Video: Breaking Back into Contracting

Jul 30, 2014

Hi everyone, it's been awhile, but I'm going to start blogging again. Here's my story about how I decided to get back into the contracting business:

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Are You a Wood Flooring ‘Martinet’? Am I?

October 19, 2026

Red wooden peg stands out among white pegs on blue background, representing leadership and uniqueness in business

Are You a Wood Flooring ‘Martinet’? Am I?

What Is the Most Dangerous Thing That’s Happened to You on the Job?

Wood flooring contractor kneeling while installing hardwood flooring with power tools on a residential floor

2026 Wood Floor Business Contractor Survey

How Online Quoting Saved My Sanity and My Business

Are You a Wood Flooring ‘Martinet’? Am I?

“A martinet is a person who demands strict, rigid obedience to rules and orders, often even when those rules are unnecessary or unreasonable.” I kept thinking … that sounds a bit like me, and I did not like the resemblance.

Red wooden peg stands out among white pegs on blue background, representing leadership and uniqueness in business

What Is the Most Dangerous Thing That’s Happened to You on the Job?

We asked our readers on the WFB Facebook and Instagram pages to share their stories of danger on the job, and they shared plenty of cautionary tales.

2026 Wood Floor Business Contractor Survey

Here are the results from our exclusive survey of wood flooring contractors.

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How Online Quoting Saved My Sanity and My Business

The single biggest change I made was simple: I stopped driving out to measure jobs. Instead, I shifted the initial quoting process completely online, and it changed my life.

One Daily Practice That Helps Me Not Feel Overwhelmed

Do you have a million things on your mind? Do you ever feel overwhelmed? Here's something I do to prevent that.

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Enter WFB's 2026 Ultimate Wood Floor Guy/Gal Contest by Oct. 1

Entries for WFB’s 2026 Ultimate Wood Floor Guy/Gal Contest are open until Oct. 1 at 5 p.m. CT.

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A Message to All the Renters With Wood Floors Out There

Is a renter responsible for knowing how to maintain a wood floor? One called Angelo DeSanto in a panic.

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What Happens When You Get a Footprint, a Sliver and a Business Card from 1999

Because a client saved my business card from 1999, I got another job—and a walk down memory lane in more ways than one.

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New on the Pod: Young Pro Cuyler Rigney Discusses Real-Life Wood Flooring Challenges

In the latest episode of "All Things Wood Floor," host Stephen Diggins has a frank conversation with Cuyler Rigney, the young owner of Focal Point Floors in Delaware, Ohio.

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Video: Back Relief From This Five-Minute Jobsite Break

I've been a wood floor pro my entire life, and yoga is what has kept me being able to still work on a wood flooring jobsite. Here's something I do when I take a break on a job that helps my back.

What’s The Oldest Tool Or Machine You Still Use On Your Wood Flooring Jobs?

Wood floor pros share their oldest tool or wood floor sanding equipment that they are still using on their jobs.

Tales From the Front

Tales From The Front: ‘Here, Kitty-Kitty ... ?!’

Thirty years ago when Matt Nasuti was just starting his company, Central Mass Hardwood Inc. in Marlborough, Mass., he had a job that ended up as a chopping block—literally—because of a cat.

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