Tired of replacing wood flooring because of small scratches? Fix the board easily and quickly with a hardwood floor repair kit. Watch our video or keep reading to find out how to make your own kit! “I want this floor replaced!” As a flooring professional – whether you work out of a showroom or your …
Category: Installation
Stop Squeaky Wood Floors by Using the Right Fastener
If you’re involved in selling or installing hardwood floors, you have probably had to solve a “squeaky floor” problem for a customer. Nobody likes it when their brand new hardwood floors start squeaking. Prefinished flooring manufacture warranties do not cover noise issues because they are job site related, and it can be a difficult problem …
Wood Floor Moldings: Find the Perfect Match
Imagine this – you’ve just installed a gorgeous prefinished floor. Everything is looking great and your customer loves it. You start to install the moldings to finish the job, but the moldings you pull out of the box aren’t a perfect match to the flooring boards you are installing them next to. Now a $50 …
Wood Floor Moisture and Acclimation Guide
Moisture issues can affect hardwood flooring at every part of the installation process, from acclimating your wood floors to doing repairs after an installation. To guide you through the various moisture and acclimation issues, we’ve pulled together some helpful resources from our own experience and from industry experts. These resources will give you an overview …
When A Floor Doesn’t Stay Together
I love it when a floor goes together. Plank by plank, the steady beat of the mallet and boards snapping together and growing into a beautiful work of art. Nothing is worse than getting a complaint sometime after the job is finished that gaps are starting to appear between the boards. Today, we’re going to …
Rubber Mallets and Engineered Wood Flooring
I’ve recently handled a complaint regarding the uses of rubber mallets while installing engineered wood flooring. The dealer stated that it was industry standard to use a rubber mallet to install engineered wood flooring. Having been an installer for many years, I have used a rubber mallet on several engineered wood floors during installation over …
The Slab Truth
Even under the best conditions, there are few things more aggravating to a new homeowner than moisture problems in the home. Most consumers never really think about this until a problem has arisen. Your realtor would likely not be the one to point out issues with the poor grade of property or existing drainage issues. Problems such …
How to Prevent Wood Floor Gaps
Wood floor gaps happen, but what exactly is a normal movement of wood and what isn’t? We usually see gaps show up in wood flooring during the wintertime. As the temperature drops and the need to warm our home increases, the relative humidity (RH) in our home lowers. Decreased RH reduces the moisture content in …
Courtline Guides from the MFMA
Summer break is here and it is the time when our gym floor pros are busy installing, refinishing, and refreshing the floors that hosted many a game and practice during the past school year. These floors boast the beauty and tight grain of maple to give athletes the stability, shock absorption, and traction needed underfoot. …
Why Properly Dried Wood Flooring is so Important
If you’re in the wood flooring industry, you’ve come to realize that the relationship between wood and water is important to pay close attention to. Wood loves a consistent environment when it comes to how much moisture it is exposed to. There are many tools out there to help us keep tabs on moisture levels, …