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- 2025-12-CFR Volume 203 - When You Don't Know What You Don't Know - December 2025 (159 downloads )
- 2025-11-CFR Volume 202 - Flooring Product Testing for a Variety of Unique Cases - November 2025 (617 downloads )
- 2025-10-CFR Volume 201 - Division 3 and Division 9 of Construction Specifications - October 2025 (1048 downloads )
- 2025-09-CFR Volume 200 - Flooring Merchantability For Service and Fitness for Intended Purpose of Use - September 2025 (2379 downloads )
- 2025-08-CFR Volume 199 - How Manufacturing the Flooring Product Can Create Problems - August 2025 (513 downloads )
- 2025-07-CFR Volume 198 - Type 1L Cement, The Challenging Green Alternative, What You Need to Know - July 2025 (2679 downloads )
- 2025-06-CFR Volume 197 - Hospitality Carpet Issues - June 2025 (942 downloads )
- 2025-05-CFR Volume 196 - Recent Flooring Failures - May 2025 (1387 downloads )
- 2025-04-CFR Volume 195 - The Effects of Lighting on Flooring - April 2025 (963 downloads )
- 2025-03-CFR Volume 194 - Do You Know What's in the Flooring - March 2025 (960 downloads )
- 2025-02-CFR Volume 193 - A Look at Flooring Claims and How They are Handled - February 2025 (3916 downloads )
- 2025-01-CFR Volume 192 - How Much Curl is Acceptable in Modular Carpet and Vinyl Flooring Products - January 2025 (5029 downloads )
- 2024-08-CFR Volume 191 - What is PVC - Free Resilient Flooring and Should You be Concerned - August 2024 (6182 downloads )
- 2024-07-CFR Volume 190 - We'll Cover Two Subjects in this Issue that Actually Tie Together - July 2024 (2370 downloads )
- 2024-06-CFR-Volume-189-Its-Not-the-Installers-Its-the-Management-June-2024 (1531 downloads )
- 2024-05-CFR Volume 188 - Roadblocks to the Operation of Your Business - May 2024 (1926 downloads )
- 2024-04-CFR Volume 187 - The Value of Taking Pictures and Keeping Notes - April 2024 (3806 downloads )
- 2024-03-CFR Volume 186 - Fixing Moisture Related Flooring Failures and Some More Absurd Statements (4566 downloads )
- 2024-02-CFR Volume 185 - The Constant Changes in Concrete and Some Other Ideas - February 2024 (4522 downloads )
- 2024-01-CFR Volume 184 - What Effect Does Heat Have on Vinyl Flooring Products - January 2024 (4433 downloads )
- 2023-12-CFR Volume 183 - It's Not Always the Concrete Substrate that Causes a Failure - December 2023 (4500 downloads )
- 2023-11-CFR Volume 182 - Substrate and Flooring Failures - Check List - November 2023 (4727 downloads )
- 2023-10-CFR Volume 181 - Technology That Pushes the Automation of Managing Commercial Product Data - October 2023 (4813 downloads )
- 2023-09-CFR Volume 180 - Working Together to Ensure Successful Flooring Installations - September 2023 (5229 downloads )
- 2023-08-CFR Volume 179 - Somebody Wants to Blame Somebody - August 2023 (5458 downloads )
- 2023-07-CFR Volume 178 - The Best Advice I Can Give You - July 2023 (4926 downloads )
- 2023-06-CFR Volume 177 - What Product Innovation and Evolution Mean to You - June 2023 (4876 downloads )
- 2023-05-CFR-Volume-176-Shedding Light on Myths and Absurdities May-2023 (5178 downloads )
- 2023-04-CFR Volume 175 - A Return to Luxury Vinyl Plank and Tile Flooring - April 2023 (5472 downloads )
