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23
Jul

What is the Difference Between Laminate and Hardwood Flooring?:

There are all kinds of different flooring material options on the market and sometimes it can be overwhelming for a homeowner that is purchasing flooring for the first time for their home. There are Pros and Cons for each different flooring product and for this blog post we will focus on Laminate and Hardwood Flooring, specifically engineered wood floors. Laminate and Hardwood flooring differ in a few ways one is…

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20
May

Do you need a Water Damaged Hardwood Flooring Expert?

  When disaster strikes, the Floor Barn floor store can assist you in replacing your water damaged hardwood flooring. Having an unexpected damage to your home can be very frustrating and costly and if you have never had to navigate a situation like this before, it can also be a bit intimidating. The Floor Barn can work with you and your insurance company to get the most for your money…

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19
Mar

How to Refinish Engineered Hardwood Floors

  When shopping for new hardwood floors for your home, one of the big decisions you will make will be whether your new wood floors will be solid or engineered hardwood floors. Each floor has it's pro's and con's: Solid hardwood is typically used in more upscale homes. The Cons for solid hardwood is that it is more expensive to purchase/install solid versus engineered hardwood floors. Another Con is that…

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13
Jan

Top 5 New Hardwoods of 2014

  As Hardwoods continue to remain the #1 aspirational flooring choice for U.S. homeowners and homebuyers, wood floor manufacturers are debuting new products to try to keep up with demand and with the ever-changing trends in the flooring industry. The Dallas Flooring Market show just wrapped up last week and new products were on display.  This list is our favorite new hardwoods for the upcoming 2014 year. #5  Johnson Frontier…

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12
Dec

What to Use When Cleaning Your Hardwood Floors?

    Hardwood floors add a very timeless look to your home and they also add great value to your home. Therefore it is very important that you properly take care of your wood flooring so that they will last a lifetime. Many engineered hardwood floors have a warranty of 25-50 years, however if they are maintained properly, they can last your lifetime. So how do you take care of…

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13
Nov

How to Care for Hardwood Flooring?

When client's purchase new engineered hardwood flooring at one of The Floor Barn retail showrooms, one of the first questions we get asked is how do we care for or clean them? In order to make your newly purchased hardwoods last at least for the warranty term if not a lifetime, it is important to take the proper steps in maintaining them. Here are some very good general tips typically…

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11
Oct

Where does Lumber Liquidators hardwood flooring come from?

Lumber Liquidators hardwood flooring products have come under Federal scrutiny recently. On September 26th agents from the Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement as well as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service paid a visit to multiple Lumber Liquidators locations. The warrants that allowed the Federal agents to search Lumber Liquidators hardwood flooring headquarters and retail store in Richmond, VA. are sealed and they have not been officially…

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11
Oct

What is Cheap Flooring?

  What is Cheap Flooring? Cheap flooring has many different definitions, it is all in the eye of the beholder. For example, we here at The Floor Barn have a huge selection of cheap flooring, which to us means Low Cost flooring. Flooring that is of quality manufacturing by a brand name that you can trust, brand names that we have at discount prices compared to most other flooring retailers.…

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26
Sep

Arlington Floor Store Tips on Hardwood Transitions

We sell a lot of hardwood and laminate flooring at our Arlington Floor Store. Part of having hardwood or laminate installed is determining which type of transitions you will need for your project. Transitions are a piece of laminate or hardwood that match the plank of your floor and the create a "transition" between the wood or laminate and any adjoining type of floor like carpet, tile, vinyl, etc... Many…

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29
Aug

Are Hardwood Floors Considered Eco-Friendly?

Hardwood floors are considered a green product by most industry professionals. At first though by consumers, they do not think that hardwood floors would be an eco-friendly product because they envision many trees being cut down to create that wood flooring for their home. However, in reality, with the continued rise in production of hardwood floors for the housing industry, the USDA Forest Service reports that there are more trees…

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