Category Archives: hardwood floors
Wood-Floor Vandalism and a New Way to Get Yourself Into Jail
The raw chicken in the air vents of the home was bad enough, but tearing up the hardwood floors with cleated hiking boots? > > Ronald Smith, a 58-year-old lobbyist from Denver, faces up to 18 years behind bars after he was found guilty of vandalizing his ex-wife’s home and causing thousands of dollars in … Continue reading
Online Oak Flooring Shop Set to Beat the Competition
Newmarket, Suffolk (UK) based Natural Oak Floors have launched a website selling solid and engineered oak flooring direct to the public. They will for the first time bring wholesale prices to homeowners who will benefit from top quality real oak flooring in a range of unique finishes that add value to any home. Natural Oak … Continue reading
US Hardwood and Carpet Floor Installation Announcement for the The Bay Area
US Hardwood and Carpet offers Johnson ForeverTuff as part of its Wood Promotion. here is a quotation from Santa Clara, CA (PRWEB) September 20, 2011 : The Bay Area’s US Hardwood and Carpet is announcing they are offering a special wood promotion for Johnson’s ForeverTuff hardwood floors. > > “This is a revolutionary finish unlike … Continue reading
Value For Older Oakland County Rises after Hardwood Floor Installation
(EMAILWIRE.COM, October 13, 2011 ) Rochester Hills, Michigan T The current S.E.Michigan home buying industry has taken some twists and turns lately. There have been a lot of talk about underwater mortgages and real estate professionals are looking at short sales for answers. It seems a lot of Metro Detroit real estate pros have something … Continue reading
PHOTOS: Gorgeous Floors Made of Shipping Crates – Earth911.com
Viridian Wood makes flooring, decking, counters and other architectural products using wood reclaimed from shipping crates, pallets and scrap lumber, discarded at local docks. Photo: Viridian Wood > > With the popularity of hardwood floors on the rise, Viridian Wood wants to offer consumers products that are more environmentally responsible than traditional hardwood flooring made … Continue reading
Eco-Friendly Flooring Products Offered by US Hardwood and Carpet
By Cameron Chai As the company is not willing to comprise on the style and quality of its products, US Hardwood and Carpet has announced the collaboration with Style Select. The company also understands the requirement to craft a change for environmental protection. > > The partnership between US Hardwood and Carpet and Style Select … Continue reading
ProSource Flooring comes Home to South End of Stamford – Stamford Times
Copy and paste below into your page: (close this pane) ProSource Flooring comes home to South End of Stamford STAMFORD — After more than seven years away from the South End, Prosource Wholesale Flooring of Stamford is back in its original location at 25 Harbor View Ave. where the branch was founded in 1999. “It’s … Continue reading
Stunning interiors enhanced by a gleaming new floor – Calgary Herald
If you want your home to make a big impact, look down and assess what you see. A gleaming new floor can not only update a space, it can actually transform it and make it feel like an entirely different room. “If you install one type of floor throughout, it can make the space seem … Continue reading
NWFA Releases Forest Certification Tool Kits – Hardwood Floors (blog)
The NWFA has created customized tool kits to assist with responsible forestry certification. The kits—one for manufacturers and another for sawmills—provide detailed guidance on preparing for the initial Responsible Procurement Program (RPP), and FSC Chain of Custody and Controlled Wood audits. “It’s estimated that about 90 percent of the world’s forests are not certified,” said … Continue reading
Forestry Law Splits Wood Industry – Wall Street Journal
The 111-year-old Lacey Act, originally passed to protect wildlife and later expanded to cover wood products, has complicated life for many U.S. companies and benefited others—often in ways that have little to do with its goal of combating illegal logging in Asia and the tropics. Anderson Hardwood Floors, a flooring maker owned by Warren Buffett’s … Continue reading