- 2023-03-CFR Volume 174 - Cheating the Installer (5395 downloads )
- 2023-02-CFR Volume 173 -They Giveth and They Taketh Away - February 2023 (4979 downloads )
- 2023-01-CFR Volume 172 - What's In The Mix, Again! - January 2023 (5559 downloads )
- 2022-12-CFR Volume 171 - Misinformation Due to Lack of Product Knowledge - December 2022 (5294 downloads )
- 2022-11-CFR Volume 170 - What's in an Architectural and Construction Specification - November 2022 (5620 downloads )
- 2022-10-CFR Volume 169 - Appearance Retention - What is it and Why is it Important - October 2022 (5874 downloads )
- 2022-09-CFR Volume 168 - PVC-Flooring - September 2022 (5902 downloads )
- 2022-08-CFR Volume 167 - Dealing with Commercial Flooring Problems - August 2022 (5960 downloads )
- 2022-07-CFR Volume 166 - Claims, Testing and Technology - July 2022 (5862 downloads )
- 2022-06-CFR Volume 165 - How About Some Wood Issues - June 2022 (6012 downloads )
- 2022-05-CFR Volume 164 - A Cacophony of Information - May 2022 (6210 downloads )
- 2022-04-CFR Volume 163 - Nylon 6 versus Nylon 6.6 - Now What April 2022 (5842 downloads )
- 2022-03-CFR Volume 162 - Stained Vinyl Flooring - March 2022 (5961 downloads )
- 2022-02-CFR Volume 161 - Flat - Level - Floating - February 2022 (6288 downloads )
- 2022-01-CFR Volume 160 - The Magnificence of Flooring - January 2022 (5932 downloads )
- 2021-12-CFR Volume 159 - Some New Things You Need to Be Aware of to Avoid Flooring Problems and Failures - December 2021 (6376 downloads )
- 2021-11-CFR Volume 158 - As A Flooring Contractor - How Much Are You Supposed To Know - November 2021 (5868 downloads )
- 2021-10-CFR Volume 157 - Rubber Floors Can it Take the Punishment - October 2021 (5520 downloads )
- 2021-09-CFR Volume 156 - You Can't Have It Both Ways - September 2021 (6825 downloads )
- 2021-08-CFR Volume 155 - How to Turn a $.59 Cents a Square Foot Flooring Investment into a Major Loss - August 2021 (5725 downloads )
- 2021-07-CFR Volume 154 - How Your Claim Gets Handled - July 2021 (5885 downloads )
- 2021-06-CFR Volume 153 - Carpet Tile Issues - June 2021 (5891 downloads )
- 2021-05-CFR Volume 152 - Installation Crisis - May 2021 (6143 downloads )
- 2021-04-CFR Volume 151 - You Can't Be Serious, Again - April 2021 (6320 downloads )
- 2021-03-CFR Volume 150 - Waterproof, Water resistant or What - March 2021 (7166 downloads )
- 2021-02-CFR Volume 149 - It's About Balance - February 2021 (6440 downloads )
- 2021-01-CFR Volume 148 - General Information for 2021 - January 2021 (6214 downloads )
- 2020-12-CFR Volume 147 - Unstable Flooring Materials - December 2020 (6566 downloads )
- 2020-11-CFR Volume 146 - How Long does Flooring Last - November 2020 (6248 downloads )
- 2020-10-CFR Volume 145 - The Evolution of LVP - October 2020 (6592 downloads )
- 2020-09-CFR Volume 144 - We Don't Pay Labor - September 2020 (6646 downloads )
- 2020-08-CFR Volume 143 - The Evidence Never Lies - August 2020 (6644 downloads )
- 2020-07-CFR Volume 142 - What is Standard Floor Prep - July 2020 (6733 downloads )
- 2020-06-CFR Volume 141 - Wood Flooring in the Commercial Space - June 2020 (6489 downloads )
