Engineered wood flooring vs solid wood flooring, which is best? The answer has and continues to be an ongoing battle, among many experts! On it's face solid wood and engineered wood may look the same. Regardless, there are differences that you should be aware of. Both solid and engineered …
Wood Flooring Grades the Beauty and Ugly
Solid Wood Flooring Grades There are different wood flooring grades offering a variety of characteristics. There is beauty and there is ugly in wood flooring. These perceptions can be the same grade and the same pieces of wood within. With wood flooring, what one person sees as ugly another …
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Luxury Vinyl Tile the Product
Luxury vinyl tile, often referred to as LVT, describes a variety of vinyl flooring products. Designs that appear as wood, natural stone, granite and ceramic tile. The possibilities are limitless. Patterns created through high definition photography similar to the production of wallpaper. Like …
Wood Floor Cupping Cause and Effect
Wood floor cupping is a common problem that occurs with both solid and engineered wood floors. If you think you can escape cupping by installing a bamboo or laminate floor you can't for they can also cup. What is Cupping and How Does it Occur? A cupped floor has a concave shape across the …
How Sheet Vinyl is Made
Sheet vinyl, a great floor covering performer. How this product is made is not as complicated as one might imagine. Sheet vinyl is an outstanding floor covering product, that is both durable and attractive. How Sheet Vinyl is Made - Components Sheet vinyl composed of 3 components: 1) Bottom …
Luxury Vinyl Tile Flooring
Luxury vinyl tile flooring an increasingly popular product without an established definition. We hear LVT, LVP and LVS among other acronyms. LVT, the most popular of the terms and used to identify "luxury vinyl tile flooring." What it is Luxury Vinyl Tile Flooring As luxury vinyl flooring …
Luxury Vinyl Tile Advantages
Luxury vinyl tile advantages have increased so rapidly that it has become difficult to keep up with the almost daily changes and innovations. During the 2oth century, vinyl flooring was thought to be the kitchen, bath room and industrial replacement for linoleum. Sheet vinyl and tiles offered …
Bamboo Flooring Performance
Bamboo flooring performance is much like that of a hardwood floor. Like wood, bamboo flooring performance will not be the same with every installation. You could install the same product from the same shipment in two houses sitting side-by-side with different performance results. Bamboo …
Water Damaged Vinyl Flooring
Water damaged vinyl flooring often comes unexpected. In an area such as a kitchen or bathroom, sheet vinyl flooring and water are generally a good match. A recent claimant on a floor covering inspection told me they understood that they could chalk one more problem off their lists. They …
Wood Flooring Problems Moisture Related
Wood flooring problems are usually unexpected, most often preventable. Wood flooring is the real thing, unlike laminate which is a photograph of wood. Being a product of nature there will be occasional wood flooring problems. Wood flooring problems will usually be prevented through proper milling, …
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