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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What’s Wrong with Red Oak? And Where Is It?

June 30, 2026

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What’s Wrong with Red Oak? And Where Is It?

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Introducing the Winners of the 2026 WFB Truck & Van Contest

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Enter the 2027 Wood Floor Business Truck & Van Contest

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What’s Something You Text To Another Wood Floor Pro That Wouldn’t Make Sense To Someone Else?

What’s Wrong with Red Oak? And Where Is It?

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Introducing the Winners of the 2026 WFB Truck & Van Contest

Road-ready, strong and steady, this year’s WFB Truck & Van Contest winners brought their A game. Find out whose work vehicles won Best Exterior Graphics, Most Organized Interior, Most Unusual, Biggest Disaster and the new Exterior/Organized Combo award!

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Enter the 2027 Wood Floor Business Truck & Van Contest

Whether your ride to work has amazing exterior graphics, an immaculate interior, a unique aesthetic or is simply a complete and utter "disaster," WFB wants to see it.

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What’s Something You Text To Another Wood Floor Pro That Wouldn’t Make Sense To Someone Else?

We asked pros what they text to another wood flooring pro that would make zero sense to a regular person. Here are our favorite responses.

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Tales From the Front

Tales From The Front: This Floor Was Out Of This World

Most wood floor pros have seen grain in a board that looks like a face or an animal, but Lou Connatser of Connatser Wood Floors LLC in Greensboro, Md., had a customer who saw something out of this world.

What Happens When You Take It To Another Level

If you consistently improve your process and the experience you provide, you eventually position yourself for another level of clientele and another level of pricing.

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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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Finding Meaning In The Grain: Honoring A Family’s Loss

When Keith Graff started a large white oak plank install project in a private home for a family he had never met last fall, he had no idea it would be the most meaningful project of his career.

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Tell Us What Decade You Started in Wood Flooring by Telling Us a Product You Were Using

Wood floor pros give clues to their start date in the industry by naming the products they were using.

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Enter the 2026 Wood Floor Business Truck & Van Contest

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Most Organized Van vs. Biggest Disaster: Is Your Work Vehicle Next?

Grab some inspiration from last year’s Most Unusual, Best Exterior Graphics, Most Organized Interior and Biggest Disaster winners. Then, enter your work ride into WFB’s 2026 Truck and Van Contest (it’s free!).

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I Felt Compelled to Give Back, So This Is What I Did

After 19 years in business, I woke up one morning overwhelmed with gratitude for the loyalty and support our community has shown Vivid Hardwood Flooring. I felt compelled to give back.

Brandon Dudek Giving Back

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