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 | How to Avoid Problems When Installing Stair Treads
Stair treads have been around for a long time, and are a
tough, durable and safe covering for stairs from heavy duty to light
usage. Growing up in the industry, I
always found stair treads an interesting material. I spent several years
working for a major manufacturer of stair treads, and recently started working
with another. You could say this is a
product category that is near and dear to my heart. I recently visited an office where diamond
design rubber stair treads were installed and asked how old they were. The answer, “1965,” did not surprise me. Done properly, stair treads will last a good
long time.
by Christopher Capobianco
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 | How to Install Tackstrip Correctly
Tackstrip is just tackstrip, right? No! Tackstrip has a very important role in
the installation of carpet in many applications. Following is an explanation of the types of
tackstrip, its various uses, and tips to remember when selecting and installing
tackstrip.
by Michael Lassetter
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 | How to Make Old Wood Floors Look New Again
Any flooring company that measures the growth of our
industry by new home starts only is missing a very large part of their profit
potential. For more than a year now, the
United States media has been
reporting that the U.S.
housing market is on the decline, and new home sales and starts have supported
this claim. U.S. wood flooring sales reflect
this as well. The past two years have
shown the first decline in U.S.
wood flooring sales in more than 20 years, but the information is not all gloom
and doom. There is an even larger
potential wood flooring market out there that can have a big impact on your
flooring business – the hundreds of thousands of square feet of wood flooring
that is already installed.
by Steve Seabaugh
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 | How to Choose the Right Adhesive for Any Installation
To help keep pace with design trends, floor-covering
manufacturers continue to offer a growing array of floor-covering options. No
longer are consumers limited to carpet, sheet goods and tile – they can now
enjoy the resurgence of homogenous vinyl, along with unique looks created from
cork, bamboo, exotic wood and luxury vinyl tile. Contractors and installers
looking to maximize profit while minimizing the risk of callbacks need to stay
ahead of the curve when it comes to new floor covering products, to ensure they
choose adhesives that perform effectively.
by Shawn Mitcham
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 | How to Install Tile Patterns
The title of this article is slightly misleading since most
tile installations – even straight installations composed of a single color –
are the result of a pattern. For simple, single-color tile installations, the
installation pattern is actually an ANSI A108 standard (A108.02, 4.0, 4.3,
Workmanship, cutting, and fitting). The first two parts of this standard, 4.3.1
and 4.3.2 cover centering and balancing, and the no-tiles-less-than-half-size
rule, and are the foundation of most tile installation layout work. Regardless
of the pattern, and in spite of the fact that most tiles are not perfectly
sized, the tile industry recognizes that a mathematically precise layout is
required for the finished tilework to look craftsman-installed and beautiful.
by Michael Byrne
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