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Stephen Diggins

Stephen Diggins

Stephen Diggins works for Horizon Forest Products in their Derry, N.H., branch as manager and training director. He has many years of installation, sanding, finishing, gymnasium design and technical consulting experience, which he uses to assist his flooring customers on a regular basis. With 38 years in the flooring industry, he has been a freelance columnist for magazine, newsprint and online medias and has conducted product seminars ranging from wood flooring to luxury vinyl tile.

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Wood Floor Mystery #11: What Do You Think Caused These Black Spots? Part 2: The Answer
Once again, mysterious black spots appear on a wood floor—and this time it's a prefinished floor. What are they?
May 17, 2022
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Wood Floor Mystery #11: What Do You Think Caused These Black Spots? Part 1: The Problem
Wood floor pro Stephen Diggins takes on another case of mysterious black spots appearing in a wood floor.
April 20, 2022
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History
Wood Floor Mystery #10: What's In These Photos? Part 2: The Answer!
It took me months to compile this simple Part 2 for Mystery 10 because the coronavirus knocked me on my tuchus. The very real “COVID fog” pushed me to compose blogs like I was remastering the Beatles’ Abbey Road medley! Three dead-end stories and no McCartney and Lennon to pull it all together! So, post-fog, let’s get back to it!
July 27, 2021
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History
Wood Floor Mystery #10: What's In These Photos? Plus the Case of the Flooring Dutchman
Wood flooring pro Stephen Diggins offers a mystery: What is shown in the photos of this old wood flooring?
April 8, 2021
Joseph A. Raymond (at right) and son Robert “Bobby” Raymond (left). I never met my grandfather, so a few years ago I combined my wood shop photo with his! Later, this popular form of woodworker’s apparel would become known as “Brickman Casual.”
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Wood Floor Mystery #9: A 'Sight' Inspection of a 'Disappearing' Gunstock Wood Floor, Part 2 (the Answer!)
Wood floor pro Stephen Diggins reveals the answer to the mystery of the prefinished floor that had a claim because the stain was reported to have completely disappeared.
March 23, 2021
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Wood Floor Mystery #9: A 'Sight' Inspection of a 'Disappearing' Gunstock Wood Floor, Part 1
A man is lying dead with a backpack on, face down in the desert. What happened?
March 16, 2021
3 16 21 Disappearing Stain Hallway
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Wood Floor Mystery #8: Is This Floor Fungus Among Us? Part 2
Wood flooring pro Stephen Diggins reveals what the mysterious black substance in the back of this consumer's closet that appears to be mold really is.
March 8, 2021
3 8 21 Mystery 8 Silicon Carbide Abrasive
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Wood Floor Mystery #8: Is This Floor Fungus Among Us? Part 1
Wood floor pro Stephen Diggins' latest wood floor mystery involves photos of a floor that appear to show black mold growing on the floor. But is that what it is?
March 1, 2021
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Wood Floor Mystery #7: The Case of the ‘Burned’ Floor, Part 2
Wood floor pro Stephen Diggins reveals the answer to why this wood floor looked like the edges had been burned after the floor was water-popped for stain.
October 21, 2020
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Wood Floor Mystery #7: The Case of the ‘Burned’ Floor, Part 1
Why did this wood floor look like the edges had been burned after the floor was water-popped for stain? Pro Stephen Diggins digs into the mystery.
October 14, 2020
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Top-Nail 5/16-Inch Strip: How We Did (and Still Do) These Floors
Lifelong Vancouver-area wood floor pro Ron Teljeur explains how 5/16-inch top-nail wood flooring was used historically and is still used today.
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Retail
Making Flooring Dreams Come True: The Winners of the 2023 Outstanding Retailer Awards
The hand-crafted parquet steals the show in this basement hangout.
Design
Yes, That’s Wood Flooring—Not Tile—in This Unique Bar Room
The contractor on this job applied the second coat of waterborne finish without abrading; the first coat had become too inert after sitting more than 72 hours.
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The Top Reasons Why Finishes Fail (to Perform)
Márcio and Fabio Goncalves of Port Chester, N.Y.-based Creation Hardwood Flooring Specialists drove home the 'Most Unusual Work Vehicle' title for their 1929 Ford Model A truck.
Management
Rolling with Opportunity: See the Winners of the 2023 WFB Truck and Van Contest