White Pine Flooring was once one of the most commonly used flooring in America. It has fallen out of favor with some people who feel that because it is a softwood it doesn’t meet their needs, and it isn’t as durable or wear ...
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Armstrong Floors for the Do-It-Yourselfer Posted: Tuesday, November 2, 2010 With almost a thousand different wood floor configurations to choose from, it’s a very good thing Armstrong offers a little help, with their ...
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The Rudd Company appointed Jeff Takac vice president of sales and marketing. Takac’s focus will be leading both the sales function as well as building strategic customer partnerships throughout Rudd Company’s business units ...
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(CBS) --- Around your house you may see numerous items made of tempered glass, including your oven door, television stand, shower door and patio table. The lack of mandatory manufacturing standards for this type of glass could put you at ...
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First, what is a hand-scraped floor? An authentic hand-scraped (hand-sculpted) wood floor has a distinctive surface texture. To make our collections, each plank is scraped with a tool for a distinctive, one-of-a-kind floor. No two planks ...
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Following the Wood Flooring Summit at this year's Domotex, "Flooring Deluxe" is to be the main theme at the next staging of the international floor-covering trade fair to be staged from 12 to 15 January 2013 in Hannover. The Wood Flooring ...
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If you have a wood burning fireplace, wood stove, or a gas fireplace that puts out strong heat, you'll want to protect your wood floors with a heat proof or resistant hearth. If your fireplace is not set right on the floor, but higher up ...
Wood flooring is timeless, playing a part in great design and home decor over the decades and centuries. Often, wood flooring is looked upon as a rustic, down-home texture. At other times, wood floors are refined and tailored surfaces, ...
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Easy, concise knowledge about hardwood construction. Understanding how hardwood is made is easy, and, here, efficient. We've explained all the basics in this section and urge you to check them out. Knowing how hardwood is constructed ...
As you install hardwood flooring at home, you must want the flooring to be bright as new, comfortable and beautiful, also want to extend the flooring life. However, due to different manufacturing processes, there are lacquered and waxed ...
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Strand woven bamboo flooring is newly developed in recent years, a new type of green environmental material with consistent high quality. Strand woven bamboo is a wood manufacturing process based on principles of reorganization, processed ...
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Houses are shrinking in the recessionary economy, but kitchens? Not so much. As other rooms are eliminated from downsized plans, their functions are naturally migrating to the kitchen, placing more pressure than ever on this culinary zone ...
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This is an interesting area for shoppers, retailers, and manufacturers because there is no universal grading system in place. While the National Oak Flooring Manufacturer's Association, or NOFMA, has established a grading system, it only ...
1. Solid The standard thickness for solid hardwood is ¾". For thin profile solid hardwood, 5/16″ is the standard. The planks are sawn in one of three ways, which affects the stability, and the price of the hardwood. Flat or ...
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The Commerce Department said on Wednesday it would investigate whether Chinese companies sell solar panels in the United States at unfair discounts and receive illegal government subsidies. The trade dispute, one of several sensitive ...
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