandas for Bamboo

May 22, 2009

Bamboo is a type of grass, as opposed to the common belief that it is a tree. It is also the favorite food of Giant Pandas. Knowing it’s a grass, many of you might think that it is as soft and as brittle as a typical grass type. However, bamboo has proven itself very...
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Take 5 mins and relax

April 17, 2009

A terrific muscian and friend of the family Jon Schmidt rocks out with his own interpretation of Taylor Swift and Viva La Vida in a very unique and moving performance. I normally don’t depart from flooring topics, but this time I believe it is worth sharing this great video. Take a listen.
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Heath grabs a get away car

April 8, 2009
Heath grabs a get away car

P1000512, originally uploaded by steve_simonson. Heath was getting tired of touring factories and going to flooring shows so we thought he was going to make a break for it!
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April 7, 2009
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This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.
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Domotex China March 2009

April 7, 2009
Domotex China March 2009

Some random shots of flooring displays from lots of companies at Domotex Chinafloors from 2009.
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Flooring Installers United

November 6, 2008

Although flooring installers are often misunderstood and even at times testy with each other their ability to rise above the noise to help each other is a great thing when it happens. The new version of flooring installer .com is finally live. For those interested in learning, participating or more – check it out.
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Flooring Maintenance

October 28, 2008

Here’s a quick flooring tip for you: Alot of people still don’t remember how important it is to prevent sand and other build up to occur on your wooden type floors. (this would include hardwood flooring, cork flooring, bamboo flooring and really any hard surface flooring.) It’s not that people think that sand or...
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Flooring – Hardwood, Laminate, Cork, Bamboo & Exotics

October 27, 2008

If you watch the news it seems like the sky is falling and certainly in housing and the financial sectors things could be better, alot better. But the best investors like Warren Buffet know that a down market is also known as a buyers market. And I can say the team is working overtime...
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