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Hardwood Flooring Product Profile: What is Cumaru?
July 06 | 3 min read | admin
When your reimagining, redefining, transforming a space with a new hardwood floor, knowing your options is pretty important. We here at BuildDirect are continuing to expand the number of options for all kinds of building materials, including hardwood flooring.... read more
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Porcelain Tile That Looks Like A Wood Floor Surface
June 08 | 2 min read | admin
Twenty-First Century design and the trends we’re seeing are all about taking visual ideas from all kinds of traditions and eras, and making them a part of our spaces. What we’re really after is quoting our cultural inheritance from... read more (No Ratings Yet)Loading...
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How To Fight Allergies With Flooring
April 11 | < 1 | admin
With the coming of a new season, and with the trees, flowers, and furry friends responding to it accordingly, it’s time for the mixed blessing of warmer weather. I say mixed, because many of us across the nation are... read more (No Ratings Yet)Loading...
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10 Wacky Modern Flooring Options
September 14 | 3 min read | admin
We’ve all seen our fair share of dime-a-dozen flooring – whether it’s hardwoods, carpet or linoleum, it’s all pretty predictable. Or is it? In an effort to show that there is still some creativity out there when it comes... read more (No Ratings Yet)Loading...
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What’s Composite Decking & Why’s Everyone Talking About it? [An Infographic]
April 11 | < 1 | admin
Composite decking, not unlike laminate flooring, has evolved greatly since it became a mainstream building material. Once considered something of an also-ran by early detractors, and compared unfavorably to wood decking , composite decking has emerged as a premium... read more (No Ratings Yet)Loading...
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Hardwood Flooring Kiln Drying Process
March 17 | 2 min read | admin
Co-Founder of BuildDirect Rob Banks and I went to a hardwood flooring mill in Quebec. There, we observed the making of hardwood floors from end to end. It was pretty fascinating, and the people on the floor were very... read more (No Ratings Yet)Loading...
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Choosing Types of Flooring: For Those With Disabilities
February 21 | < 1 | admin
The statistics of those in North America who have some kind of disability are significant. Of course, ‘disability’ is a problematic term, just because many who are challenged by them live perfectly happy and full lives. It’s just that... read more (No Ratings Yet)Loading...
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Choosing Types of Flooring: For Those with Allergies
February 14 | < 1 | admin
a-CHOO! Allergies, and indeed air quality in general, is a concern in many households. If you or members of your household have allergies, or asthma, or RSV (like my own daughter had when she was a baby, and which... read more (No Ratings Yet)Loading...
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Types of Flooring: Homes With Pets
February 07 | < 1 | admin
We love our furry, feathery, and scaly family members. But they don’t always practice perfect indoor etiquette when it comes to paw & claw cleanliness, rough-housing, and the occasional “accident”. That’s okay when you have the floors that can... read more (No Ratings Yet)Loading...
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Choosing Types of Flooring: Homes with Toddlers and Kids
January 31 | < 1 | admin
In the first of a series of four parts where we examine how to choose types of flooring based on a certain criterion, here’s a breakdown of flooring option that weighs the pros and the cons talking about one... read more (No Ratings Yet)Loading...
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Wood Dust Added to California Prop 65: Should You Be Afraid?
November 30 | 3 min read | admin
In a bid to protect public health, it seems that wood dust has been added to California’s Prop 65 hit list of toxic agents. What this means is that each box of wood product, including wood flooring and laminate... read more
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Interior Design & Architecture
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5 Reasons to Buy Luxury Vinyl Plank & Luxury Vinyl Tile
August 02 | 2 min read | admin
Sometimes in a busy life, you need to get results fast. But, you also want to have those results last a long time, too. In the world of flooring, there are new technologies developing to help you get... read more
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Interior Design & Architecture
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3 Choices To Consider For Easy Out of the Box Floor Coverings
July 26 | 3 min read | admin
These are floors that you don't need tools to install, and that don't need to be acclimated for days after you take them out of the packaging. In fact, they are designed for the DIYer with little... read more (No Ratings Yet)Loading...