Top 10 Wood Flooring News Stories of 2019

There was no shortage of hardwood flooring news in the final year before a new decade. From a Chicago bid-rigging bust to a flood’s dramatic destruction of a middle school gym to a new type of wood flooring made from hemp, these are the top 10 wood flooring news stories that caught your attention in 2019:

10. Wood Floor of the Week: Climbing Through a Trap Door for a Log Round Floor Install

9. Cronin Company to Close, Begins Liquidating Inventory

8. Study: Children in Homes with All Vinyl Floors Carry Higher Levels of Toxin

7. Flooded Middle School Gym Floor Becomes Hulking Waves of Maple

6. Wood Floor of the Week: It Kind of Looked Like a Meteorite Hit It

5. Insurance Company Sues Flooring Contractor for $400,000 Over Stain Rag Fire

4. HempWood Flooring Plant to Open in Kentucky

3. Wood Floor of the Week: A Wood Floor Project Done for Pennies

2. Lumber Liquidators to Pay $30 Million in Bamboo Flooring Settlement

1. DOJ Charges Former Commercial Flooring Sales Exec with Bid Rigging