8 Environmental Facts of Hardwood Floors
Because trees are a renewable resource that can be replaced time and time again wood flooring is the most abundantly renewable flooring material available. Sustainable forest management makes it possible …
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How Were Engineered Hardwood Floors Invented?
Prior to the second world war most homes in America had solid hardwood flooring. Homes were built on raised wooden sub-floors which allowed for solid wood to be installed by …
What Does Greater Stability Mean?
By: Urbanfloor DanEngineered wood floors are real wood floors that are manufactured using three to nine layers of different wood veneers. The sub layers can be of the same species, …
Eliminating the Confusion of Engineered Hardwood and Laminate Flooring
By: UrbanfloorDanSoooooo yeah... it's 10:27pm PST according to the bottom right corner of my laptop on a Monday night as I type this up. I gotta admit I'm a a …
Hardwood Flooring Layout and Positioning
By: UrbanfloorDanEver see the reality T.V. show Top Chef on the Bravo Network? Contestants are chefs from all over the country all competing until one of them is chosen as …
Ron Call’s Tip of the Week #009- Keep Your Furniture from Sliding Across the Floor
Tip of the Week Friday, May 18, 2012 by Ron Call, your Urbanfloor guyLast week I talked about how to protect your hardwood floors from being scratched by your furniture by …
Ron Call’s Tip of the Week #005- Man’s Best Friend and Your Hardwood Floors
Tip of the Week #005 April 20, 2012 by Ron Call, your Urbanfloor guyIf you have dogs in your home especially large dogs it's a good idea to have throw rugs strategically placed …
Is it Okay to Use Lacquer Thinner on Finished Flooring?
One of our customers wrote in to us with quite the dilemma:"we have the hickory sunset hand scraped finish wood flooring, the installer used lacquer thinner to wipe up a certain …