Acclimation of Wood Flooring
Acclimation of Wood Flooring How many days does wood flooring need to acclimate before installation? Three days? A few days? Those are common answers floating around the Internet, and even in the minds of some in the wood flooring industry. But they are wrong answers – except when they are right. That’s not black and […]
Solid vs. Engineered
What to Choose: Solid or Engineered Wood Flooring? When homeowners are buying wood flooring, one of the important questions is: engineered or solid? The answer depends on where in the house the wood flooring is to be installed. Solid wood flooring should be installed above grade, meaning on ground level or higher. Engineered wood flooring […]
Northern Countryside
A lot is going on at Aacer Flooring. Only a few months ago we wrote about its facility expansion and the launch of its Heartland Collection. More recently, Aacer announced a second expansion to enable production of engineered wood flooring lines. And it launched another prefinished, solid wood flooring collection: Countryside. The newest collection is […]
Water + Wood Basics
Understanding Water + Wood Water and wood have a special relationship. Understanding that relationship can make or break the performance of a wood floor. Manufacturers use an air and/or kiln-drying process to reduce the moisture content in wood before milling it into flooring. In our homes, wood flooring continues to be effected by moisture in […]
Empire State of Mind
Bleeker. Bowery. Lexington. Names of streets that run up and down New York City, the Big Apple of the Empire State and beyond. Influence. Swagger. Grit. The word “empire” covers it all. WD Flooring’s Empire Collection uses those street names and that range of attitude in its style. The collection showcases WD’s empire of creativity […]
Gratitude That Lasts
If you’ve been to the Wood Flooring Expo in the past couple of years, you’ve heard a lot about members of the National Wood Flooring Association (NWFA) helping out wounded military veterans. Those projects are done through the Gary Sinise Foundation’s RISE program. But, if you’ve been to Expo, you’ve also heard about many individual […]
Shamrock’s Old West
Shamrock Plank Flooring’s Rancho Madera Collection: Old West Style The Old West has a mystique about it. It’s the subject of countless movies, books and imaginations. Dusty streets, false-front wood buildings, swinging saloon doors, and wood flooring with rugged cowboy-boot character. Shamrock Plank Flooring grabbed onto these ideas with its Rancho Madera collection. American white […]
Humidity Matters
By Tom Ruekert | Vice President of Sales & Operations Relative humidity in wood flooring matters. A lot. Understanding it is crucial to success – and failure – of a floor’s performance after installation. So here are the basics every wood flooring contractor and every homeowner that has – or wants to have – wood […]
NWFA Expo Recap
Palo Duro Hardwoods tag-teamed with its sister Eugen Lägler GmbH at the end of April, exhibiting at the annual National Wood Flooring Association’s Wood Flooring Expo. Lägler North America was on-board, too. This year the location was Charlotte, N.C., home of NASCAR, making racing a clear theme to run with during the week. THREE LÄGLER […]
NWFA Expo Opportunities
Palo Duro Hardwoods is teaming up with its sister company, Eugen Lägler GmbH, this week at the annual National Wood Flooring Association’s Wood Flooring Expo. We are in Charlotte, NC. Our Lägler North America crew is here, too. It’s a busy few days for us to come together with a few thousand fellow wood flooring […]