Training and Education

Five Tools to Help Your Contracting Website Attract More Customers

Jun 6, 2018 - Posted in Training and Education

When you run a contracting company, your website is a representation of your business on the web. In this day and age, it is often the first point of contact between your company… Read More

The Differences Between Live-Sawn, Quarter-Sawn, Plain-Sawn, and Rift-and-Quartered Floors

Live-sawn, rift-and-quartered, quartersawn, plain-sawn floors

What’s the difference between sawing methods for hardwood floors? Below, we’ve put together a description of live-sawn, plain-sawn, quarter-sawn, and rift-and-quartered flooring, along with the factors you must consider with each. Live-sawn flooring:… Read More

How and Why to Record Videos About Your Contracting Business with Your Phone

Apr 2, 2018 - Posted in Training and Education, Videos

How to Shoot Videos for Your Contracting Business - close-up shot of a phone

You don’t need a huge budget or fancy technology to create great videos about your contracting business. Most phones shoot in HD. It’s one of the best things you can do in terms… Read More

2018 NWFA Sand & Finish Training and Testing in King of Prussia, PA

Mar 5, 2018 - Posted in Training and Education

2018 NWFA Sand & Finish Course | City Floor Supply

It’s time for another training event! City Floor Supply will host an NWFA Intermediate Sand & Finish course from April 24th through April 26th, 2018, with NWFACP Sand & Finish testing taking place… Read More

Join Us for Nailer Day 2018!

Feb 23, 2018 - Posted in City Floor, City Floor Supply, Training and Education

Register for Nailer Day 2018 | City Floor Supply

It’s that time of the year again! We are now accepting registrations for Nailer Day 2018, which is scheduled for Thursday, March 15th. This is a free event with over $5,000 in giveaways,… Read More

What Is Spontaneous Combustion and How Can You Prevent It?

Feb 16, 2018 - Posted in Lessons Learned, Training and Education

How to prevent spontaneous combustion | City Floor Supply

We had an unfortunate brush with spontaneous combustion when a devastating fire leveled our old warehouse in 2015, so we continue to strive towards educating contractors and other professionals in our field about the… Read More

How to Keep Your Body Injury-Free as a Contractor

Sep 15, 2017 - Posted in Training and Education

As a contractor, your physical well-being and health is absolutely everything. If you get sick or injured, your livelihood is completely compromised. And the unfortunate truth is that the nature of your… Read More

Tips to Collect on Unpaid Invoices from Clients

Jun 21, 2017 - Posted in Training and Education

Nobody likes not getting paid, especially when you’ve put in hard work and long hours to do something. On the flip side, few people like asking for unpaid or overdue payment if it… Read More

Don’t Sell Yourself Short

Jun 2, 2017 - Posted in Training and Education

There are a ton of contractors and hardwood floor installers out there — competing in this landscape is tough. Unfortunately, it’s sometimes even made even more difficult by those installers who are able to undercut… Read More

Last Chance to Register for this Week’s Rubio Monocoat Training!

May 23, 2017 - Posted in City Floor, City Floor Supply, Sanding and Refinishing, Training and Education

Rubio Monocoat offers environmentally friendly products that help you create durable hardwood floors with unique colors and effects, so we’re offering an in-house Monocoat demo and training event at our King of Prussia… Read More