Flooring Trade Associations and Resources
AFA - American Floorcovering Alliance(formerly DFCMA) is located in Dalton, Georgia, the carpet capital of the world was formed in 1979 to promote the floor covering industry. AFA, a not for profit association, promotes the industry's products and services to the world, and educates the members and others through seminars, ...
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March 30, 2008
Cleaning Hardwood and Bamboo
With the many varieties of wood, there are many natural colors and these can be stained to a completely different color. Bamboo is a light color naturally. During manufacturing, all strips are subjected to a bleaching process where strong oxidizing agents such as hydrogen peroxide are used to suppress color differences ...
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March 24, 2008
Hardwood Do’s and Don’ts
DO'S Install humidity controls. The use of a dehumidifier or humidifier is critical in areas with frequent variations in temperature and humidity. Sweep with soft bristle broom or dust mop the floor daily. Walking on dusty or dirty floors will damage the finish. Vacuum the floor regularly using a floor tool and not ...
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March 24, 2008
Bamboo and Wood Floors – The Effect of Water
The largest percentage of complaints when it comes to both wood and bamboo are moisture related. The moisture is usually due to a site related condition. Frequently a moisture problem is caused by conditions such as water under the structure, leaking pipe, excessively wet concrete or too much moisture in ...
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March 24, 2008
Improperly Specified Carpet
Carpet that is not properly specified will ugly out regardless of what it is installed over. Most everyone has heard the statement "a good quality cushion will make an inexpensive carpet last longer." While there is a certain amount of truth to this statement, the best of cushion can only ...
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March 23, 2008
How Cushion - Carpet Pad Contributes to Ugly Out
Installing New Carpet over Old Cushion - Carpet Pad It is common for an inspector to investigate an installation and find poor performing carpet installed over the old cushion. While this old cushion may have looked pretty good to the installer or salesperson that talked them out of a new one, ...
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March 23, 2008
The Ugly Out of Carpet
Every person in the floor covering industry and especially those that sell, install, inspect and service carpet need to understand the broad variety of complaints that they will face at any given time. These same people need to understand that appearance and wear are not synonymous and in fact the ...
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March 23, 2008
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