Floors for Florida

Wood or stone flooring brings an element of nature into the home as well as a sophisticated look that enhances any decor. So it's not surprising that homeowners favor luxury vinyl plank and tile styles that realistically imitate these two popular materials.You can find various luxury vinyl styles, ...

So you're in the market for new flooring. You've decided on luxury vinyl. Congratulations! But there are two formats, tile, and plank. At Your Flooring Warehouse, we get this question a lot. So we can answer it for you.TileThe luxury vinyl tile (LVT) comes in tile format, large or small. The tile ...

Most homeowners know that a wear layer, which is found in luxury vinyl tile and plank products, is what protects you from wear and keeps your floors looking newer longer. However, we’re going to tell you a bit more about it in today’s post, so read along with us now to find out more.Take time to ...

Luxury vinyl flooring stylesWith easy installation capability nearly anywhere in your house, luxury vinyl flooring is genuinely versatile like no other. Simple to maintain, quick to clean, and stylish and durable, it’s a surfacing material that’s impressively technologically advanced. Well known ...

A flooring company can be a lot of things, but when you find one that becomes your "friend in the business," it changes things. That's part of what makes our service so reasonable for so many.If you’re looking for a no-nonsense approach to flooring, you’ll find it here. Read along to find out a ...

How to Choose Flooring in Your New HomeYour Flooring Warehouse was recently featured in Redfin, we gave some design advice about choosing flooring, here is the article...READ ARTICLE BY REDFIN

What's up with Vinyl Plank Flooring?Okay, so before I commence with this post about how cool vinyl plank flooring is, I need to clear the air about why there is a bit of a lapse between my blog posts….a five year lapse actually……yeah…(ahem).I can explain.Our little family of 3 stores is now 4. Five ...

Just so you know what this post is going to be about I’ll just say now I’m going to talk about finding tile to repair or add onto an existing tile installation. But first- I need to comment on this video.  Am I the only person who finds it hilarious that this dude probably researched for months on ...

Who me? Shucks...(scuffle, scuffle, blush) I'm nuthin special... I'm a 44 year old fella who's blessed to have a wonderful wife and a near perfect son. I work at a small chain of flooring stores (3, is that really a chain?) in the beautiful Tampa Bay market. I'm doing this for two reasons: 1. ...

One thing we have noticed on the internets recently is that lots of companies are now employing services that will generate bogus reviews for them and bury legit bad reviews.  We think this is pretty shady- we should all have to own our own reputation, good or bad.  We wanted a way to show people ...

No one wants to be unfashionable I am aware that I write a blog about flooring -so what am I doing talking about high fashion? Believe it or not flooring is something that has a very heavy design influence.  Typically this time of the year we see brand new product launches from all of the major ...

November is The Month for giving Thanks.   Many times we are simply too busy or distracted to see all the things around us in our lives that we need to be grateful for, and that applies for individuals as well as organizations.  2013 marks the 25th anniversary of The Carpet Store, and for us a ...

Buying your kid a toy can get pretty depressing.   Seriously, can you name a single children’s toy made in the good ol’ US of A?  When you get right down to it it really seems like nothing gets made around here anymore.  I remember when I was a kid my parents complained about Japanese cars being ...

Ah the signs of spring! Flowers blooming, grass growing. And the inevitable return of the $39 whole house install” scam. Here is a post from the archive that breaks it down for you floorsforflorida In my last post I talked about how The major national chain stores were publicly traded entities and ...

(photo credit goes to dogshaming.com, one of the greatest websites ever, period. check them out here) People in the flooring business are true animal lovers – in fact if we had our way we would give away a free puppy with every carpet order!  (snare drum, cymbal crash)  Hahahaha! Get it?  haha ...

Let’s be honest – we’ve all gotten some hard advice, probably uninvited, that we later wished we had listened too. Personally I’ve had plenty of those moments, in fact if I had listened during just  one of those moments I wouldn’t be currently trying to unload  an alpaca farm in Wisconsin – do you ...

“Whadya mean tile floors are boring?  Check yoself! My tile floor is stupid fresh!” I have news for you… Tile no longer sucks! ….no we’re being serious We know, we are in the flooring business and we have heard it for the last ten years; tile is just so, well, -boring.  bunch of beige squares ...

One pointer I got when starting this blog is to not do the “Pet Peeve” post. Sure, it’s easy and satisfying, but the person reading your post might Also be guilty of doing the stuff you are righteously smashing- not the greatest method for building an audience. This is sound advice, and two years ...

“We want new Hardwood flooring but we are afraid our pet’s claws will scratch up the surface.” – Boy do we hear this one a lot.  Hear are some hard truths: 1. Hardwood Flooring is a natural and cellular product, and under certain conditions it will scratch and dent.  2. Pets have claws, and tip ...

Okay I’m back – The family and I went down to the Keys for a little snorkeling and general R&R and I am jazzed to pick up where I left off in my series on flooring moisture…. crap- who am I kidding.  Quite frankly I wish I was still in the Keys and I’m a little sore about it. If only I had studied ...

Well gang, we have done it – we have reached the end of the series on wood flooring installation – I know, I know…you have been waiting each week by your computer with baited breath for each new installment, you have longed for the joy of my erudite commentary and are terrified that you shall have ...

Okay, in my first post on the subject of flooring moisture issues I reviewed some of the more common causes of moisture intrusion in flooring and I touched on how it effects different types of flooring.  The one thing I left out was what happens when moisture is introduced to a wood or laminate ...

This is my first post in a new series about moisture related issues in flooring.  I know, I know, rivetingright?  Well if you found this blog then you are likely living in Florida and are interested in flooring, and if that’s true then you need to go make a cup of coffee and read on because this is ...

Well wasn’t that fun…NOT.  If you are a resident of Florida the past couple of days you likely have been focused on things like rainfall totals and Klystron 9 radar images.  Why? WATER.  As Floridians, we are surrounded by it,  and as a general rule we are big fans.  Swimming, boating, fishing, all ...

This is going to be my last post for a time on how you are getting scammed – it’s frankly a little depressing.  Kinda like watching those nature shows about killer whales.  Seriously how many adorable little penguins do we need to watch get eaten?  Alright, we get it!  You would think after ...

Okay, now we’re going to talk about the grand dad of all marketing scams, the good old Bait and Switch. Frankly I can’t believe in this day and age that this tired scam is still being used- I mean how many times will Charlie Brown try and kick that football that Lucy is holding before he finally ...

In my last post I talked about how The major national chain stores were publicly traded entities and they were bound by their shareholders to maintain a certain level of profits, remember? So If you are a CEO muckity muck of one of these places, you have a bit of a problem to solve.  How do you get ...

Who hasn’t been THAT guy at some point. A nice afternoon get’s interrupted by a trip to… THE HOME CENTER. (thunder in background) This is a trip of necessity – You just ran over yet another sprinkler head, your child just flushed a houseplant, the flux-capacitor on your air conditioner just ...

Yep.  We have all been there – You innocently walk onto the lot,  just curious about new car prices, perhaps you wanted to see that Camaro up close, and suddenly you get that feeling creeping up the back of your neck….that feeling, like you were being watched. Before you know it, you are shaking ...

Hi. sssSo….this is blogging….. yep….ahem- Okay, I don’t have a clue, alright?  I’m just a guy from Florida who has been selling flooring down here for a really long time.  As part of a revamp of my company’s marketing I became aware that we had better get hopping on the whole social media thing.  ...