Articles: Installation
-
What Wood Flooring Would You Install in a Bank Vault?
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...
-
Installer's Office Floor a Chaotic Jumble of Wood Planks
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...
-
Sponsored: Educate the Consumer on Moisture Solutions While in the Showroom
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...
-
Are Mallets OK for Engineered Wood Flooring?
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...
-
Tales From the Front: Perplexing Paper-Face Pieces Were Popping Up
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...
-
Acclimation of Wood Flooring Explained
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...
-
Trick of the Trade: Pulling out That Particleboard
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...
-
What's This Thing? An Early 20th Century Pine Flooring Gauge
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...
-
Sometimes Losing a Customer Is the Best Choice You Make
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...
-
How to Prove Subfloor Prep Is Necessary—and Get Paid for It
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...