- 2020-05-CFR Volume 140 - When the Dam Breaks - May 2020 (6448 downloads )
- 2020-04-CFR Volume 139 Covid—19 and the Effects on Flooring and Furnishings - NOW WHAT DO WE DO? (6529 downloads )
- 2020-03-CFR Volume 138 - Dont Litigate - Mediate - Why Mediation is Better - March 2020 (6335 downloads )
- 2020-02-CFR Volume 137 - OSB, New Construction and Wide Width Hardwood Flooring - February 2020 (6064 downloads )
- 2020-01-CFR Volume 136 - Do You Even Understand the Products Your Looking at and Why They're Behaving Like They Do - January 2020 (6698 downloads )
- 2019-12-CFR Volume 135 - Hoping You're not Gullible Enough to Believe What They Tell You (7447 downloads )
- 2019-11-CFR Volume 134 - Whats in the Mix - November 2019 (6415 downloads )
- 2019-10-CFR Volume 133 - Polished Concrete - Why does demand continue to grow - October 2019 (6947 downloads )
- 2019-09-CFR Volume 132 - Sustainability in the Flooring Industry - September 2019 (6392 downloads )
- 2019-08-CFR Volume 131 - Flooring Warranties - The Tangled Web - August 2019 (6503 downloads )
- 2019-07-CFR Volume 130 - Flooring Adhesives What They Are and What They Arent - July 2019 (6798 downloads )
- 2019-06-CFR Volume 129 - Carpet, the not so Forgotten Flooring - June 2019 (6404 downloads )
- 2019-05-CFR Volume 128 - Specification, Qualification and Testing - May 2019 (6379 downloads )
- 2019-04-CFR Volume 127 - I'm Not On the List - April 2019 (5074 downloads )
- 2019-03-CFR Volume 126 - How Commercial Flooring Projects Have Changed (5040 downloads )
- 2019-02-CFR Volume 125 - Cleaning Textured Hard Surface Flooring - February 2019 (5002 downloads )
- 2019-01-CFR Volume 124 - Truth or Consequences - Words Don't Make It So - January 2019 (5857 downloads )
- 2018-12-CFR Volume 123 - Indentations in Resilient Hard Surface Flooring - December 2018 (5063 downloads )
- 2018-11-CFR Volume 122 A Smart Guide to PVC Backed Modular Carpet and Vinyl Flooring November 2018_Neat (5111 downloads )
- 2018-10-CFR Volume 121 - It's Not Always Moisture - October 2018 (5766 downloads )
- 2018-09-CFR Volume 120 - First, What is the Commercial Flooring Market (5484 downloads )
- 2018-08-CFR Volume 119 August 2018 How Can You See What You Can’t See - The Luxury Vinyl Tile And Plank Dilemma (6171 downloads )
- 2018-07-CFR Volume 118 - The Importance of Wood Flooring Acclimation in a Commercial Setting - July 2018 (5208 downloads )
- 2018-06-CFR Volume 117 - You Can't Be Serious - June 2018 (5873 downloads )
- 2018-05-CFR Volume 116 - Admission of Guilt - May 2018 (5497 downloads )
- 2018-04-CFR Volume 115 - Recycled Content in Flooring Material - April 2018 (5772 downloads )
- 2018-03-CFR Volume 114 - Old Versus New Concrete Slabs - Staying Out Of Trouble With Both - March 2018 (5600 downloads )
- 2018-02-CFR Volume 113 -The Magic Of Interim Maintenance Procedures - February 2018 (5261 downloads )
- 2018-01-CFR Volume 112 - So You Don't Think You Need An Under Slab Vapor Retarder In The Desert - January 2018 (5652 downloads )
- 2017-12-CFR Volume 111 - How Many Types of Moisture Tests - December 2017 (5891 downloads )
- 2017-11-CFR Volume 110 - Routine Maintenance for Commercial Flooring - November 2017 (7706 downloads )
