Northeast Flooring Forensics

02/09/2026

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02/09/2026

Introductory Note This article is presented in two parts. In Part 1, I share the foundation of what it means for professionals and companies to truly “own the problem” — why accountability and integrity matter in my humble opinion in every part of the flooring industry and beyond. In Part 2, I...

01/15/2026

Things I see in the field.

I’m always looking at floors. How terminations have been done , how certain products perform in service etc,,,

See if you see what I see ,,, product is an LVP on concrete glue down. Been down I think 10 years or so. Besides the horrible floor prep look at the Mainteance. Machine had a bad pad.

Can you se it.

01/10/2026

Sitting in a Dr office in a 80,000.00 sf old mill building we did all the flooring back in 2001 for the conversion . This was one of many exams rooms we installed 6 ft goods. Armstrong Meditech Tandum , heat welded seams. Seams still look good considering the enviorment we were forced to install in , minimal heat if any , winter install.

The GC was a bozo and I found out after contracts were signed that this was the GC’s first project. You could tell he was a moron and had no experience.

I had just complted a simlar sized converted old mill also a Dr office building no problems there. The GC Arthur worked directly for the owner and was very experienced.

On the way out I took pictures of the floor numbers we installed,Forbo custom fabricated in Lancaster PA. Laser water jet cut Process. Goods shipped complete just needed to glue in place. It used to have carpet in common areas but like everything else lately was replaced by a dry back LVP.

I love seeing stuff we installed years earlier and see how it stood up. This case was 25 years in service still looking good.

01/03/2026

New site Rollout

Thoughts appreciated

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12/24/2025

Ran across this in Christmas decorations. It reminded me I used to sent these out to some loyal accounts I worked with. Customized cookie tins for Christmas.

12/14/2025

BROWN STRONG

11/26/2025

https://www.flooringinspectorsguild.org/expert-flooring-inspectors?category=Massachusetts

11/20/2025

I’m far from an author (ask my english teacher from High School) but i’ve been writing down some bussiness beliefs

Introductory Note This article is presented in two parts. In Part 1, I share the foundation of what it means for professionals and companies to truly “own the problem” — why accountability and integrity matter in my humble opinion in every part of the flooring industry and beyond. In Part 2, I...

11/10/2025

Big thanks to Stanley Steemer for their new “wood floor cleaning” ads!
😉

Steam + wood = what we in the industry call “job security.”
Because the only thing wood floors hate more than moisture… is hot moisture.

So go ahead, call Stanley for the cleaning — and then call me to figure out what went wrong.

Honest, unbiased certified floor inspections — that’s what I do.

10/28/2025

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