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Preverco Offers Colorful New Wire-Scraped Finish
- ebuild (7/24/2007)
- Preverco, a leading manufacturer of high-end, Canadian hardwood flooring, announces its unique wire-scraped finish. Preverco's new wire-scraped finish results in textured hardwood flooring that is one-of-a-kind in appearance. The new wire-scraped finish is offered with both Preverco's Original Series and the Engenius Series of engineered hardwood. The Original Series is available in 3/4 inch thickness in widths of 3 1/4 and 5 inches, while the Engenius Series is ½ inch thick in widths of 3 1/4 and 5 3/16 inches.
- Floor Finishes: So Many Choices
- Sunday Gazette - Mail; Charleston, W.V. (7/22/2007)
- and only one kitchenIN past decorating endeavors, I have had an anchor - an antique rug or a new sofa - something from which I selected matching and contrasting colors for the walls, furniture and floor covering. But with trying to pick out new flooring for my kitchen, I have no anchor and find myself awash in options - wood of various grades and shades and depth; plastic wood that looks and costs like the real thing; and tiles, ceramic and what seems like an endless selection of linoleum and vinyl.
- Finding the Perfect Floorboards Doesn't Have to Be Difficult Decisions Underfoot
- Virginian - Pilot (7/21/2007)
- CHICAGO - Potential home buyers often ask sellers what's underneath the carpeting, anxiously hoping the answer will be, "Hardwood floors." Brian Quinn of Birger Juell, a floor manufacturer and contractor with offices in the Merchandise Mart, tells all.Be prepared for the fact that dark floors reveal dirt and dust more than light floors do.
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Building Products Top 100: Puzzle Floor
- BUILDING PRODUCTS Magazine (7/18/2007)
- Instead of strips or planks, this product comes in two puzzle-piece patterns that are ideal for entertainment and game rooms. Puzzle Floor units are prefinished solid hardwood that interlock quickly to create a floor that is durable and easy to care for, the company says. The pieces are available in 13 colors. 800-750-5563.
- JG Architectural Supply Takes 'Green' Hardwood Flooring to a New Level of Prestige
- U.S. Newswire (7/18/2007)
- LINTHICUM, Md., July 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- JG Architectural Supply unveils a new, exclusive, and environmentally friendly hardwood flooring product for commercial and residential application. For these customers, JG Architectural Supply has reset the bar on prestigious flooring with its exclusive Antique Brazilian Barnwood. The species used in JG's Brazilian Barnwood flooring is known as Peroba.
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Building Products Top 100: Energy Star-rated MatComfort 82F Floor-warming System
- BUILDING PRODUCTS Magazine (7/18/2007)
- Available in 110- and 220-volt formats, the Energy Star-rated MatComfort 82F floor-warming system sustains temperatures at or below 82 degrees F for laminate and engineered-wood floors. The floor-sensing thermostat is programmable up to seven days, automatically adjusting to desired temperatures at specific times, states the maker. Installed between the floor and the subfloor, the heating mats come in 60 sizes. 800-778-9276.
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Building Products Top 100: Mapelath Synthetic-lath
- BUILDING PRODUCTS Magazine (7/18/2007)
- Designed as an underlayment for ceramic, porcelain, and natural stone tiles, Mapelath is a synthetic-lath offering several advantages over wire lath, according to the manufacturer. Mapelath comes in rolls rather than sheets, is lighter weight than wire lath, is easy to fasten to substrates, and is less prone to cause cuts and injuries during installation, the company says. 800-426-2734.
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Building Products Top 100: EnviroGlas Recycled Glass Terrazzo
- BUILDING PRODUCTS Magazine (7/17/2007)
- EnviroGlas Products. EnviroGlas Terrazzo features 100 percent post-consumer and post-industrial recycled glass blended with a pigmented epoxy resin base to create terrazzo floors, countertops, and other surfaces that are naturally chemical- and bacteria-resistant and produce no VOC off-gasses, says the firm. The recycled glass chips are available in several types and colors, including clear, flint, mirrored, tinted plate, blue, green, amber, and mixtures. 888-523-7894.
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Building Products Top 100: Energy-Star Rated MatComfort Floor-Warming System
- BUILDING PRODUCTS Magazine (7/17/2007)
- Nuheat. Available in 110- and 220-volt formats, the Energy Star-rated MatComfort 82F floor-warming system sustains temperatures at or below 82 degrees F for laminate and engineered-wood floors. The floor-sensing thermostat is programmable up to seven days, automatically adjusting to desired temperatures at specific times, states the maker. Installed between the floor and the subfloor, the heating mats come in 60 sizes. 800-778-9276.
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The DRIcore Modular Subfloor System
- ebuild (7/17/2007)
- The DRIcore subfloor system consists of 2' x 2' engineered wood panels bonded to a rigid, moisture-resistant polyethylene sheet with a molded-in grid pattern. The grid on the underside of the DRIcore panel lifts the wood core off of the concrete, creating an airspace -- or thermal break -- between the cold concrete and finished floor. DRIcore panels have an insulating value of R-1.7, or R-2 with the finished floor - sufficient to make the floor feel six or seven degrees warmer than the concrete underneath.
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