- 2017-10-CFR Volume 109 - Back To Basics With Vinyl Flooring Installation - Also Polyester And Polyethylene Membranes October 2017 (5720 downloads )
- 2017-09-CFR Volume 108 - The Importance of Exterior Maintenance - September 2017 (5532 downloads )
- 2017-08-CFR Volume 107 - ASTM Standards and Manufacturers Warranties - August 2017 (5494 downloads )
- 2017-07-CFR Volume 106 - The Difference Between Dimensional and Planar Stability - July 2017 (6275 downloads )
- 2017-06-CFR Volume 105 - Update - What to Include in a Flooring Specification - June 2017 (5742 downloads )
- 2017-05-CFR Volume 104 FloorSafe - The Future of Floors and Building Related Illness - May 2017 (5311 downloads )
- 2017-04-CFR Volume 103 Gypsum Yes or No - April 2017 (5597 downloads )
- 2017-03-CFR Volume 102 A DISTURBING ISSUE - IT'S YOUR FAULT March 2017 (5933 downloads )
- 2017-02-CFR Volume 101 WHEN YOU'RE FACED WITH LITIGATION February 2017 (6852 downloads )
- 2017-01-CFR Volume 100th Issue Thanks to Industry and Vinyl Shrinkage January 2017 (6934 downloads )
- 2016-12-CFR Volume 99 Conditions of the Space - December 2016 (6981 downloads )
- 2016-11-CFR Volume 98 The Effect of a Learning Facilities Condition on the Occupants Nov 2016 (6940 downloads )
- 2016-10-CFR Volume 97 Woven Carpet Installation - Again - October 2016 (7235 downloads )
- 2016-09-CFR Volume 96 Fixing a Failed Flooring Installation Sept 2016 (6785 downloads )
- 2016-08-CFR Volume 95 You've Done Everything Right and You're Wrong (7062 downloads )
- 2016-07-CFR Volume 94 RH Testing and That 72-Hour Wait How Do You Manage It July 2016 (6863 downloads )
- 2016-06-CFR-Volume-93-Ears-Dont-Have-Ear-Lids-June-2016 (7050 downloads )
- 2016-05-CFR Volume 92 A New Twist on Carpet Tile, Wood and Luxury Vinyl Plank and Tile May 2016 (7109 downloads )
- 2016-04-CFR Volume 91 Ensuring that the Appropriate Flooring Product is Specified April 2016 (7161 downloads )
- 2016-03-CFR Volume 90 Concrete Curing Admixtures, Additives and Topical Applications March 2016 (7163 downloads )
- 2016-02-CFR Volume 89 Optimizing Flooring Performance February 2016 (7130 downloads )
- 2016-01-CFR Volume 88 Testing What You're Trying To Determine And What We Need To Know (6842 downloads )
- 2015-12-CFR Volume 87 Flooring Warranties, Merchantability for Service and Fitness for Intended Purpose of Use December 2015 (7091 downloads )
- 2015-11-CFR Volume 86 Construction Specifications Division 3 and 9 November 2015 (9253 downloads )
- 2015-10-CFR Volume 85 CRI - 104 STANDARD FOR INSTALLATION OF COMMERCIAL CARPET UPDATE October 2015 (6784 downloads )
- 2015-09-CFR Volume 84 Luxury Vinyl Tile, Plank and Vinyl Flooring Materials September 2015 (7041 downloads )
- 2015-08-CFR Volume 83 Your Floors and Falls August 2015 (7087 downloads )
- 2015-07-CFR Volume 82 The Frivolity of Flooring Law Suits July 2015 (7127 downloads )
- 2015-06-CFR Volume 81 IF YOU SPECIFY IT, KNOW HOW IT SHOULD BE INSTALLED and IF YOU BID IT, KNOW HOW TO INSTALL IT June 2015 (8917 downloads )
- 2015-05-CFR Volume 80 Pooling-Watermarking-Pile Reversal and Shading-May 2015 (7336 downloads )
- 2015-04-CFR Volume 79 What is the Best Flooring for your Project April 2015 (7208 downloads )
