What’s Your Biggest Challenge as a Wood Floor Pro?

Nov 19, 2025

Kevin Knauff

Saying no!!!!

Rob Griswold

My biggest challenge so far has been to be a quality-oriented company in a production-company market. Fast and cheap with mid quality is good enough for most builders and renovation contractors. We will persevere and rise amongst our local industry using integrity and a true love for our craft.

Travis Speight

Fighting this dreaded LVP fad.

Christopher Morrison

The general public.

Jack Horton

The body fights back every day—probably one of the toughest trades out there.

Juan Navarro

Managing employees. 50 percent are great. The other 50 percent need babysitting 24/7.

Bill Powell III

Getting employees to show up on time.

Bob Jewell

Working solo, although it’s pretty rewarding.

Greg Ozols

Staying motivated.

J&W Hardwood Flooring

Keeping the body going.

Joe Dawson

Communication.

Alan Lovstad

Too much work.

Pete Lethbridge

Customers! This job would be so much easier without them!

Dustin Bolin

Time management.

Wade Sprague

Scheduling.

nexconceptdesign

GCs rushing the projects.

Troy Stanfield

Clients with little common sense.

glendorahard woodflooring

Scheduling. Always has been the hardest part.

Benny Powell

Too much to do, not enough me to go around!!

Jim Hyde

Standing up straight.

Steven Sherman

The groupies.

Introducing the Winners of the 2026 WFB Truck & Van Contest

June 1, 2026

Introducing the Winners of the 2026 WFB Truck & Van Contest

Enter the 2027 Wood Floor Business Truck & Van Contest

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

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.

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.

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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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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.

History

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!).

Blogs

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.

Contracting

What Do You Use for Hearing Protection on the Job?

We asked wood floor pros what hearing protection they use on their jobs—here's what they said.

Humor

What’s the Dumbest Thing You’ve Ever Said to a Customer?

WFB asked its followers to reveal the dumbest thing they've ever said to a customer, and they did not disappoint.

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