Teragren has added Aaron Cline to its technical support team as technical manager. With over 20 years of experience in the hardwood flooring industry, Cline brings a broad knowledge base and a strong understanding of best practices, and ...
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It is hard to argue that hardwood flooring, derived from rapidly renewable trees, is one of the greenest floor covering options available. But is it worth selling that aspect of the floor? For residential consumers, a floor's sustainable ...
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When Consumer Reports tests floors, it spends weeks scuffing, scratching, and dropping weights on wood, laminate and vinyl flooring and exposing samples to intense UV light. Not all floors stand up to such abuse. In your own home, some ...
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In putting together our annual report on kitchen remodeling, Consumer Reports broiled 3,384 burgers, applied more than 900 stains to a variety of countertops, and dropped two tons of weight onto 51 different flooring products. Never mind ...
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Most flooring comes with some specific maintenance do's and don'ts. (Don't use ammonia-based cleaners on wood, for example.) But how do you remove chewing gum, wax, and other messes? Here are some tips from the experts at Consumer Reports. ...
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