Installation

Wood Floor of the Week: Answering the Call to Curve

Lately, when a border needs to be bent in the Port Chester, N.Y., area, brothers Fabio and Márcio Gonçalves of Port Chester, N.Y.-based Creation Hardwood Flooring Specialists get a call.

May 24, 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.

Wood Floor Q&A: Nailers for Engineered Flooring

Longtime wood floor pro Matt Thrane explains what to use and why when fastening an engineered wood floor.

May 17, 2023

A 16-gauge staple was used on this 1/2-inch-thick engineered floor, causing the dimples you see.

Beyond Grading: How to Get the Flooring You Actually Want

Wood flooring expert Dan Antes explains what factors to consider beyond just the grade name when ordering wood flooring.

May 17, 2023

Flooring sold as “white oak” can have great variation. On the left, this true white oak, Quercus alba, is lighter and more uniform than the post oak (often sold as just “white oak”) on the right.

Upscale Chevron Floor Climbs the Walls—Literally

Lukas Harris of Palm Beach, New South Wales, Australia-based Harris Timber has been installing wood floors for only about six years, but his career is already on its way up—and, in this case, so are his floors.

May 17, 2023

The floor and walls of this new build in Australia featured prefinished European oak.

Oyster Bar Floor Medallion Makes Waves

A fresh oyster may surprise you with a pearl, but it’s no surprise that this gem of a medallion in an oyster bar floor came from the visionaries at Huntingdon Valley, Pa.-based Czar Floors.

May 17, 2023

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WFB Asks ChatGPT: What Are the Black Spots on My Wood Floor?

WFB asked AI-powered ChatGPT a question about wood flooring. Below is its verbatim response. How did it do?

May 10, 2023

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.

April 6, 2023

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

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

Wood flooring expert Adam Bissey and moisture expert Gary Szymanski explain how to combine to fix moisture problems in basements and crawl spaces so that the wood floors are protected.

March 23, 2023

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What’s the Most Challenging Thing You’ve Done on a Wood Flooring Job?

Wood floor pros share some of the projects or situations on a job site that stretched their skills.

March 23, 2023

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Routers 101: What a Wood Floor Pro Should Know

Wood flooring pro Matt Garcia explains the router bits and accessories that are useful for wood flooring work.

March 23, 2023

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.

This Private Island Home’s Treasure is the Parquet Floor

Private island. Gorgeous mansion. It seems like a place James Bond might find himself trapped. But inside this immaculate 23,000-square-foot home you’ll mostly just find stunning wood floors, including this one-of-a-kind parquet floor.

March 21, 2023

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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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