Caleb Conlin

Summer is just around the corner, and as the weather heats up people everywhere are looking for ways to stay cool. An age-old trick for keeping a room a few degrees cooler than temperatures outside is to lay ceramic tile. But there are plenty of other reasons ceramic tile is cool—and the perfect choice for […]

In 2016, it’s not just enough to have a living room in a home; homeowners and families alike want more than one room in a home as a dedicated family space (or “hangout space,” for those of you with teens). When the option for this additional space is none other than the basement, any old

The choice isn’t always the easiest; deciding what floor you want in your bedroom isn’t meant to be stressful. But as the bedroom is your own personal private retreat from the rest of the world, you know you want only the best for you and your feet. And when the choice comes down to carpet

For the past few months, it seems like the CDC Distributors Flooring blog has focused on nothing but carpet and cleaning this specific floor. Perhaps it’s the start of a new year that has people focused on getting organized and cleaning house, or it could be the chilly weather making people wanting to stay warm. Regardless, carpeting is back

Similar to every flooring type requiring regular cleaning and maintenance, several floors need to be vacuumed, including carpet. While this may seem like something captain obvious would say, just as all flooring varieties require different cleaning methods, how to vacuum differs as well. how often to vacuum, the cleaning mode, speed of the machine, and

It’s getting to be that time of year where family, long-distance relatives, and friends come to town to celebrate the most wonderful time of the year. However, there’s no reason to spend the season worrying about floors surviving the holidays instead of spending time with loved ones. As there are several flooring varieties for both residential and

Continuing the theme of cleaning methods for different flooring types, the next floor to grace the list is none other than laminate. Laminate floors may have some cleaning methods that are similar to solid hardwood and vinyl floors, however, following all of the cleaning techniques used on those floors isn’t recommended for laminate floors. Just in time for

While you’re preparing for goblins, ghouls, and gourds to come a-knocking on your door politely asking for demanding candy at the end of this month, there is another part of your home that should be equally prepared: the floors. Sure, you may not plan to invite those trick-or-treaters in, but when your own youngsters get

Because flooring is our game (We are a regional flooring distributor, after all), flooring is always constantly on our minds. But the CDC Distributors flooring team doesn’t dream the night away about flooring choices, despite what you may think. This regional flooring distributor does, however, want to ensure everyone has the right floor for their

Sure, from everything the industry talks about, there appears to be no downside to vinyl flooring (the only possibility being that both sheet vinyl and vinyl tile derive from man-made materials). While you may have scoured every other flooring blog and multiple sources before reading this piece, it won’t be another post about how vinyl