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Why a Prefinished Wood Floor Can Save you Headaches!

Woodman — Wed, 11 May 2011 21:20:55 +0000

Ever wondered about Prefinish vs. Unfinished/Site sand and finish? Our Brazilian Hardwood Flooring is factory finished in South America or in North Carolina. The picture shows the realities of a jobsite and your total reliance on the skillset of the person doing work. You see puddles of Bona Traffic finish in this picture due to improper application – too much finish.

Improper application of finish at jobsite -Had to be redone!

Chinese Wood Flooring & New Duties

Woodman — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 02:24:35 +0000

If you think that most American consumers can ‘only’ afford Chinese engineered flooring, you’ve already lost! Products need to compete on quality and value not simply who has the lowest price. Low prices do not inherently equal value, in fact, many times they can be the worst value. As engineered flooring is the most technically challenging to produce correctly, manufacturing techniques need to be evaluated. America doesn’t deserve blind allegiance, nor do we deserve to face unfair trade practices. We must compete on quality, ingenuity and value. The fact is that a foreign company cannot own the majority of a company in China, this is great for the Chinese as the transfer of intellectual property is great and you help create your largest competitor. Where is the environmental community activists and social justice defenders when it comes to China? Human rights, work place safety etc. I don’t remember seeing fences in America or Europe or South America to prevent workers from jumping to their death. We are much more open to the world’s products than they are to ours. American consumers have the greatest choice because we are the most open.

Thinking About Buying Exotic Flooring on The Internet?

Woodman — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 18:07:54 +0000

If you are in the market for a solid prefinished exotic wood floor, I’d encourage you to review my website, www.stewartfloor.com. We offer Brazilian Cherry, Brazilian Teak, Brazilian Walnut, Tigerwood, Amendoim, Tiete Rosewood, Patagonian Rosewood and Santos Mahogany.
When you do business with stewartfloor, you are purchasing from a direct container importer. We have 14+ years in exotic woods and purchase from a select group of manufacturers in Brazil, Paraguay and Peru. Our background is based in our experience servicing major flooring distributors around the country in container volumes. We do not buy from other importers inventories and sell product to you once you’ve paid us like so many on the internet do. You are talking directly with the owner at stewartfloor.

All of our products are Lacey Act compliant, we have our own Customs Bond with the USDA to import our products and we use only German & Swedish finishes on our products. In other words, we really have “skin in the game.”

There is no middleman at stewartfloor and we know exactly what we are selling because we actually own it, have our own quality control in South America and have longterm relationships with only a few quality suppliers. We own and maintain hundreds of thousands of dollars of inventory in 4 warehouses across the United States.

We have many satisfied clients and you will find some of their testimionials in the blog section of our site.

Exotic Flooring by Stewartfloor – 4 Key Reasons to Buy From Us

Woodman — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 17:23:24 +0000

You have many options today for purchasing Exotic Hardwood Flooring. Many of these companies sell all kinds of wood flooring, at stewartfloor, our nearly 14 years of experience in wood flooring are with Exotic species. We are experts on the direct sourcing, quality control programs with our manufacturers, container shipments, warehousing and delivery to you. We own everything we sell, we don’t take your payment and go purchase the flooring from someone else and than ship to you. We are fully invested in what we do. We have stock currently in 3 warehouses around the country. Why buy from stewartfloor?

1. Consistency. Our products are consistently manufactured and supplied by a small group of family owned operations throughout several countries in South America. This means we have consistent products which fit together year after year.

2. Inventory. We are known for having stock available for immediate shipment. Stewartfloor is known as one of the largest importers and stock holders of hard to find species such as Amendoim.

3. Quality proven over years of selling flooring distributors, retailers and homeowners. Stewartfloor has our own quality control personnel in South America providing additional technical support and control to our manufacturing partners.

