Hardwood Floors April May 2018

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MANUFACTURER MEANDERINGS

• MAPEI Corporation closed out its 80th anniversary (1937-2017) celebrations by announcing the winners of its 80th Anniversary Giveaway contest. e contest invited contractors in all the industry segments the company serves to send in their purchase receipts and receive entries for prizes. • Quality Craft announced the appointment of Dave Bickel as its Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing. • Bona US announced that it is moving its North and South American headquarters to the Denver Tech Center in Englewood, Colorado. e move is expected to take place late in 2018. • Stauf USA announced it will be moving to a new location in Cordova, Tennessee. is new location will house all of Stauf ’s North American operations. • American OEM has obtained renewed status of their CARB ULEF exemption on engineered wood ooring products. • Cali Bamboo has launched Cali Marketplace, an online store for building products and décor accessories for the sustainably designed home. SUBSCRIBE TO HFM E-NEWS The latest industry news delivered right to your inbox. Visit hardwoodfloorsmag.com for details.

oak in the entry and landing. It is always challenging using a pre nished product for a custom project.” Now to the hard part

– the landing. “Because the face of the exposed landing was pre-formed concrete, this became the template for the nosing. With no room for error, it was decided by the builder to use solid un nished wood to create the radius nosing, then nish to match the oor,” says Elquest. “We used wide boards and milled them in segments, then routed them together.” “ e boards for the landing were all tapered or wedge-shaped. e angles were found on the rst oor and then transferred to the second oor using lasers,” Elquest added. “The entry became the focal point of the home.” Altogether, this project was 2,000 square feet and took three weeks to complete with much of the milling done on-site. “ is project turned out fantastic and was so much fun,” says Elquest. “No detail was overlooked. e entry became the focal point of the home.”

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