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Across the Grain An Educational Newsletter from the Janos P. Spitzer Flooring Company 131 West 24th Street New York, New York 10011 (212) 627 1818 www.janosspitzerflooring.com |
| Summer 2010 | |
| Selecting Engineered Wood Flooring | |
| Over the past several years there has been a lot of buzz about engineered wood flooring. Guess what?... the buzz may be new, but engineered wood floors have been around for over a century! And what’s even more surprising is that some of those century-old engineered floors are still in service! The age old design was a true-balanced 3-ply construction, bonded together with equestrian adhesive - that’s right… horse glue! As it turns out, today’s best engineered wood flooring products use the same approach, except that they now make use of modern adhesives, resulting in an even stronger assembly. Unfortunately, many engineered flooring products on the market today use unbalanced and/or defective assemblies. There are a wide variety of these inferior engineered products available: • some are 2-ply, with a veneer face mounted on plywood • some are 3-ply, but not true-balanced (different species on top and bottom layers) • still others are true-balanced 3-ply, but use unstable wood for the core, or adhesive that is poorly suited for the task. To make matters worse, it is very difficult, if not impossible to assess the quality of many of the products that appear to be true-balanced. This is because there is no way to determine if the fabrication of many imported products took place under controlled conditions using suitable methods and materials. All this may sound very grim, but please don’t feel disillusioned, because we can help. We are able to provide you with custom fabricated true-balanced 3-ply wood flooring to meet your project’s unique design requirements - with species, cut, width, lengths and face characteristics able to be specified. And because it is manufactured locally, even custom orders and additional material requests can be delivered rapidly. |
Spitzer Flooring Seminar An AIA-Accredited Educational Seminar Earn 2 continuing education credits Basics of Wood Flooring Learn the fundamentals of wood flooring installation, wood flooring assemblies, and product options. Also covered will be the impacts of environmental conditions on wood flooring. June 8, 2010 4-6pm at the Showroom 131 West 24th Street Please arrive at 3:45 to ensure a timely start. Space is limited. Pre-register using the form below. For more information call 212-627-1818 or e-mail: seminars@janosspitzerflooring.com |