Hardwood Floors August/September 2019

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MANUFACTURER MEANDERINGS

• Loba-Wakol LLC announced the purchase of a new location inWadesboro, North Carolina.The facility will serve as the company's North American headquarters.The company also announced the appointments of James Toal, Joe Dahlgren, TomZagula, Jamie Gilles, and Chuck Phillips. • AHF Products announced that it will acquire LMFlooring, a global manufacturer and marketer of hardwood flooring products. • Encircle Products LLC has appointed Amy Tracey as Vice President of Sales and Marketing. • Valentus Specialty Chemicals announced that Dave Brunori has accepted his new position as President, Valentus Wood Coatings Group, and that Troy Murray has joined the group in a new role, Vice President/General Manager, PoloPlaz. • Sika completed the acquisition of Parex on May 23, 2019. • FrankMiller Lumber announced the start of a potential $3.4million investment at its headquarters inUnion City, Indiana.The project is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2022. • Cali has hired Robert Peay as its new Chief Financial Officer. • Bona announced the appointment of Jeff Sheaves as Territory Manager on the East Coast with responsibility for Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, Delaware, and Maryland. • Saroyan Hardwoods has acquired the key production assets of Heppner Hardwoods. • Indusparquet USA hired Jodie Doyle as Vice President of Sales and Marketing.

“We had to take the pattern and develop a starting point. We chose 42”, which is the counter height as well,” says Fraser Greenberg, Co-Owner of Relative Space. “Then, because there was an inch-and-a-half difference in height from one side to the other side of the floor, we had to cut those long boards on site to be slightly different heights to adjust for that irregularity in the height of the floor.” Once the walls were installed, the team then installed the ceiling, and finally the floors. “When you're dealing with older buildings, there are no 90-degree angles at all. Because it was a very geometric pattern, it was essential that every time we did a row, we had to have our laser level up to make sure that everything was lined up perfectly. We had to make all those minor adjustments that were required to get that perfect installation row by row by row,” says Greenberg. The wood on the walls and ceilings was installed using glue and nails, and the CNC-milled prefinished wood flooring was installed with a glue-down method. The installation took 10 days to complete. “It was a slow, meticulous process,” saysGreenberg. “It's important that things line up perfectly on projects like this, andwe needed to compensate for the geometric inadequacies of an old building. It's just part of the job of doing it right.” g

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