Cracks and holes in floors – be they blights on your San Francisco Bay mansion or newly remodeled Bay Area apartment building – can be hugely annoying, costly to fix, and time consuming to repair…especially if you defer the repair job.
How to Choose Solid Wood Flooring
Choosing Bay Area hardwood flooring for your office suite, home, condo or apartment can be a far more diverse challenge than most people realize at first. Whether you are a landlord who is trying to gut and rebuild some units or a homeowner who has got the “spring remodeling” bug, this article will provide you insights about how to choose the best wooden flooring.
Emergency First Aid for Squeaky Floors
Whether you just finished a kitchen remodeling job that’s gone great except for a squeaky board right under the table; or you’re fixing up an old building and the floorboards are squeaking everywhere, this article provides action packed advice to help you identify the sources of squeak and remedy them ASAP.
Will Your Hardwood Floors “Last a Lifetime”?
Whether you just bought a beautiful Bay Area loft with classic hardwood flooring, or you’re doing a major remodeling job — ripping out carpeting and laying in new hardwood flooring — you want to enjoy longevity, ease of use, and minimal maintenance costs.
Is Wood Really that Much Better than Tile or Carpet?
Carpet fibers tend to collect dust, dander, particulate matter, and even volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Hardwood floors, on the other hand, are more impervious to these pollutants.
President Obama’s New “Working Forest” Program Grants $52.2 Million for 2012
President Obama’s America’s Great Outdoors Initiative has won praise from conservationists and industry groups alike. This balanced program is designed to protect American jobs and conserve the country’s most gorgeous landscapes for future generations. And the Forest Legacy Program in 2012 has granted over $52 million in “working forest” projects!
Polyurethane versus Waterborne Hardwood Flooring Finishes: Which to Choose?
Whether you are about to embark on a major remodeling or reconstruction project on your Bay Area home, or you are planning a simple refinishing job in preparation to sell your unit or home, you have choices galore to make.
How “Dust-Free” is Dust-Free Refinishing, Anyway?
We searched long and hard to find the most powerful, cutting-edge dust containment system, and we’re convinced that the “Atomic Trailer” system is best of breed. This extraction system succeeds at eliminating 99% of dust created during the sanding process.
2012 Floor Design Trends: Asian Invasion? Zen Spa? Something Else Entirely?
2012 is knocking at our door, and home and condo designers throughout the Bay Area are searching for the next best trends in flooring.
Trends in Hardwood Flooring for 2012: Exciting (and Surprising!) Innovations…
Let’s face facts: You are a hardwood floor aficionado. You can abide by carpets in certain situations – under very carefully controlled circumstances. But you prefer the beautiful, clean, hardwood floor look. Whether you are remodeling your East Bay condominium, gutting and