- 2015-03-CFR Volume 78 FORMALDEHYDE CONCERNS March 2015 (7172 downloads )
- 2015-02-CFR Volume 77 Unstable Flooring Materials February 2015 (7178 downloads )
- 2015-01-CFR Volume 76 Areas of Responsibility January 2015 (7261 downloads )
- 2014-12-CFR Volume 75 Finding a Professional Flooring Contractor December 2014 (7226 downloads )
- 2014-10-CFR Volume 74 Positioning the Flooring Business for Growth October 2014 (7013 downloads )
- 2014-09-CFR Volume 73 How Long Should Flooring Last (7355 downloads )
- 2014-08-CFR Volume 72 The Floor Covering Abatement Dilemma August 2014 (7135 downloads )
- 2014-07-CFR Volume 71 Discoloration of Resilient Floor Covering July 2014 (7551 downloads )
- 2014-06-CFR Volume 70 The Multi-Family Housing Market June 2014 (7189 downloads )
- 2014-05-CFR Volume 69 WHAT ARE WE LACKING IN THE FLOORING INDUSTRY May 2014 (7310 downloads )
- 2014-04-CFR Volume 68 Moisture Resistant Adhesives April 2014 (7545 downloads )
- 2014-02-CFR Volume 67 Flooring Product Failures February (7645 downloads )
- 2014-01-CFR Volume 66 Moisture Testing and Protect the Installation January 2014 (7260 downloads )
- 2013-11-CFR Volume 65 Winter Effects on Floor Covering November 2013 (7507 downloads )
- 2013-10-CFR Volume 64 Waivers and Liens October 2013 (7332 downloads )
- 2013-09-CFR Volume 63 CRI Commercial Model Specifications September 2013 (7607 downloads )
- 2013-08-CFR Volume 62 Installation Warranties August 2013 (7396 downloads )
- 2013-07-CFR Volume 61 Poison Plastic Flooring July 2013 (7587 downloads )
- 2013-06-CFR Volume 60 Design 2013 June 2013 (7062 downloads )
- 2013-05-CFR Volume 59 Tufted Weight vs. Finished Weight May 2013. (7538 downloads )
- 2013-04-CFR Volume 58 Planar Stability in Floor Covering April 2013 (7455 downloads )
- 2013-03-CFR Volume 57 Customer Expectations March 2013 (8835 downloads )
- 2013-02-CFR Volume 56 Complicated Cork Floor Resand Took Finesse and Know-How February 2013 (9443 downloads )
- 2013-01-CFR Volume 55 Proper Hard Surface Maintenance January 2013 (7979 downloads )
- 2012-11-CFR Volume 54 What to Include in a Flooring Spec Conclusion Nov 2012 (7449 downloads )
- 2012-10-CFR Volume 53 What to Include in a Flooring Spec Part II (7784 downloads )
- 2012-09-CFR Volume 52 What to Include in a Flooring Spec Sept 2012 (7646 downloads )
- 2012-08-CFR Volume 51 Vinyl Flooring Problems - Indentation (8602 downloads )
- 2012-07-CFR Volume 50 WHAT CONSTITUTES WEAR IN FLOORING MATERIALS 7.2012 (7374 downloads )
- 2012-05-CFR Volume 49 FLOORING-MERCHANTABILITY FOR SERVICE AND FITNESS FOR INTENDED PURPOSE OF USE 5.2012 (8378 downloads )
- 2012-04-CFR Volume 48 Flooring Disasters.Prevention and Recovery April 2012 (7609 downloads )
- 2012-03-CFR Volume 47 How Much Curl is Acceptable in Modular Carpet (7843 downloads )
- 2012-02-CFR Volume 46 Congrats to a Colleague February 2012 (2121 downloads )
- 2012-01-CFR Volume 45 Happy New Year - January 2012 (7501 downloads )
- 2011-12-CFR Volume 44 Business is Picking Up-December 2011 (8172 downloads )
- 2011-11-CFR Volume 43 What to Test For-November 2011 (2180 downloads )
- 2011-10-CFR Volume 42 Woven Carpet and Installation (8761 downloads )
