Consumer Protection & Your Flooring Investment
Consumer Protection & Your Flooring Investment: What Every Homeowner Should Know At Floor Central, we believe that a beautiful floor begins with trust, transparency, and protection. Whether you’re...
View ArticleHardwood and Laminate Terminology
Hardwood & Laminate Flooring Terminology. Used by manufacturers, flooring distributors, retailers, installers, contractors, inspectors and more. From manufacturing to installation and maintenance...
View ArticleResilient Flooring Terminology
Resilient flooring terminology as used for resilient flooring products and installations. This category includes sheet vinyl, luxury vinyl, vinyl composition, linoleum, rubber and cork flooring....
View ArticleGlossary of Carpet Terms
Carpet terminology used by carpet manufacturers, flooring distributors, carpet dealers, wall to wall carpet installers, floor covering inspectors, carpet and rug cleaners and others. Carpet...
View ArticleWood Floor Cupping Cause and Effect
Wood floor cupping is a common problem that occurs with both solid and engineered wood floors. If you think you can escape cupping by installing a bamboo or laminate floor you can’t for they can also...
View ArticleStatic Electricity Carpet
During periods of low humidity conditions, static electricity can be generated walking across a carpet or other floor covering surface. While the consumer will find this irritating it does not mean...
View ArticleFloor Testing
Floor testing is it really needed? Flooring failure can be the result of product, installation, site, maintenance, specification or other error. At the time of an onsite visit flooring inspectors such...
View ArticleWood Floor Cupping Cause and Effect
Wood floor cupping is a common problem that occurs with both solid and engineered wood floors. If you think you can escape cupping by installing a bamboo or laminate floor you can’t for they can also...
View ArticleStatic Electricity Carpet
During periods of low humidity conditions, static electricity can be generated walking across a carpet or other floor covering surface. While the consumer will find this irritating it does not mean...
View ArticleFloor Testing
Floor testing is it really needed? Flooring failure can be the result of product, installation, site, maintenance, specification or other error. At the time of an onsite visit flooring inspectors such...
View ArticleWood Floor Cupping Cause and Effect
Article and-or information from Floor Central a Weinheimer Group company. Wood floor cupping is a common problem that occurs with both solid and engineered wood floors. If you think you can escape...
View ArticleStatic Electricity Carpet
Article and-or information from Floor Central a Weinheimer Group company. During periods of low humidity conditions, static electricity can be generated walking across a carpet or other floor covering...
View ArticleFloor Testing
Article and-or information from Floor Central a Weinheimer Group company. Floor testing is it really needed? Flooring failure can be the result of product, installation, site, maintenance,...
View ArticleWood Floor Cupping Cause and Effect
Article and-or information from Floor Central a Weinheimer Group company. Wood floor cupping is a common problem that occurs with both solid and engineered wood floors. If you think you can escape...
View ArticleIntroduction to Floor Covering: Aesthetics (part 2)
When selecting floor covering, you need to consider the aesthetic as well as the technical areas. Selecting the correct floor covering for your installation needs to be done with a lot of thought and...
View ArticleIntroduction to Floor Covering: Planning (part 1)
Next to a house or automobile, floor covering is one of the largest purchases that many homeowners will ever make. Like that car or house a floor covering can be a purchase of joy or pain. A floor...
View ArticleIs Sheet Vinyl the same as Linoleum?
You will sometimes hear people refer to their vinyl flooring as linoleum. It is true that these two products are used in much the same way and to the unfamiliar may look the same. Regardless of how...
View ArticleStatic Electricity, is the Floor Covering Defective?
During periods of low humidity conditions, static electricity can be generated walking across a carpet or other floor covering surface. While the consumer will find this irritating it does not mean...
View ArticleFloor Testing Is Not A Cookie Cutter Process.
Flooring failure can be the result of product, installation, site, maintenance, specification or other error. At the time of our onsite visit we perform tests that help us to identify and verify the...
View ArticleResilient Glossary of Terms
Terminology used for resilient flooring products including sheet vinyl, vinyl composition, linoleum, rubber, cork floor coverings by resilient floor manufacturers, flooring distributors, floor...
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