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A1 Wood Flooring
This site offers lots of information about installations, cleaning, choices, and benefits of all types of wood flooring. Articles range from "How to Install Wide Plank Wood Floors Over Concrete" to "Wood Flooring Goes ‘Green’."

Basics About Flooring
Click down this page for information, tips, illustrations, and sources for a variety of flooring types -- from tile to carpet and hardwood.

Best Carpet-Rug Info and Tips
A great website from the Carpet and Rug Institute. Get tips on carpet fibers, installation guidelines, and technical info. Click the "Residential" button under "Selecting Carpet and Rugs" for the best tips.

Carpet Guru
Information based on experience in the industry. Start with 7 Carpet Truths. Then, shopping for carpet, color, fiber, installation and warranties.

Carpet Info
Click down the page to find article links to common carpet styles, fibers (including nylon, polyester, polypropylene, and wool), and warranties.

Carpet Scams
Explains common carpet scams and how to avoid being overcharged.

Carpet Selector
A cool tool lets you choose the room, color, style, and grade of carpet you want -- see the online photo change with each choice!

Carpet Stains
Explains problems and offers treatment ideas for mildew, fading, color change, smoke damage, and many more.

Floor Search
A good all around resource for many types of flooring.

Flooring Links
Lots of links to flooring manufacturers and sources.

Glossary of Flooring Terms
Find out about a jamb saw, mastic, and sleepers in this quick flooring glossary.

Hometime's Floor Repairs
Squeaky floors, replacing boards, patching vinyl, and fixing carpet and tile floors are covered.

Picking the Perfect Floor from This Old House
Type "Flooring" in the Search Box to get lots of articles with tips on choosing flooring.