Vinyl flooring is usually resistant to moisture. It will take any number of spills you can imagine and keep on going. The trouble starts when the persistent presence of moisture underneath the floor corrodes the vinyl floor adhesive, ...
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One of the things that attract homeowner’s to the idea of engineered hardwood flooring is its ability to be installed in virtually any room of your home. It allows homeowners to install real wood in rooms where only materials like ...
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There once was a time when homeowners could either have hardwood floors or they couldn’t. There certainly wasn’t any middle ground. Oh, sure, there were hardwood flooring substitutes like vinyl flooring and, more recently, ...
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Engineered wood flooring is designed and constructed to provide better stability and resistance when moisture or heat may cause problems for solid wood floors. This type of flooring has many advantages on any other flooring from solid ...
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What is a homeowner to do when they wish to install hardwood or bamboo flooring in a room of their home, but the experts advise against it? They turn to engineered hardwood flooring, of course! Far more authentic and attractive than any ...
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The beauty of nature…we search it out, revolve vacations around it, and spend as much time in it as we can. We feel better and relax when we're around the natural elements. So why not bring those elements that bring you such joy right ...
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UL is warning consumers, electrical installers and authorities having jurisdiction (AHJs) that the duplex receptacle identified below may pose a fire or shock hazard. It does not comply with UL’s safety requirements and is not ...
Following the December 2012 launch of the Works with Soraa program, the lighting industry’s first lamp and fixture validation program, Soraa announced the addition of nine new fixture manufacturers. The companies Excelsior Lighting, ...
Following the launch of the Works with Soraa program (a lamp and fixture validation program) in December 2012, Soraa Inc of Fremont, CA, USA, which develops solid-state lighting technology built on ‘GaN on GaN’ (gallium nitride ...
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The SOLiC 200 – an intelligent solar immersion controller – is now for sale in the UK from Segen Ltd. Iain McRitchie, Managing Director of Earthwise Products Ltd, comments, "We are thrilled that Segen, a recognised ...
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A new study from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) puts some hard numbers to the benefits realized when U.S. cities streamline their solar PV permitting processes. Germany´s residential solar adoption is attributed to ...
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April 19, 2013 - Electrical Safety Authority (ESA) is notifying the public that Hubbell Canada LP has announced a voluntary recall of Hubbell 30A 125/250V dryer and 50A 125/250V stove (range) power receptacles due to shock hazard. ...
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Ignition interlocks have proven effective in preventing intoxicated drivers from starting their car, and now a new system is aiming to do the same for cell-phone users who talk or text behind the wheel. The system is called Origo, and it ...
Pilkington will lead an Innovation Masterclass on fire-resistant glass at the British Woodworking Federation (BWF) Woodworking Conference 2013. The conference - also known as the BWF Members' Day – will take place on 25th ...
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Bendheim Wall Systems, Inc., the exclusive distributor of Lamberts channel glass in North America, welcomes Olson Architectural Products, Inc. (OAP) as its newest Sales Representative. Tom Olson, president, represents Bendheim in Eastern ...