flooring: Consumers guide to hardwood flooring - 11/27/08 07:55 PM
While I am no expert in the field, I have bought, sold, and installed several thousand square feet in the past few years.  At the request of some others I thought i would make a brief guide to the variety of hardwood flooring products that are available in my marketplace.
 
Laminate flooring - this flooring is the cheapest product.  Basically think of it as a piece of hard compressed cardboard with a photograph of wood grain on the top of it.  Some laminate looks convincingly like real hardwood floors, some does not.  All laminate requires a thin underlay product to … (15 comments)

flooring: Lethbridge hardwood floor auction - 11/27/08 03:15 PM
Tonight i attended yet another hardwood floor auction.  These auctions seem to roll through our city every 3 months and I seem to attend and purchase from every one of them.  As a result, i have hauled, stored, and installed several thousand square feet of laminate, floating floor, engineered floor, and hardwood.
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Tonight i went looking for some floor to put in my home theatre that i am constructing in my basement.  I had been to the carpet store earlier in the week and almost choked when i got a quote for carpet, underpad, and installation.  The … (8 comments)