BlogsBeing Safe Doesn't Make You Less of a ManWayne LeeMar 7, 2012 Lots of guys don't think it's cool or manly to use safety equipment on the job, but I don't agree:Read NextBlogsMore Thoughts on OEM Extension Cords vs. Stringing SpaghettiJuly 1, 2025RecommendedSponsoredA Complicated Challenge: Refinishing the Tavern on the GreenBlogsA Week of Learning at the 'Meeting of the Minds'BlogsThe Personal Connection: How Do You Make Clients Feel?Blogs‘Match Existing Wood Flooring’: Is It a Fool's Errand?Related StoriesBlogsMore Thoughts on OEM Extension Cords vs. Stringing SpaghettiBlogsA Week of Learning at the 'Meeting of the Minds'BlogsThe Personal Connection: How Do You Make Clients Feel?Sponsor ContentWhat Should You Know About Wood Floor Vents?More in BlogsBlogsMore Thoughts on OEM Extension Cords vs. Stringing SpaghettiSanding expert Russ Watts responds to a reader's comment about whether small electrical cords pull more amps when sanding wood floors.SponsoredA Complicated Challenge: Refinishing the Tavern on the GreenLED Coating SolutionsAvedis Duvenjian of LED Coating Solutions by Archetypal takes us through the refinishing of the historic Tavern on the Green Restaurant in New York City.BlogsA Week of Learning at the 'Meeting of the Minds'In May, Daniel Antes was kind enough to open up his Distinctive Hardwood Floors shop once again and host another “Meeting of the Minds” event. It’s a gathering of wood floor pros and reps to share ideas and techniques.BlogsThe Personal Connection: How Do You Make Clients Feel?As hardwood floor pros, we are always striving to use the best products, the latest gear and the newest tech we can get our hands on, but what actually keeps every one of us in business?Blogs‘Match Existing Wood Flooring’: Is It a Fool's Errand?When using an architect’s or designer’s plans for interior remodeling work, you will sometimes see the term “match existing” when repairing or replacing a portion of the existing wood floor. Here is my advice.BlogsThe Crazy Thing That Happened After the Chandelier Dented This Floor"Honestly, on this job I never thought about this situation happening in a million years," says wood floor pro Josh Hansman about this repair of a wood floor with dents from a massive chandelier.BlogsHow Manual Labor Saved an Art Movement (or ‘The Revenge of the Skinny, Vulgar Floor Scrapers’)“The Floor Scrapers” by Gustave Caillebotte was singled out and deemed “vulgar and crude,” as it violated the unwritten law of popular art by showing the urban working class just going about their business—but it also ended up saving Impressionism.BlogsVideo: Angelo DeSanto on the Show Floor at TISE 2025Wood floor pro and Wood Floor Business author/blogger Angelo DeSanto of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.-based wood floor contracting company Dande West takes viewers on a walk through the show floor at TISE 2025, the biggest flooring show in North America.BlogsOdd Stuff on Odd Jobs: Hack Work and a Saggy SubfloorOften we run into jobs that have additions and home improvements that may have not been thought out nor factored in for future additions. On this job, the builder had to make structural fixes, and we had to remove a layer of thinset and self-leveler.BlogsMy Solution for a Nightmare Particleboard Subfloor SituationI walked inside to get a look at what was accomplished in my absence, and as my roving eye of Sauron set itself on the subfloor, I beheld a terrible sight: There was only particleboard in every room.BlogsMoving Toward Rewards: The Little Lady I Met in VegasIn 2024, after years of deliberating, I allowed myself to make a purchase that feels like a reward for years of hard work and toil on wood flooring job sites.Blogs'Meeting of the Minds:' Pushing the Boundaries of What’s Possible in Wood FlooringIn October, I attended the “Meeting of the Minds,” a gathering of hardwood flooring professionals hosted by Daniel Antes at Distinctive Hardwood Floors. We all came together with one goal in mind: exchange knowledge, ideas and techniques.BlogsTrick of the Trade for Doing a Wood Floor Board ReplacementLifelong wood floor pro Ron Teljeur, owner at Aldergrove, B.C.-based Acorn Wood Floors Ltd., demonstrates an easy tip that helps protect existing flooring when doing a board replacement.Page 1 of 67Next PageResource BookLooking for a specific product or a company? Wood Floor Business has the only comprehensive database of the industry.Learn MorePodcastsAll Things Wood Floor, created by Wood Floor Business magazine, talks to interesting wood flooring pros to share knowledge, stories and tips on everything to do with wood flooring, from installation, sanding and finishing to business management.Learn More