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Wood Floor Rescue: An Intimidating Wide-Plank Pine
This was the oldest and widest pine floor Benny Powell had ever worked on, and he needed a boost of confidence from his mentor to make it happen.
September 15, 2023
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How Do You Control Dust on Your Wood Flooring Jobs?
Readers of Wood Floor Business share which tools and techniques they use to contain dust when installing and sanding on their wood flooring job sites.
June 6, 2023
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How I Did This Job: Strip to Plank
Wood floor pro Matthew Szyszka shows the steps he took to transform this traditional strip oak floor into one that appears to be hand-scraped plank.
May 30, 2023
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Wood Floor of the Week: A Mysterious Pegged Floor
Wood floor pro James Harbour of Harbour Precision Floors in North Wilkesboro, N.C., has seen a lot in his career as a wood floor pro, but he’d never seen a floor like this early-1970s teak before.
May 30, 2023
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Wood Floor Rescue: Original Attic Floor Transformed for Modern Life
Zach Christie and his brothers weren’t even supposed to be the wood flooring contractors on this job, an attic in a Pennsylvania home dating to the 1800s.
May 17, 2023
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Trick of the Trade: Protecting Existing Flooring in a Flash
Wood floor pro Anthony Magaro has a simple tip for protecting existing adjacent flooring when sanding a wood floor.
May 17, 2023
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Readers Respond: Show Us Your Flat Floors
WFB asked followers on Facebook to share their flat wood floors.
April 17, 2023
Joe Dawson shared this ultra-flat floor photo.
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What Is Your Favorite Flat Floor Photo?
Wood floor pros share their favorite photos of floors that are impressively flat.
January 30, 2023
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Wood Floor Rescue: Coming to the Rescue for Grandpa’s Old Wood Floors
Rick Coning arrived at this job after other wood flooring companies saw the floor and simply said “no.”
January 17, 2023
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Wood Floor Rescue: Bringing Centuries-Old Beautiful Fir Back to Life
“It’s so Downton Abbey,” says Danny Stenhouse, owner of York, U.K.-based Sandhouse Floor Sanding & York Parquet Ltd., of this job site, Brockfield Hall, where he brought the wood flooring back to life.
September 16, 2022
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Trick of the Trade: A ‘Little Lifesaver Of A Tool’
When I am refinishing old homes with tight balusters on the stair treads or landings, this tool works perfectly for the job.
July 21, 2022
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Q&A Can I Use Paint Stripper Before Sanding?
Is it OK to use paint stripper on a wood floor before you sand it? Expert Todd Schutte of Bona US, answers.
July 21, 2022
Can you use paint strippers on a wood floor? They are more of a gamble than they are worth.
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Top-Nail 5/16-Inch Strip: How We Did (and Still Do) These Floors
Lifelong Vancouver-area wood floor pro Ron Teljeur explains how 5/16-inch top-nail wood flooring was used historically and is still used today.
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Retail
Making Flooring Dreams Come True: The Winners of the 2023 Outstanding Retailer Awards
The hand-crafted parquet steals the show in this basement hangout.
Design
Yes, That’s Wood Flooring—Not Tile—in This Unique Bar Room
The contractor on this job applied the second coat of waterborne finish without abrading; the first coat had become too inert after sitting more than 72 hours.
Troubleshooting
The Top Reasons Why Finishes Fail (to Perform)
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.
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Rolling with Opportunity: See the Winners of the 2023 WFB Truck and Van Contest
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