What to Know About Flooring Inspections

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Whether you’ve noticed irregularities in your hardwood or bamboo flooring and are looking for a fix, or you’ve experienced water damage and want to know the extent of its effect on your floors, getting a flooring inspection is the first step towards a solution. Read on to learn everything you need to know about professional … Read more

Subfloor Preparation Guide for Installing Bamboo Flooring

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Looking to install new bamboo flooring in the near future? There’s more to this home improvement project than simply finding the floor that looks the best. If you want the installation process to go smoothly and provide long-lasting results, your first consideration must be your subfloor. Bamboo flooring, just like most other types of floors, can’t … Read more

A Guide to VOCs, and How to Find Safe Flooring for Your Home

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Understanding the hazards that volatile organic compounds (VOCs) can present and how to avoid them is a crucial step in making your home—and the environment—a healthier place. Whether you are building your dream green home from the ground up or are looking for ways to make your current home more eco-friendly, decreasing volatile compounds is … Read more

What is Rigid Core Flooring? | A Guide to SPC Floors

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SPC flooring is an engineered product that’s one of the most water-resistant, durable, and versatile options you have when it comes to home improvement. Along with LVT (Luxury Vinyl Tile) and WPC (Wood Polymer Composite), rigid core or “SPC flooring“ is a key player in the ‘resilient’ category of today’s flooring market. Traditional engineered floors are … Read more

Should I Refinish, Repair, or Replace My Hardwood Floor?

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Refinishing is a critical part of hardwood floor upkeep. While hardwood floors are often seen as a cost-effective flooring, repetitive refinishing can feel burdensome and easy to procrastinate. The intensity of the refinishing process depends on the severity of damage, but it can often be completed efficiently without relying on professional help – making it … Read more

Your Guide to Light vs. Dark Hardwood Flooring

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Trying to pick the perfect hardwood flooring? Even if you’ve decided on the easy-care, long-lasting life, and eco-friendliness of bamboo hardwood flooring, you still need to pick a color and surface style. When bamboo flooring first arrived on the scene in the US in the 1990’s, the only color the flooring was being sold in … Read more

Smart homes: The future of energy efficient living?

As Wi-Fi capabilities increase and technology advances, products that make your home “smart” are rapidly gaining popularity. From accurately tracking your energy bills to remotely switching off the lights, smart home technology is available for almost every part of your home. This video shows a demo of what a fully automated smart home might look … Read more

Bamboo Flooring in 2021: Clearing Up the Confusion

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Every political cycle, the candidates make claims and the fact-checkers step in to set the record straight. The goal is a well-informed voter. Similarly, there are plenty of ‘alternative facts’ that have spread across the web regarding bamboo floors in particular, and flooring shoppers are also in need of some legitimate fact-checking. The internet is … Read more