Is Your House Hardwood Ready?
Congratulations- you’ve made the decision to put hardwood floors in your home! Wood flooring is a beautiful and durable building material that not only increases the value of a home, but can be customized to your lifestyle and design...
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Let There Be Light: PDH Celebrates 50 Years of the Iconic HUMMEL®
Here at Palo Duro Hardwoods, we like to think that we carry some of the most quality hardwood floors in the game, and so it goes without saying that the tools and machines we sell need to be of...
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The Mountains Are Calling: Expanding the Colorado Mountain Collection
In 2016, Palo Duro Hardwoods launched its exclusive Colorado Mountain Collection line of premium engineered wood flooring. We started out with six colors, and after a successful couple years, realized we needed to keep on climbing. Now, we’re excited to say...
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New Muscanell Millworks Textures Part One: Build + Sand
Muscanell Millworks out of Cortez, CO has just rolled out a handful of new textures that can be applied to most any of their hardwood species. These new textures are applied to the planks right at their mill, giving...
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The Roots of Hearthwood
The roots of Hearthwood’s story run deep. They sprawl through the intertwined history of American manufacturing and the rise of the modern wood flooring industry. Hearthwood is at the heart of today’s flooring designs. It’s made in America’s heartland...
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Wood Flooring Glossary
Wood flooring has its own language. Some of the terms have to do with the appearance of the flooring, and those often are obvious. Some refer to technical aspects and are good to know when a contractor talks about...
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How to Clean Wood Floors | Dos and Don’ts
Wood floors are durable and can last more than a hundred years when maintained properly. But not all cleaning really is cleaning when it comes to wood. Myths and misinformation are plentiful. Not all cleaning products are right for...
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How Wood Floors Affect Home Value
Making upgrades to raise the value in your house often is a two-part thought process: now (while living in it) and someday (when selling it). The first part is difficult to measure. How much is feeling good in your...
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Custom Wood Floor Design
Wood floors make the room. Any room. Every room. Maybe that’s biased. Biased but true, for these reasons (and more): + Wood floors add to the home’s market value (Google it) + Wood floors often make the first impression...
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How Wood Cut Affects Floor Performance
We talked recently about wood cuts: quarter, rift, plain and live. We also talked about the forest-to-floor process. We even got in the dirt of the forest with a recent tree anatomy guide and how that anatomy relates to...
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