Contractor Blog: Wayne Lee
Wayne Lee worked for a sanding machine manufacturer for 24 years before starting
his own wood floor and tile contracting business, Cardinal Hardwood & Tile, full
time in 2008. Cardinal Hardwood focuses on custom installations and maintains
three to four employees. Wayne has taught thousands of students at wood flooring
schools and has his Craftsman, Master Craftsman, Vanguard and Ambassador degrees
from the NWFA. He is based in Springville, Tenn., a rural community with a large
retirement and resort population, where he lives with his wife of 27 years, two
daughters, one dog and four barn cats. He blogs for HardwoodFloorsMag.com about
the daily challenges of being a wood flooring contractor.
Recent Posts:
Videos: Machine Maintenance Tips
Here are a few clips on my machine maintenance class from the NWFA Expo last month. My goal when we ...
I Felt Like a Government Mule
Wow, what a two-week run! Where do we begin? Hmm, let’s go back a few weeks to before the Expo. ...
The Renewed Expo Attitude: My Highlights
Since I was looking forward to the NWFA Expo and wanting extra funds for the trip, we pulled a few ...
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Contractor Blog: Scott Avery
Scott Avery operates Modern Tech Floors in Portland, Ore. He has been a regular student and instructor with the NWFA since 2002, when he left the biotech industry to satisfy his inner entrepreneur and have his own business. In late 2008 the changing economy triggered Scott to re-evaluate his business and personal habits, resulting in a greatly improved home life and much more profitable business. Scott blogs for HF in an effort to help other wood floor contractors reclaim their personal time from their business while increasing profitability.
Recent Posts:
A Message for You Haters in the Industry
Lately, the NWFA seems to be a target for finger-pointing as positive changes come through that the “haters” of this ...
On the Duality of Man: Being Firm Yet Easy-Going
For all the fun and relaxing times that I had at the Expo, the weeks that have followed have been ...
Leaving the NWFA Expo: T-Minus 30
So I’m giving myself just 30 minutes before I board to put my thoughts together for the NWFA Expo I ...
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Green Blog: Elizabeth Baldwin
Elizabeth Baldwin has over 20 years of international wood sourcing experience.
Very widely traveled, her résumé's "Special Skills" section includes "the
ability to eat anything from raw horse to deep-fried scorpion." She serves as
Metropolitan Hardwood Flooring's (metrofloors.com)
ECO (Environmental Compliance Officer) and deals daily with the "green alphabet
soup" of today's industry: FSC, CARB, LEED, and much more. She blogs for
Hardwood Floors on all things green (and, as she says, " 'grey' and 'blue' and
almost every color except 'black and white.' Nothing in this world is black and
white, particularly not 'green issues.'")
Recent Posts:
Malaysian Plantations: Rubberwood & More, Minister Interview, Pt. 2
I recently spoke with the Malaysian Minister of Plantation Industries & Commodities, Mr. Bernard Dompok, and learned more about the ...
5.9 Million Hectares and Growing: Malaysian Minister Interview, Pt. 1
5.9 million hectares is the amount of Malaysia directly that is currently covered with rubberwood, palm, acacia, gmelina, teak and ...
Is Double Certification in our Future?
When the new national formaldehyde regulations were passed, unlike as is often done with new federal regulations, no preemption was ...
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Inspector Blog: Howard Brickman
Howard Brickman has operated his own consulting and contracting business, Brickman Consulting, in Boston since 1984, and has worked in the wood flooring industry in Memphis, Seattle, and Boston since 1978. He was a Floor of the Year winner in 1999. Howard has hands-on experience with all phases of installation, sanding and finishing, ranging from gymnasiums to concert halls, as well as new construction and 300-plus-year-old antique houses in Plymouth County, Mass. He also spent three years at UMass Amherst as a graduate student in the Wood Anatomy Lab. He is a charter member of the NWFA. His hobby: Welsh corgis, because "You have to love dogs that live so close to the floor."
Recent Posts:
Thoughts as I Travel Home from the Expo in Orlando
I am on my way back home from the 2012 NWFA convention in Orlando and wanted to get some thoughts ...
World Class Networking On the Cheap
It is less than four weeks till the start of this year’s NWFA annual convention. It looks like it will ...
The Good Old Days
In 1978 there was no industry-sponsored training or conventions; in fact, there was barely a wood flooring industry. I had ...
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NWFA Blog
NWFA staff and involved members use the NWFA Blog to update the industry about the association's many activities, including committee work, the Expo, updates to technical publications and more.
Recent Posts:
Reserve Your Corner of Cyberspace with NWFA's Web Site Tools
At the NWFA Wood Flooring Expo, we announced a set of web site tools designed to help dealer/contractors establish and ...
Why Local Search?
We have been building up to this for more than three years, but we can now officially announce that 2012 ...
What's All This Talk About Lead Paint?
I follow the HF news comments and from what I gather I can
tell there are a good number of professionals ...
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Inspector Blog: Craig DeWitt
Craig DeWitt, PhD, PE, is president of RLC Engineering LLC in Clemson, S.C.
Craig has a PhD in engineering and specializes in wood, moisture and indoor
environments. He has provided inspection and consulting services for over 20
years. Craig blogs for HardwoodFloorsMag.com regarding issues relevant to wood
flooring inspections.
Recent Posts:
Going in New Directions
I have been very remiss in posting blog bits this year. My work has changed and led me in a ...
Fact, Fiction or Opinion (cont.)
One aspect of an inspection is the background information. This information is usually collected by talking to other parties such ...
Inspector Reports: Fact, Fiction or Opinion?
Fact, fiction or opinion: In writing and evaluating reports, I am often faced with determining whether something is fact or ...
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