Posts Tagged ‘ cork flooring ’

Hot Summer – Hot Service – Phoenix Flooring Mania

September 5, 2008

A recent customer in the Phoenix area (near our Tempe, AZ iFLOOR – full service flooring store) submitted this brief, but very on point feedback: Chris, we are very happy with the floor and the expert and quick installation! From start to finish, the experience has been a great one. Please extend our thanks...

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Commercial Laminate Flooring

March 11, 2008

The newer line of True Flooring is something really impressive. I realize I have talked about it before, but the more I see this wide planked luxuriously THICK commercial laminate flooring the more I fall in love with it! We are doing an office expansion here in our Tukwila iFLOOR Support Center and I...

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A Cork Project from Beginning to End

January 7, 2008
A Cork Project from Beginning to End

I was in the EU this past year and watched a run of flooring coming off the production lines of Westhollow cork. Then I saw the same pattern installed in some photos and I wanted to share this front to back story. Those photos are here: As you can see from the photos above...

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Ok – what does a REAL cork tree look like?

August 30, 2007
Ok – what does a REAL cork tree look like?

Below are some photos that will give you a better perspective:

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Cork flooring – buying in the EU – what does a cork tree look like?

August 28, 2007
Cork flooring – buying in the EU – what does a cork tree look like?

I get alot of questions about cork and what it is all about. I am uploading a couple photos of some cork trees to let you get a visual. This is a joke. Those are NOT real cork trees. I will show some of those in later entries.

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Cork – Finally

July 13, 2007

We have finally seen a bunch of our cork hit the port and is now in stock. That is great news for customers that may have been waiting. More cork will be hitting over the next couple weeks and that is exciting for everyone! Much of this was the shipments Ryan and I reviewed...

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Portugal Cork photo round up

June 30, 2007
Portugal Cork photo round up

I am traveling for the next 10 days roughly so I am adding some pictures from Portugal just to keep things interesting. This is a quick photo a of a map that shows the cork growing regions which are mostly all in the Mediterranean. This is authentic cork which produces cork wine stoppers, cork...

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Cork – There is a big difference

June 15, 2007
Cork – There is a big difference

I wanted to share some photos of cork and the process a bit with some basic details, but I want to reinforce that the difference I see in the cork made in the EU vs. the cork made in China is HUGE. Every aspect from raw material, components, glues, core boards, technique, oversight, waste...

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Working – just no internet

June 12, 2007
Working – just no internet

In Europe it is harder to gain net access with any degree of consistency without paying huge fees. Anyway I will be heading back to the states soon and will begin posting more including some of the information from my trip as well as some past trips. Here are a couple quick photos:

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