Sika Corporation held the National Wood Flooring Association’s Concrete Preparation for Wood Flooring school at its headquarters in Lyndhurst, N.J., March 10–11.
Students at the school delved into all things concrete: moisture testing, grinding methods, self levelers, sealers, primers, wood flooring adhesive, glue down flooring installation and more.
“The training was amazing,” said Sebastien Godard, Sika’s VP of marketing and interior finishing. “It seemed everybody was really happy.”
The class was led by NWFA Regional Instructor Jon Namba (read a profile of him here) of Namba Services Inc. (Salt Lake City). Namba was helped by instructors Nick Loporto, Sika Corporation; Tom Zagula, Loba-Wakol LLC; and Gaeme Rosen, Werkmaster Grinders & Sanders.
The students were Angel Acosta, Michael Bruyninckx and Danny Aeillo, J. Rapaport Wood Flooring; Vinicius DeOliveira, Flip2 Hardwood Floors; Marek Dziudziel, Sterling Floor Designs Ltd.; Damian Foran, Floors By The Shore/Carpet & Flooring Connoisseurs; Paul Frascatore, Paul Frascatore LLC; Will Hutchison and Ed Diaz, Sika Corporation; Mike Lawler, Design Floors; Nilton Dutra Mendonca, Global Hardwood Floor; Rafael Oliveira, Afford a Flooring; Miroslaw Olowski, Success Floors LLC; Tony Pagan, New York Flooring; Luis Raygada and James Willis, Sullivan Floor; Ruichuan Yu, Highway Flooring Inc.; and Zack Zaza, Titebond.
The next concrete preparation school is at Sika Corporation’s facility in Cypress, Calif., from May 5–6. Attendees can register online.
