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:
Dawg, Sanding This Floor Was a Huge Task!
What can be said, I have not written a word in awhile, but we have laid and sanded more than ...
Thoughts on Nailing the Thermo-Treated Maple
Let’s play catch-up.The 1,600-foot of thermo-treated maple is installed, yay. Two things: One, Boone could not make it for the ...
Trick for Keeping Your Big Machine Balanced
Here's my latest video blog about one of my favorite easy tricks to keep your big machine running better:
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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:
We Are the Next Generation of NWFA
I have a real fondness for the NWFA because I’ve known it for so long. I think of all of ...
What Has Time Done for Your Attitude?
I was recently told that a person I knew only through social media had passed away. His name was Hank ...
Easy Tech Tips to Improve Your Business
Sometimes tech evades the attention of a contractor. The brilliant side of running a company these days is that you ...
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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:
The Proposed Lacey RELIEF Act
We’ve been discussing Lacey these last few weeks, and I’ll start this post by encouraging you to check some of ...
Lacey’s Broad Scope
The Lacey Act is not just about guitars, although Gibson’s case has certainly gotten guitar owners concerned. The 2008 Lacey ...
The Lacey Act & Gibson Guitar
Looking at the Lacey Act in the United States certainly requires a look at the first Lacey enforcement action, that ...
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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:
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 ...
A Closer Look at Bamboo & Palm
My house has been below 30% RH for over a week now. A couple gaps have opened in my hickory ...
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Inspector Blog: Howard Brickman
Howard Brickman has worked in the wood flooring industry in Memphis, Seattle, and Boston since 1978, and has operated his own consulting and contracting business, Brickman Consulting, in Boston since 1984. 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:
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 ...
Board Cuts, Moisture Changes & Cupping
This blog will explore simple moisture content changes of individual S4S RO boards and how that would be related to ...
What Causes Cupping? Experiment 1 Explained
We are going to start deconstructing some of the variables related to cupping and what many people believe are the ...
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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:
NWFA Services' Enhanced Technical Call Center Program
NWFA Services has enhanced its Technical Call Center program in an effort to help wood flooring manufacturers reduce the burden ...
NWFA BOD: Governance At Work
As we close in on the last weeks before NWFA's annual Wood Flooring Expo, the association's Nominating Committee and Board ...
NWFA Certified Professionals Tightens Inspector Requirements
At our January Board of Directors meeting at the Surfaces Show in Las Vegas, the NWFA Certified Professionals Inc. (NWFACP) ...
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