4. Environmental Responsibility. As direct importers we have our own customs bond and only import products which have correct legal documentation. It’s less expensive to not do things right, but this is not how we do business at stewartfloor. All of our products conform to The Lacey Act in order to help prevent illegal logging.

5. We have been experts in Exotic wood species for nearly 14 years! We understand the proper installation and characteristics of these species.

Stewartfloor Testimonial

Woodman — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 20:01:41 +0000

It brings the Woodman great joy to hear from our customers after they have installed their stewartfloor flooring.

A recent client of ours in the Northeast wrote to us yesterday regarding her 3/4″ x 5″ Prefinished Santos Mahogany flooring: “I’ve received many compliments as people come into my home and just stare down at the floors. Of course, I’m telling everyone where I got mine. (smile) ”
Margie

This is what it is all about, providing homeowners, flooring dealers and flooring distributors with the highest quality prefinished exotic flooring direct. We import everything we sell and stock in warehouses conveniently located for shipping anywhere effectively.

Amendoim Flooring In Stock and No Middleman

Woodman — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 20:46:06 +0000

Have you been looking for Amendoim Flooring and having a challenging time find it? Never fear, The Woodman is here! We have stock available for immediate shipment in 3/4″ X 3″, 4″ and 5″ widths with lengths of 1′ to 7′ finished with our wonderful Klummp Coatings of Germany finish. Beautifully and carefully packaged in stewartfloor boxes with foam between the flooring layers to prevent damage to your investment.

We purchase, import and warehouse all of our own inventory we offer for sale. We do not buy from other importers and represent it as our own or that you are buying “direct.” When The Woodman says there are no middlemen, it really is true. Stewartfloor provides a supermarket variety of gorgeous high quality South American produced tropical wood flooring species for your enjoyment and all of our products feature German coatings.

Brazilian Flooring Duty Rebate Revoked By U.S. Government

Woodman — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:59:47 +0000

Well, at least someones economy is doing well! The Brazilian economy has grown consistently over recent years and as you may know, they are 100% energy independent – feeling jealous anyone? Given the way our governments manage trade policies and incentives on others exported goods and given the success of Brazil over recent years, the U.S. Government has now finally revoked the duty rebate on these products. What does this mean? It means that the price has gone up by 3.2%!

Supply remains very challenging this logging season. If you are in the market for a new gorgeous Brazilian Hardwood floor, please don’t wait as supplies are difficult and as the old adage goes “It’s a supply and demand thing.”

Four Reasons to Buy Hardwood Flooring From Stewartfloor

Woodman — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 17:57:08 +0000

The Top 4 Reasons to buy your next floor from stewartfloor are:

1. Choose from an extensive range of the highest quality 3/4″ solid prefinished Exotic hardwoods with lengths upto 86″. Lengths which are longer than many Asian imported products.

2. Environmentally Friendly – Low impact selective logging and Lacey Act Compliant wood guarantee sustainability.

3. Precision milling , additional quality control by our own quality control personnel and the finest German Aluminum Oxide finishes for generations of enjoyment.

4. Exotic Species which invigorate your living space with enjoyment and make your friends jealous.

Thirteen years of experience in South America mean we have done all the work for you. We guarantee our products and offer a full warranty.

Glamorize Your Home With a New Wood Floor

Woodman — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:20:34 +0000

How about a little Glamor to put a spark in your life? Check out our exciting collection of solid prefinished wood flooring at direct prices. Why not treat yourself to one of the most cost effective ways to impact your living space and invest in the longterm enjoyability of your home.

Santos Mahogany is just one of our extraordinary offerings.

Stunning Santos Mahogany Flooring

Captivating Tigerwood Flooring

Woodman — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:18:16 +0000

Looking for a sophisticated and age worthy wood species? Tigerwood is literally a striking orangey background with dark brown/black streaks. Over time with exposure to uv light, the orangey background goes to a softer brown and makes for an amazing floor for a traditional or contemporary space.

Tigerwood Flooring