All Mohawk Wood Floor Brands Raise Prices; Bona Partners with K&T

All Mohawk Brands to Raise Wood Floor Prices in August Following a 10 percent price increase that went into effect June 1, Mohawk Industries' and its subsidiary Unilin announced a price increase between 5 and 7 … Bona Partners with Künzle & Tasin on Sanding Machines Bona (Malmö, Sweden) is partnering with Kunzle and Tasin S.R.L. (Cinisello Balsamo, Italy) to create a combined range of Bona/K&T floor sanding … A Crisis of Betrayal Transforms This Company Forever When it comes to hardwood flooring, there is a saying that personally resonates with me: “You’re only as good as your last job.” While a simple phrase at heart, it … Josh Brennan Promoted to VP of Sales at Frank Miller Lumber Josh Brennan has been promoted to vice president of sales at Frank Miller Lumber Company (Union City, Ind.). Brennan has been with Frank Miller Lumber … North Carolina’s Anti-LEED Bill Taken Off Agenda North Carolina’s Protect/Promote NC Lumber bill, which would stop the use of the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and … April Construction Spending Up 4.3% from 2012 Construction spending during April 2013 rose 4.5 percent from April 2012 to $860.8 billion, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce. This is a 0.4 percent … Forest Service Lowers 2014 Harvest Goal to 2.38 Billion Board Feet As part of its 2014 budget proposal, the U.S. Forest service lowered its timber harvest goal for the 2014 fiscal year to 2.38 billion board feet from 2013’s goal … Protect Your Bank Accounts From Online Fraud Quick. Easy. Efficient. What business doesn’t love online banking? Be aware, though, of the danger: Hackers can access your account, drain your funds and … Supply of Raw Materials May Not Sustain Rapidly Expanding Pellet Industry A report from the Hardwood Review Express indicates that there may be too little forestland to supply the rapidly expanding wood pellet industry currently … PG Hardwood Flooring Receives Chamber of Commerce Award of Excellence PG Hardwood Flooring Inc. (St-Edouard-de-Lotbiniere, Quebec) was honored with an Award of Excellence from the Levis-at-the-Pleiades Chamber of … Wood-Eating Gribble Could Hold Secret to Turning Wood into Liquid Biofuel Scientists are working to utilize an enzyme found in tiny marine wood borers to turn waste wood into liquid fuel, according to an article in Science Daily. “Gribbles,” … HF Briefs: New Classified Ads Posted Expama Floors in Miami, Fla. is looking for independent sales reps in various territories, and a seller in California has an 8-inch Clarke drum sander for sale; for … HF Blogs: A Second Strategy Many years ago I remember being really behind in a high school tennis match and expecting to lose the match. Two games before I would have lost … Proposed EPA Regulations Impact Engineered Wood Flooring 925,000 companies. That’s a big number, isn’t it? That is the number of firms that the EPA estimates will be impacted by the proposed regulations on … New Reader Comments:   How to Install Inlays into a Wood Floor Without Jigs Avi, Now I'm interested in knowing more about marquetry the hot sanding makes me wonder how you still wouldn't sand it out when you sand the floor. … Armstrong to Increase Wood Flooring Price Again on July 15 First you lobby to get rid of as much import competition as you can as the market comes back by calling 'foul' ...then, when you get that done, you watch … Armstrong to Increase Wood Flooring Price Again on July 15 wood is a commodity that can easily be tracked on Comex. There really are no surprises here. Unfortunately this long recession has put a lot of milling operations … How to Install Inlays into a Wood Floor Without Jigs Thanks Michael for the feedback. Joshua, yes my friend I thought I wanted to only do crazy insane custom installs a while back. I must tell you it … Armstrong to Increase Wood Flooring Price Again on July 15 I guess the guys at Mullican, Chelsea, Mercier are eating beans out of a can for dinner and car pooling to keep their pricing down? Gotta hand it to the … Armstrong to Increase Wood Flooring Price Again on July 15 I don't think there is any greed here at all. The prices are rising for all wood products. The way this could turn out is flooring will decrease in price … Armstrong to Increase Wood Flooring Price Again on July 15 GREED. It's all about maximizing their profit margins. Armstrong is taking advantage of lumber prices going up to make as much money as possible … Bona Hires New Territory Managers for Midwest, Canada Good luck Nick. I'm confident you'll do well EPA Proposes Formaldehyde Rules for Engineered Wood Floors My next three Green Blogs (at least) will be devoted to looking at the new EPA regs. I urge everyone in the industry to review the material … On the HF Forum:   glue and nail wide plank - good idea or not? Avi, right on! I still do some 5/16" top nail and have redone a few 5/16" x 3-5-7 " Kentucky Lebanon plank floors.. Slim Andreas from Floor Service supply … Roller Rink Floor They're probably parquet blocks, not sure what you class t & g shorts. I'm in the UK and that size is a common size, tongue one side, grooved 2 headers … Parquet z7z7, the good news is that i have the canterbury parquet.....the bad news is that it is the red oak/walnut mixed. the field is red oak … Roller Rink Floor Howard, Great to see your post. Bitumen eh? Again we are on the same page. The old 'Cold Bond' by Bruce was so much fun as when … TRIO I bought the Bona multi disc after using it at a Nwfa school this year. It has been a good addition to my sanding process, the floors look good and … glue and nail wide plank - good idea or not? J, it depends in which part of the country you are. If you don't expect big swings in RH conditions then nail and glue. Here in the Bay Area we … Unknown source of moisture under wood floor! Ive seen floors in the UK that have been fine for 200 years, suddenly start to have moisture related problems with no obvious causes. What we do now know is …   Premium Partners                                Share this email and stay connected                      Manage Email Preferences  |   Unsubscribe to future emails.   |   Forward to a Colleague This e-mail message was sent from a notification-only address that cannot accept in-coming e-mail. Please email Lisa at lisa@athleticbusiness.com with questions about your account. This email was sent to john_hames@comcast.net by: AB Media Inc. 22 E. Mifflin St., Ste 910, Madison, WI 53703 © 2013 | Privacy Policy