Professional Affiliations, Achievements and Awards

§  Member, Flooring Consultants and Inspection Training Services Inc. f/ka Floor Covering Institute of Technical Services (FCITS)

o   Senior Carpet & Hard Surface Inspector #121 (FCITS)

§  Member, National Wood Flooring Association (NWFA)

o   Installation, Sand & Finish School Instructor

o   Member of Inspectors Certification Committee

o   Certified Wood Inspector, CP0403116

o   Co-Instructor of Substrate Course

§  Member, World Floor Covering Association (WFCA)

§  Member, Long Island Floor Covering Club (LIFCC)

§  Member, National Institute of Certified Floor Covering Inspectors (NICFI)

§  Member, International Certified Flooring Installers Association, Inc. (CFI)

o   Certified Hard Surface Installer #H0016 (CFI)

o   Technical & Carpet Inspection Certification, #IT203

§  Member, Floor Covering Installation Contractors Association (FCICA)

§  Academy of Textiles and Flooring (ATF) – Senior Carpet & Resilient Inspector

§  Advanced Flooring Specialists (AFS) – Laminate / Wood Instructor

§  PERGO, Inc. - Master Installer Certification

§  The Wood Flooring Manufacturing Association f/k/a National Oak Flooring Manufacturing Association (NOFMA)

§  Mannington Corporation – Salem New Jersey, Certified Inspector, Claims adjuster

§  Speaker at numerous seminars for contractors, architects and interior designers

Clean Fax Magazine

Hardwood Floors Magazine

Floor Covering Weekly

TV & Radio appearances

Author of Substrate Exam, Contributing author to remaining exams. (NWFA)

Commercial Flooring Report

The following services are available

S/L Floor Inspection Services

Hardwood Floor Complaints

• Cupping
• Buckling
• Crowning
• Loss of Gloss
• Wearing
• Delamination

• Questionable Reports by a mill inspector? Seams Raveling 
• Seams Falling Apart  Wrinkles  Buckles 
• Loose Carpet  Stains  Rapid Soiling  Wearing 
• Loss of Color  Fadding

• Telegraphing Underlayment  Luan  Seam Gapping
• Wearing  Cuts  Gouges  Chipping 
• Trowel Telegraphing  Delamination

• Cupping  Gaps  Edge Curling  Delamination
• Moisture  Crawl Spaces  Basements  Acclimation
• Moisture Barriers Questionable Reports?
• Second Opinions  Finish Problems  Wearing
• Loss of Gloss