Many retail companies – including a very large company with “Depot” in its name – make it very complicated to find out what your carpet will cost. Rather than providing a fully installed price (carpet, padding and installation combined into one total number), the price is broken out into separate lines including carpet, padding, installation, furniture moving, existing carpet take out, etc, until things get unnecessarily confusing. Your carpeting source should provide a fully installed price per square yard or square...
read moreWe’re frequently asked if there’s a surface other than laminate that can handle children and big dogs. Aside from tile and stone, our recommendation would be strand woven bamboo. The bamboo strands are put together with an eco-friendly adhesive and pressed into blocks from which the planks are sawn. The resulting product is over twice as hard as oak and very green. The range of colors and patterns available are broad, ranging from the standard look of bamboo to a look that’s almost impossible to distinguish from hardwood. In...
read moreIn a word, DON’T!! As much as we all love dogs, hardwood flooring (particularly if your floor is one of the softer woods) and big dogs can be a cosmetic problem. Although hardwood flooring manufacturers would have you believe that most hardwood can resist large dogs, the surface of hardwood flooring is susceptible to clawmarks from any dog above 20 pounds, particularly if the dog likes to run and play indoors. So those of you with golden retrievers, labradors, mastiffs, and all the other large breeds will have to be careful with your...
read moreThe two most popular fibers for making carpet are nylon and polyester. So, you may ask, which is better? To help answer that question, here are a few important points to remember about both fibers: 1. Nylon is more durable than polyester. For high traffic, high use areas of your home (eg, staircases, hallways with bedrooms off either side), nylon would probably be the better choice of fibers. 2. Polyester is more stain resistant than nylon. For rooms where stains are an issue (eg, childrens’ rooms, hobby or craft rooms), polyester...
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