Articles: Installation

by Andrew Averill | December 2016/January 2017

What flooring would you lay in a bank vault? That's the question OPN Architects in Madison, Wis., asked when they designed a three-floor pizzeria...

by Andrew Averill | December 2016/January 2017

Some like an orderly home office, but David Braunsdorf, owner of Flawless Flooring in Waukesha, Wis., wanted his chaotic, at least when it came...

by Randy Lenz | December 2016/January 2017

We all know the problems associated with a lack of humidity control with wood flooring, and we all know consumers don’t know! That’s why it’s...

by WFB Editors | December 5, 2016 10:08 AM

Is it OK to use a rubber mallet when installing engineered wood flooring? Tim McCool, technical director at West Plains, Mo.-based The Master's...

by WFB Editors | December 2016/January 2017

Stephen Diggins, Wood Pro Inc.'s Salem, N.H., branch manager and training director, says he has been compiling old floor stories for years in...

by WFB Editors | December 2016/January 2017

For years, "acclimation" in the industry was defined by time, e.g., the wood flooring had to sit on the job site for a certain number of days...

by WFB Editors | December 2016/January 2017

This issue's tip comes from Kyle Neuroh, owner at Nashville, Tenn.-based Neuroh Contracting: No contractor looks forward to removing...

by Andrew Averill | October/November 2016

No, it's not a pair of brass knuckles, but it was used to keep yellow pine flooring manufacturers in line. It’s a 1/4-inch-thick steel gauge to...

by John Shepard | September 22, 2016 12:24 PM

Those who know me know I do not compromise on principle. I did not at the Naval Academy, I did not in the Marine Corps and I do not here in my own...

by Leonard Hall | October/November 2016

Floor prep, for leveling or flatness, is so important to a wood floor’s success. Yet, more often than not, I run across floors that have had...