Tales From the Front

Tales From the Front

Tales from the Front: An Unusual Way to Turn on the Lights

Not much surprises Bradley Kidder in his wood flooring life in Florida, but turning on the lights on this job site did.

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Tales From the Front: A Clever Way to Move a Fridge

When a GC was being ridiculous about moving a huge refrigerator, instead of getting confrontational, Keith Christopherson thought of a creative way to make the GC cooperate.

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Tales From the Front: The Jig Was … Down on This Job

Aussie wood floor pro Troy Stanfield of Plankd Flooring had a job where some of the tradies upstairs were getting down ... literally dancing down through the wood floors.

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Tales From the Front: This Helper’s Situation Was Almost … Mortifying

Brad Rich, the owner/president of Rich Hardwood Floors, had a moment with a helper on a job site that gave him a massive fright.

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Tales from the Front: Unexpected Rain Shower While Sanding

David Friedland had a memorable job one late night while sanding at a hotel lobby.

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Tales from the Front: Wild Goose, Er, Dog Chase

Mike Wong of Calabrese Flooring ended up on a nerve-fraying wild goose chase when he agreed to look after the customer's husky.

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Tales From the Front: Immeasurable Laughs From Metric Tape Measure Prank

Keith Christopherson of Christopherson Wood Floors in Olympia, Wash., had an opportunity to play a prank on his dad that was irresistible when he found a metric tape measure.

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Tales From the Front: Unforgettable ‘House of Horrors’ in Norway

Norwegian wood floor pro Jason Harral, owner of Hønefoss, Norway-based Din Gulvsliper AS, had a job he now calls the “Oslo House of Horrors.”

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Tales From the Front: Doing Takeoffs Leads to Lifelong Romance

Preparing for his first wood flooring job on his own led to more than just a nice wood floor for Gregory Brown of Wilder, Vt.-based Brown’s Floormasters.

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Tales From the Front: Nailed It! (Contractor Gets a Crazy Surprise After a Joke)

Wood floor pro Cody Rhodes was the target of a job-site prank that had a lasting and surprise impact months later.

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Wood Floor Tales From the Front: This Job Wasn't Actually the Bomb

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Tales From the Front: Superdog ... or a Tale of Deception?

Contractors tend to have numerous crazy animal stories, but Bill Powell III of B. Powell Flooring in Earlton, N.Y., was told a story about a dog who seemed to have superdog powers.

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