Engineered Wood Flooring 101
Blog Post Highlights | Engineered Wood Flooring Function, History + Installation + Engineered wood flooring typically expands and shrinks less than solid wood flooring + Wood flooring has existed for centuries, with mass production beginning in the 1800s + Engineered flooring...
Read moreConcrete Subfloor Prep
How to Prepare a Concrete Subfloor Just like with wood subfloors, concrete subfloors have to be dry and flat for a successful wood flooring installation. It’s important to follow the wood flooring and adhesive manufacturer’s recommendations for subfloor preparation....
Read moreThe New Palo Duro
We recently hosted customers and Palo Duro partners for a shop talk, food truck, free beer get-down. It was a chance for more than 100 of our friends to see what’s new and improved around our house. More than...
Read moreWood Subfloor Prep
How to Prepare a Wood Subfloor Successful subfloor preparation for installing wood flooring is about two things: dryness and flatness. Moisture content matters, for wood and concrete subfloors. It’s critical to get the moisture content numbers in line with...
Read moreAcclimation 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...
Read moreSolid 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...
Read moreNorthern 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...
Read moreWater + 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...
Read moreEmpire 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...
Read moreGratitude 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...
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