Kahrs has many FSC certified wood products. Kahrs wood flooring is the only floor with ISO 9001, 9002, 14001, 14002 rating.
Kahrs Wood flooring is made to be beautiful offering 12 species of wood. Kahrs wood flooring is engineered to be perfect: three layer construction gives excellent dimensional stability. Made for and warranted for radiant heated floors: very stable, will not gap, buckle or warp over any floor with hydronic or electric radiant heat.
Kahrs wood flooring details:
Built with a lasting finish: 25 year wear warranty
Qualifies for LEED points (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)
No toxic glues or chemicals, healthy for you and your family
Easy to install, save $$ hundreds and thousands by doing it yourself
Less expensive than solid hardwood floors (especially when you consider the total cost of installation). Read the rest of this entry »

D. Mason asks:

I am installing traficmaster flooring at my entry above the stairs and in my basement. I want to install it on my stairs. CAN I GLUE TRAFICMASTER DOWN TO THE TREADS AND RISERS OF MY STAIRS?

FlooringFx.com responds:

Normally we avoid installing Trafficmaster (laminate flooring) and engineered flooring on stairs. We stay away from this due to the high cost of moldings and trim as well as the safety factor of the slick laminate flooring.

We are seeing more often and some laminate flooring manufacturers are creating some molding that makes it easier and more cost effective to use laminate flooring on stairs.

What I don’t advise installing laminate flooring on stairs due to safety because laminate flooring tend to be slicker than many other types of flooring.

So yes it can be installed, but normally I would recommend going with hardwood, carpet, or at least installing a runner.

I have seen Trafficmaster glued down and it definitely worked. In this application it of course would be advised to be glued down.

I am going to be starting a Laminate flooring forum (also hardwood, engineered wood, and other flooring types) on this flooring site pretty soon. Based on feedback from the readers of flooringfx.com. In this laminate flooring forum you will be able to get many of the answers and help that you have been asking.

You will be able to use this forum to review flooring (Pergo, Harmonics, Trafficmaster, and all laminate brands) we will most like be able to upload images of finished flooring. This way you can show off your flooring install job and various flooring ideas!

We will also give installation tips for laminate flooring and you can ask for help for that tricky flooring job. You will also be able to sell or buy extra laminate and discontinued laminate flooring.

Just one more way flooringfx.com will try to help with your flooring needs.

Last week I installed an engineered wood in my own home. I put the Thomasville Engineered Hardwood. I love this stuff, the warranty is good, and it has a great look.

Often readers of this flooring site ask me what I put, so here you go. I love this Thomasville Engineered hardwood. I picked the walnut because the dark color has amazing eye-catching beauty.

Thomasville Engineered Hardwood Flooring details:
* Genuine wood product
* ½” engineered hardwood tongue-and-groove construction
* 5” wide hardwood planks
* Pre-finished hardwood
* Distinctive natural wood grain with a satin smooth finish
* UV-cured polyurethane coating with aluminum oxide for enhanced durability
* Suitable for nail-down, glue-down or floating installation above grade, on grade or, with proper site preparation, below grade
* Micro-beveled hardwood edges and ends
* 30-year limited warranty Read the rest of this entry »