Hardwood Floors August/September 2018

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The Data Behind Wood Flooring’s Sustainability Story By Rick Bergman & Steve Hubbard

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One of the many benefits of wood floors is that the raw material used to make them — trees — is sustainable. Under good forest management, trees are replanted before or after they are cut down, which replaces the material that is harvested. The same is simply not true for other flooring materials.

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Common Stains and Discolorations By Brett Miller There are unique differences between some of the stains and discolorations we often see

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Talking TSCA with Your Customers By Elizabeth Baldwin TSCA Title VI is here, and your role now is to help customers understand what it covers and — in some ways, more importantly — what it doesn’t.

in our industry. Understanding

how to identify and use each term properly should help you and your customers in proper identification of each issue, as well as how or whether it is necessary to address it.

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