Mr. Floor Blog

Seasonal Changes to Your Wood Floor

With the rapid change in weather from warm and humid to cold and dry, the environment in your home is changing as well.  It’s likely that the humidity level has plummeted from over 50% to 30% or lower, a humidity level where wood flooring begins to suffer. “Dry Cupping”...

Deep Cleaning a Hardwood Floor

Ever wonder how Mr. Floor deep cleans hardwood floors? Here's your answer!

Summer Months, Increased Humidity and Your Wood Floor

Summer months mean higher humidity levels in your home. Learn how humidity affects the performance of your wood floor.

Don’t Use Tape on Wood Floors!

You should not use blue tape or any other tape on your wood floor when painting. Tape can peel off a weakened finish and leave adhesive residue behind.

Wood Floor Water Damage and Repair

Is your wood floor suffering from water damage? Here's Mr. Floor's guide to dealing with warped, buckled or discolored hardwood floors ruined by water.

Balls of Polyurethane Finish Popping Up on Your Floor

For many, summer means concerts at Millenium Park, margaritas on the deck and bubbles in the pool.  When we think of summer at Mr. Floor, we think about the dozens of calls we receive from homeowners who are watching bubbles of finish pop up between the cracks of their...

Chicago Winters and Your Wood Floor

From Naperville to the North Shore, this Chicago winter is going to be a doozy! While we all wait for Spring, your floor may have suffered the consequences of the coldest winter in recent memory. First, you already know that salt, dust and debris are the enemy of your...

Lumber Liquidators 60 Minutes Story: The Price Versus Quality Equation in Flooring

The Price Versus Quality Equation in Wood Flooring There’s nothing more frustrating than hearing one of our potential Chicago clients tell us that they have a quotation for wood or laminate flooring that is half of our price. We’ll do our best to educate a prospect on the difference in...

From the Forest through the Factory to Your Floor

One of the truisms about the flooring industry is that most flooring contractors purchase the flooring that will go in your home through a distributor or local retailer. Especially for smaller contractors, this makes economic sense because they don’t have the physical facilities or financial foundation to purchase directly...

Mr. Floor team caring for the floor at United Center

We are very proud of our four year relationship with the Chicago Bulls from 2012 through 2016. Here is a screen shot of the ESPN homepage that was sent to us by one of our clients in 2015. Those are “our guys” on the sideline with D Rose from a...

Ida Noyes Hall, University of Chicago Grand Staircase

Designed in 1916 by the firm Shepley, Rutan & Collidge, the Ida Noyes Hall at the University of Chicago began life as a women’s gymnasium and social center. Lovingly maintained for nearly 100 years, the magnificent interior of the building features decorative oak wainscoting, a molded plaster ceiling with medallions...