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Our resident flooring expert Matt returned from the Surfaces show in Vegas with one thing on his mind – our outdoor laminate flooring which we have installed on our penthouse patio here in downtown Vancouver BC. Well, it wasn’t the first thing. It was at least the second. Here’s what Matt had to say:


We’re excited to reach out to our friends in local media, traditional and otherwise, to include them into the fun. Marc is a presumptuous upstart here, pulling no punches with his intention to encourage them to write about us once they’re finished checking out the floor after a beverage or two.


Today’s installment of Watch Us Wreck a Floor is kind of what they call a microcosm; it sums up what the whole thing’s about, all within one episode. Of course, this means that our Marc is going to break a lot of stuff on the floor to see what it will take to wreck it. With his bare hands. Take a look:


Marc and Rona were set up with their own chairs to play a little blind chicken. And of course to try and wreck a laminate floor in the process. The filming today was done in two sessions – third person and first person. Here’s the third person perspective, which I shot:


Anyway, Kye Grace helped us set up our watch us wreck a floor live feed, so that you can keep tabs on the state of the floor and watch some of our events live too.


In this episode, one of two today, Matt talks a bit about preparation of our patio for imminent laminate floor-ing. And Marc talks about how cold it is.


Today’s episode is kind of in pieces, but each segment should give you an idea of where we are with our watch us wreck a floor project. And we hope too that you’ll find the information we have for you about what to expect when you order a laminate floor from BuildDirect to be useful.


Let’s get something out in the open, just for clarity. When we say that we’re going to install a laminate floor on the outside patio of our offices, we’re being way goofy. Under normal circumstances, it’s just not a smart thing to do. But, in the case of the usual laminate flooring installation, here’s Marc with a few points about proper subfloors:


Before we destroy our laminate floor by installing it outside to face the merciless elements, and then really start in on wrecking our floor, we thought we’d explain how laminate flooring is designed. Here’s Marc, and in his blue cowboy shirt today too.


As you know, all laminate flooring is tested, and then given what’s called an AC Rating, which is short for ‘abrasion class’. And here’s Marc to go over some of the major tests which we will of course imitate. Well, sort of imitate…



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