How Is Flooring Installed? Float, Glue Down, Loose Lay, and Nail Down Explained You’ve picked your floor, you love the color, and then someone asks how you want it installed and your eyes glaze over. Floating? Glue down? Loose lay? Nail down? It sounds like a foreign language, bu... Aug 14, 2026
How to Compare Flooring Prices the Right Way (Apples to Apples) We see it at The BOSS all the time. Someone comes in with a price from another store and says, "Can you beat this?" And a lot of the time, the honest answer is: that depends on whether we're even look... Aug 14, 2026
Laminate vs. Vinyl vs. Engineered Hardwood: Which Floor Is Right for Your Home? When you start shopping for new floors, three names come up again and again: laminate, vinyl, and engineered hardwood. They can look surprisingly similar in a photo, and they can land in similar price... Aug 11, 2026
WPC, SPC, LVP, LVT: What All Those Flooring Letters Actually Mean If you have ever stood in front of a wall of flooring samples feeling like everyone around you is speaking a secret code, you are not alone. LVP, LVT, WPC, SPC. It sounds like alphabet soup, and hones... Aug 11, 2026
15 Questions to Ask Before You Hire a Flooring Contractor New floors are one of those projects that look simple from the outside and get complicated fast once the furniture's in the garage and the old carpet's ripped up. Truth is, a lot of people put new flo... Aug 7, 2026
Rachel Bell/DAL 18 Questions to Ask Before You Hire a Fence Contractor A fence looks like the simplest thing in the world — some posts, some pickets, done by Friday. Then a year goes by, the cedar's gone gray and warped, a post has heaved out of the clay, the gate sags, ... Aug 7, 2026
Rachel Bell/DAL How Much Does Flooring Cost in Dallas, Texas? If you're planning new floors or replacing what's already down, cost is usually the first question, and a fair one to ask. Flooring prices in Dallas vary more than people expect, depending on the mate... Aug 6, 2026
Rachel Bell/DAL How Much Does a Wood Fence Cost in Dallas, Texas? If you're planning a new wood fence or replacing an old one, cost is usually the first question, and it's a fair one. Fencing prices in Dallas vary more than people expect, depending on wood type, fen... Aug 6, 2026
Rachel Bell/DAL Cedar vs. Pressure-Treated Pine: Which Fence Is Right for Your Dallas Home? If you're planning a new wood fence in DFW, this is usually the first fork in the road: cedar or pressure-treated pine? Both hold up well in North Texas weather, but they're different products with a ... Aug 4, 2026