If you’ve been reading this column for any length of time you already know that I don’t like floor covering warranties. Whatever they give you in the first paragraph they take away in the next three. Most of them are not realistic or what the consumer thinks they...
This story comes from Joe Fitzpatrick of Furniture and Floor North. I’ll tell it in his words for the most part with some elaboration and comment. His firm installed a house full of Berber carpet in a new home. There were contractors still working in the new home...
The time of year again is coming when insects of all kinds awaken and start flying and crawling indoors and out. And with this advent of spring inevitably come concerns and complaints for bugs in carpets. A recent email from a retail floor covering dealer involved...
I am on the committee for the IICRC S-100 Cleaning Standards which are the standards adopted by the carpet industry governing carpet care and maintenance. Our committee is charged with re-writing, revising and updating the information in the chapter covering carpet...
Not only is wood one of the most popular floorcovering products today it is also the one that can get you in a lot of trouble if you don’t understand a few things about it. Relative to its popularity, all you have to do is watch HGTV home fix up and flip shows or...
