Video: Tips for Wood Flooring Contracts

Apr 6, 2015

In my latest video blog I have some quick tips about things you need to include in your contracts when you are a wood flooring contractor:

I built my business while raising my children as a single dad, but one of my employees tried to destroy everything I had worked for.

Lied to and Deceived: How I Discovered Embezzlement

January 17, 2025

Investing in good equipment and its maintenance is a small cost over the lifetime of the tool.

An Eye-Opener: Your Wood Flooring Equipment Costs vs. Labor

The best thing you can do to protect your expensive sanding equipment is to use a power station on every single job.

Do You Need a Power Station? Yes, and Here’s Why

Tales From the Front: An Unexpected Scream While Sanding

I built my business while raising my children as a single dad, but one of my employees tried to destroy everything I had worked for.

Lied to and Deceived: How I Discovered Embezzlement

An Eye-Opener: Your Wood Flooring Equipment Costs vs. Labor

Wood floor pro Matt Garcia takes a deep dive into the actual costs of buying and maintaining the sanding equipment necessary to do wood flooring—and why it's such a small cost over the long term.

Investing in good equipment and its maintenance is a small cost over the lifetime of the tool.

Do You Need a Power Station? Yes, and Here’s Why

Wood floor expert T.J. Haas explains why wood flooring pros should use a power station (what some call a "booster") every single time they are plugging in their sanding equipment.

The best thing you can do to protect your expensive sanding equipment is to use a power station on every single job.

Tales From the Front

Tales From the Front: An Unexpected Scream While Sanding

Wood floor pro Casey Ditsworth had a hilarious scenario awaiting him when he heard a blood-curdling scream while running his sander.

Lied to and Deceived: How I Discovered Embezzlement

One day, wood flooring pro Lew Nonay arrived to his office and was locked out—and what he discovered after that was a shocking discovery that resulted in a long criminal and legal investigation.

I built my business while raising my children as a single dad, but one of my employees tried to destroy everything I had worked for.

Moving Toward Rewards: The Little Lady I Met in Vegas

In 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.

The Little Lady

Tales From the Front

Tales From the Front: The Magically Disappearing Wood Floor Mallet

Josh Frink, territory manager for Florida at Bona US, got his start at age 15 with his dad on a job he’ll never forget after missing the nailer with his mallet.

Dj25 Tales Drywall Mallet

How Wood Flooring Pros Can Manage Their Tempers and Control Frustration

Wood flooring contractors know that when you are working with the general public all day every day, you can encounter some difficult personalities. Here are 10 points elaborating on how contractors can manage their tempers.

How Pros Manage Frustration

Tricks of the Trade

Trick of the Trade: A Safe Way to Get a Big Machine Up and Down Stairs

Casey Ditsworth at Woodshed Flooring Inc. in Pearl City, Ill., explains why he believes his Magliner stair-climbing dolly for getting the big machine up and down stairs is worth the investment.

6 D 1224 Wfb Dj25 Tot Actionshot

How I Learned the Hard Way What the IRS Can Do

Mike Dittmer has always taken a very serious stance with paying business taxes correctly in his wood flooring business because of something that happened when he was 20 years old.

Like many wood flooring pros, my parents did the books for the family wood flooring business themselves—until someone from the IRS arrived at our house to audit them and my dad was faced with going to prison.

2024 WFB Wood Floor Contractor Survey

Here are the results from Wood Floor Business's exclusive survey of wood flooring contractors, asking about everything from tools to how customers pay.

Screenshot 2024 09 20 At 1 39 10 Pm

Wood Flooring Contractors' Real-Life Ghost Stories

Wood flooring pros share real-life experiences with the paranormal while on job sites.

Screenshot 2024 09 20 At 12 40 07 Pm

Tales From the Front

Tales From the Front: A Real Wood Floor Ghost Story

Brandon Dudek of Vivid Hardwood Flooring LLC had a big Brazilian cherry job where he realized that even though the house was empty and locked, he was not alone.

3 G 1024 Wfb On24 Otj Opener Tale Ghost Story

Page 1 of 20

Resource Book

Looking for a specific product or a company? Wood Floor Business has the only comprehensive database of the industry.

Podcasts

All 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.