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Cable Flooring-Heating System
- BUILDER Magazine (1/7/2008)
- Compatible with the maker's electric floor-warming mats, the Nuheat Cable System (PDF) lets users extend radiant floor heating into intricate and even wet spaces, including shower stalls, benches, saunas, and platforms. The 3/16-inch-thick components add a minimal increase in floor height, says the company. The energy-efficient system generates only 12 watts per square foot and can be controlled with the manufacturer's programmable thermostats. 800-778-9276.
- Keeping House: WITH HELP FROM OUR EXPERTS, RESOLVE TO PROTECT YOUR BIGGEST INVESTMENT
- San Jose Mercury News (1/5/2008)
- Jan. 5--Your home is your biggest investment, and it only makes sense to maintain it. Here's a cautionary tale from Iris Harrell, president and CEO of Harrell Remodeling in Mountain View: Harrell's advice: Stop deferring maintenance and start doing all those things you haven't gotten around to, such as exterior painting, caulking, deck repair or leaky hose bibs.
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Ragno USA Debuts Le Pietre di Samarcanda Porcelain Stoneware for Floor and Wall
- ebuild (1/3/2008)
- Soothing, natural, lived-in colorations and a smooth, feels-good-barefoot surface meld harmoniously into contemporary residential or commercial decor. LE PIETRE DI SAMARCANDA floor and wall tile defines space and offers a sense of comfort and security, reinventing it, bringing out its structural and aesthetic features, interpreting it through original juxtapositions of the primal, thick body and the velvety smooth surface.
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Inverness Hardwood Flooring
- REMODELING Magazine (1/1/2008)
- Expanding its hand-sculpted hardwood offering, Inverness hardwood flooring is available in cherry, hickory, or maple, and offers the look of a hand-planed floor with the benefits of modern manufacturing technology. Hand-rubbed glazing and unique distressing add character, while the ScratchResist coating offers durability. The flooring is backed by a 25-year warranty. 856.935.3000.
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Turlington Lock and Fold Collection
- REMODELING Magazine (1/1/2008)
- The Turlington Lock and Fold collection offers popular hardwood species that install an average of 30 percent faster than traditional hardwood floors, the maker says. NextGen engineered technology offers double the lock strength of traditional laminate and hardwood floors, and eliminates the need for glue, nails, or staples. Crafted of 100 percent genuine hardwood, the collection is available in 3- and 5-inch oak, maple, or hickory planks, or 5-inch cherry or walnut planks. 800.233.3823.
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Country Hardwood Floors
- REMODELING Magazine (1/1/2008)
- The maker's Country collection has been expanded with the addition of reddish-brown Malaysian Merbau and golden Worn Oak (shown), bringing the collection to 10 designs. A proprietary contour artisanal technique creates recessed edges on all sides of the laminate planks, resulting in a look similar to authentic hand-scraped floors. To ensure a pleasing sound and feel underfoot, Country collection planks measure 3/8-inch thick. Both new offerings are available in 6-inch planks. 888.387.9882.
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PermaStone Luxury Vinyl Flooring Tile
- REMODELING Magazine (1/1/2008)
- Blending the look of river rock, marble, and ceramic tile, GemStone is the newest addition to the Nafco PermaStone luxury vinyl tile series. Available in colors including pearl, smoky quartz, jade, jasper, amethyst, and alexandrite, the 16-inch square tiles achieve the look of a grouted floor with 1/8-inch grout lines from the GroutFit system. A urethane finish and embedded wear layer discourage scrapes, scratches, and wear. The pattern carries a 20-year warranty for residential use. 800.227.4662.
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Entique Guinness Oak Flooring
- REMODELING Magazine (1/1/2008)
- Having acquired a limited supply of wood planks originally used to make beer vats in Guinness' Dublin, Ireland, brewery, the maker is importing 25,000 board feet of English brown oak to mill into Entique Guinness Oak flooring. Craftsman have carefully saved details that show the reclaimed wood's history, such as wedges tapped in to strengthen knots in the wood, and accents left from iron brands that once marked the vats. The warm-colored flooring ranges in hues from golden brown to dark brown. 800.445.2671.
- Want Wood Underfoot? Polish Your Research Skills
- Virginian - Pilot (12/16/2007)
- But choosing one for your home can feel anything but comforting, given everything there is to consider: the more than 50 species of wood, the many shapes and sizes of the boards, and the various surface treatments.Picking the wood: A floor's appearance depends primarily on the material it has been milled from. AUSTRALIAN CYPRESS is characterized by its wavy grain pattern with black rings.
- Mr. Bamboo Introduces Eco-Friendly Strand Woven Bamboo Flooring
- ebuild (12/10/2007)
- Mr. Bamboo, Inc., is introducing strand woven bamboo flooring for residential and commercial environments. The sustainability, durability, and natural beauty of strand woven bamboo flooring make it a popular choice for today's homes and offices. It's warmth and ease of care are elements that also add to its attractiveness as the flooring of choice for family rooms, kitchens, offices, and retail stores.
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