- 2011-09-CFR Volume 41 Hidden ADA Risks with Flooring Contractors in the Sport Floor Industry (7495 downloads )
- 2011-08-CFR Volume 40 Flammability and Floor Covering (5796 downloads )
- 2011-07-CFR Volume 39 Concrete Curing Additives and Topical Treatment (8223 downloads )
- 2011-06-CFR Volume 38 HOLLOW SOUNDING TILES MAY SIGNAL INSTALLATION PROBLEMS (7853 downloads )
- 2011-05-CFR Volume 37 The Flooring Experts Dicuss What is Greener (7971 downloads )
- 2011-04-CFR Volume 36 The Flooring Experts Discuss How Much Curl is Acceptable in Modular Carpet (8282 downloads )
- 2011-03-CFR Volume 35 The Flooring Experts Discuss CRACKING IN CONCRETE 3.11 (2847 downloads )
- 2011-01-CFR Volume 34 The Use of Solvent to Remove Old Flooring Adhesive Jan-2011 (7901 downloads )
- 2010-12-CFR Volume 33 Color Issues Nov-Dec 2010 (7994 downloads )
- 2010-11 CFR Volume 32 CARPET RECYCLING EFFORTS (7147 downloads )
- 2010-10-CFR Volume 31 The Effects of Temp and Humidity (9027 downloads )
- 2010-08-CFR Volume 30 Resilient Flooring News August 2010 (9473 downloads )
- 2010-07-CFR Volume 29 The Musing of a Tile Consultant .July 2010 (8028 downloads )
- 2010-06-CFR Volume 28 Common Causes of Flooring Failures June 2010 (8311 downloads )
- 2010-04-CFR Volume 27 Common Causes of Flooring Failures April 2010 (8345 downloads )
- 2010-03-CFR Volume 26 Information You Need to Know March 2010 (8189 downloads )
- 2010-02-CFR Volume 25 When is Carpet Wall Covering and Not Cove Base Feb 2010 (7711 downloads )
- 2010-01-CFR Volume 24 Don't LEED Yourself Into Trouble Jan 2010 (7732 downloads )
- 2009-12-CFR_Volume_23_Winters_Effects_on_Flooring_Materials (9080 downloads )
- 2009-10-CFR Volume 22 Concrete Testing - Doing It Right (8414 downloads )
- 2009-09-CFR Volume 21 A Smart Guide to PVC Backed Modular Cpt (9292 downloads )
- 2009-08-CFR Volume 20 Hospital.Health Care Sheet Vinyl (8310 downloads )
- 2009-07-CFR Volume 19 NeoCon 2009 (8319 downloads )
- 2009-06-CFR Volume 18 HD 2009 Expo (8004 downloads )
- 2009-04-CFR Volume 17 CARPET CSI (8527 downloads )
- 2009-02-CFR Volume 16 Double Stick Installation - What you must know (8311 downloads )
- 2009-01-CFR Volume 15 Happy New Year (7898 downloads )
- 2008-11-CFR Volume 14 THE MOST SUSTAINABLE CARPET FIBER - WOOL (8980 downloads )
- 2008-09-CFR Volume 13 Pooling-Watermarking-Pile Reversal and Shading (10566 downloads )
- 2008-08-CFR Volume 12 The Front End of a Project can be the Greenest (8140 downloads )
- 2008-06-CFR Volume 11 Protecting You and The Clients Investment (8066 downloads )
- 2008-05-CFR Volume 10 Maintenance Issues (8268 downloads )
- 2008-04-CFR Volume 9 ACAA Reply - Vinyl (7757 downloads )
- 2008-03-CFR Volume 8 BE AWARE OF DANGEROUS SITUATIONS (8114 downloads )
- 2008-01-CFR Volume 7 Interesting Facts and Information (8263 downloads )
- 2007-12-CFR_Volume_6_Carpet_Myths (8319 downloads )
- 2007-10-CFR Volume 5 Different Topics (8198 downloads )
- 2007-09-CFR Volume 4 Senior Living (8734 downloads )
- 2007-08-CFR Volume 3 INSTALL (8414 downloads )
- 2007-07-CFR Volume 2 NeoCon and More (8170 downloads )
- 2003-01-CFR Articles 2003-2006 (8819 downloads )
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