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Tales From the Front: This Helper’s Situation Was Almost … Mortifying

Brad Rich, the owner/president of Rich Hardwood Floors, had a moment with a helper on a job site that gave him a massive fright.

May 23, 2023

Readers Respond: What’s the Wood Flooring Version of this ‘Office Space’ Meme?

WFB asked followers on Facebook and Instagram to fill in the blank and let us know their wood flooring version of this popular “Office Space” meme.

May 22, 2023

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Rolling with Opportunity: See the Winners of the 2023 WFB Truck and Van Contest

Scroll through the winners of this year's Best Exterior Graphics, Most Organized Interior, Most Unusual Work Vehicle and Biggest Disaster categories, and more.

May 18, 2023

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.

What I’ve Learned About How to Sell Wood Flooring

Over the years, lifelong wood floor pro Ken Petersen has learned this wisdom about things to do and not do when selling wood flooring.

May 17, 2023

The No. 1 thing I’ve learned about selling is confidence: confidence in yourself and confidence in your product.

My Trigger Phrase: ‘Been Doing It That Way for 35 Years’

T.J. Haas's father, Mark Haas, was highly motivated, supremely intelligent and well-liked among his peers in the industry, but a series of electrical hookup accidents may have contributed to his premature death.

May 17, 2023

My dad was an innovator in the industry, but his life ended too early, potentially in part due to being electrocuted when hooking up power. In this photo he is running a Sharpless Built Super Sander, which was a hardplate belt sander we used for our intermediate cuts and leveling.

How I Managed a Large Home Development Project

The developers ended up building 200 homes. I provided the flooring material and design for over 60 of them, completing my last home in December 2022. Here’s what I learned along the way.

May 17, 2023

I set out to make every wood floor in this housing development unique to each client. Ten years and around 60 new homes later, I achieved my goal.

Want to Avoid Personal Liability? Do Business Through an Entity

I recently received a call from a flooring contractor who was being sued. The plaintiff was a former customer who claimed the contractor incorrectly installed a new floor and had not followed the EPA lead paint rules.

May 17, 2023

Disasters can happen on wood flooring job sites. Make sure clients can’t come after your personal assets.

Detroit Floors Go From Gray to ‘Blond’

Lately, wood floor pro Ernest Sisson says more and more clients are stopping him from staining after they see their freshly sanded hardwood floors.

May 17, 2023

More homeowners in Detroit are preferring lighter, natural tones for their wood floors, says Ernest Sisson.

Applying Finish to the Tune of 38 Million Instagram Views

A 10-second video from Dony Buendia of Kensington, Md.-based DB Genesis Hardwood Flooring last year exploded into a social media sensation, accumulating over 38 million views on Instagram in just a week.

May 17, 2023

The music choice for this “satisfying” finish application video helped it reach millions on Instagram.

Flooring For Presidents and Ex-Presidents Alike

John Stern of Louisville, Ky.-based Louisville Wood Floors knows a lot of White House history, in part because he and his company are a part of it.

May 17, 2023

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Readers Respond: When Do You Make This Face as a Wood Floor Pro?

WFB asked followers on Facebook and Instagram to fill in the blank for this popular meme. When do you make this face as a wood floor pro?

May 15, 2023

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How ChatGPT Helps Me as a Wood Flooring Contractor

Wood floor pro Ian Cheadle has been using ChatGPT to help him create blog posts for his website, and by giving it simple prompts and adding a couple parameters to the prompts, it's writing better blogs than he ever has.

May 15, 2023

I used the starry.ai app on my phone to create this image.

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This year's winner of Best Residential in the 2023 WFB Design Awards, by Tom Ourada of Ourada Designs.

Confidence in Their Craft: See the Winners of the 2023 Wood Floor Business Design Awards

Wood Floor Business is honored to announce the 2023 awards for Best Residential, Best Commercial, Best Stairs, Best Gym, Readers’ Choice and Next Gen.

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WFB Wood Flooring State of the Industry 2023

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What Lies Beneath: How I Prevent Moisture Problems Before the Sale

From left to right: An offset flush trim pattern bit, round over bit, top-bearing groove bit, pattern trim bit with top bearing and flush trim bit.

Routers 101: What a Wood Floor Pro Should Know

How to Deal With Karens (the Complainers)

How to Deal With Karens (the Complainers)

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