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Friday, March 12, 2010


























































At the Floor Store . . .

We specialize in custom floors of all kinds: ceramic tile, prefinished wood floors [nailed, glued, and floating installations,] vinyl sheet and tile floors of all types, carpeting, rugs, laminates, and commercial floors such as radial rubber tiles, sheet rubber, inlaid vinyls, and custom vinyl tiles for the discriminating taste. Since we especially like custom ceramic work, we also do walls as well as floors: showers, bathrooms, kitchen countertops and backsplashes with things like glass mosaics, tumbled marble, and intricate inserts both factory made and custom built to your specifications right in our workshop. Woodstove heat shields, hearths, multiple-surface combinations like ceramic tile with polished marble feature strips. Ask for the extraordinary... please.

We can show you . . .
Prefinished Hardwood   Carpet   Natural Products
Ash   Bathroom   Chinese Sea Grass
Bamboo   Berber   Cocoa Mat
Beech   Commercial   Coir
Birch   Childrens game carpet   Cork
Jarrah   Cut & Loop   Mohair
Merbau   Cut Pile   Sisal
Maple   Frieze   Vinyl & Rubber
Oak   Glow in the Dark   Marmoleum
Pine   Indoor/Outdoor   Mats
Tiles   Level loop   Rubber tiles
Ceramic   Multi-tone   Rubber & Vinyl Stair Coverings
Glass   Patterned   Sheet Vinyl & Linoleum
Hand painted   Recycled   Solid Vinyl Tiles
Imported   Saxony   Vinyl Composition Tiles
Metal   Sculptured   Miscellaneous
Porcelain   Shag   Bathroom Accessories
Saltillo   Textured   Custom Area Rugs
Quarry   Wool   Floor Maintenance Products
Tumbled and   Velvet   Glass Block
Polished Marble     Installation Supplies
Gauged Slate     Laminate Floors
Quartz     Machine Made Area Rugs
    Shower doors
    ...and more!
 

Choices
The Floor Store prides itself in showing and offering things out of the ordinary. If you've seen something somewhere that really caught your eye, try to take a picture of it [at least a mental picture, anyway] and bring it to us . You may not see it right away in the showroom because it may be hidden under another sample board. It might even be in the closet or down in the basement where it got misplaced or put aside while we are showing something else. Since we're not a huge warehouse-type operation, some things get rotated from time to time and may not be readily visible. If you saw something amazing in Manhattan or Boston, we may well be able to find it... maybe in Oregon or Seattle; maybe in Italy or Spain; maybe in Japan or India... if it's available on the market we can probably track it down. Then we'll do what we do best: we'll come to your home and provide a very professional and thorough estimate for whatever it is that you're considering. We'll submit a no-nonsense, intelligent and simple estimate for the job that you're interested in doing. There's no hidden numbers in our quotes. We're very up front with how much material you need, what it costs, what the labor breakdown is, what we plan to do and what you said that you'd do. If somehow we missed something or got it wrong, it'll be clear in the quote and you'll be able to get us to fix it BEFORE the contract gets written [not in the middle of the job!] What we've been doing more than anything these days is preparing proposals for customers like you. We've been sending out a record number of quotes lately, and the good news is that we're getting most of the jobs, and the calender is filling up fast. So if you're in a hurry for a new floor; the sooner you come in to choose something, the more likely we'll be able to get your name on the calender quickly.

Just a note about timing: since it's really unfair to just insert someone's name on the work calender until a product is chosen and a work order is approved, please don't ask us to just "put our name up there on the next open time." It almost never works when we've tried that in the past. We don't know how long the job will take yet; or how long it will take to get your materials; or how much to order; or whether all the preparation work will have been completed for your new floor. Everyone who is on the calender now has taken the time to come in the store, choose a material, wait for the quote, and approve the work by signing a contract and sending in a deposit. Once you've done that, you won't appreciate anyone else being placed ahead of you that hasn't participated in the process as you have. So please help us be fair to everyone [and you] by letting us be as accurate and complete as possible before "holding time" for you. We and all of our other customers will greatly appreciate your understanding and participation on how we schedule your work.


Links
We've included links to some of the major floor-covering manufacturers. If we can't answer a question here, we'll try and find the information for you, or invite you to explore the web-sites of these fine companies!

Carpet:

http://www.shawfloors.com
http://www.beaulieu-usa.com
http://www.maslandcarpets.com 
http://www.woolshire.com 
http://www.rhodyrug.com
http://www.stantoncarpet.com 
http://www.godfreyhirst.com
 

Vinyl, Resilient Tiles & Accessories:

http://www.armstrong.com
http://www.mannington.com
http://www.johnsonite.com
http://www.expanko.com 
http://www.endura-flooring.com
 

Laminate:

http://www.wilsonart.com
http://us.quick-step.com
 

Ceramic Tile:

http://www.americanolean.com
http://www.daltile.com
http://www.floridatile.com
http://www.laufen.com
http://www.marazzi.com
http://www.porcelanosa-usa.com
http://www.newsometile.com
http://www.edilcuoghi.com/sito_edilcuoghi/enter_Edilcuoghi.jsp 
http://www.crossvilleinc.com
 

Wood Floors:

http://www.teragren.com
http://www.kahrs.com
http://www.plankflooring.com
http://www.armstrong.com/resflram/na/hartco/en/us
 

Cork:

http://www.wicanders.com/context_select.php
http://www.wecork.com

The Floor Store
12 Main Street
West Stockbridge, MA
USA 01266
Tel: 413 232 7175  Fax: 413 232 4659

9AM to 4PM Tuesday through Saturday
The family owned and operated flooring experts, serving New England with fine flooring for over 25 years.

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