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Practical guides to choosing and installing floors in a Florida home, plus company news from the crew.
Oct 12, 2026
What type of flooring is best for a house in Florida? A Jacksonville guide to engineered hardwood, LVP, laminate, solid hardwood and carpet in humid air and on concrete slabs.
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Oct 12, 2026
Both can work on a Florida slab. Here is how engineered hardwood and LVP compare on slab moisture, humidity, spills versus moisture from below, installation and feel.
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Oct 12, 2026
Wood moves with humidity, and even rigid LVP comes with humidity limits in Mohawk's instructions. Here is what that means for a Jacksonville home.
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Oct 12, 2026
Real hardwood can go into a Florida house if the slab, the product and the indoor humidity all line up. Here is how solid and engineered wood compare, and what the sources say.
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Oct 12, 2026
Over a concrete slab, the floor's own installation instructions set the install method. Here is how floating and glue-down work, and what the slab has to pass first.
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Oct 12, 2026
How coastal humidity, a house that sits closed up part of the year, tracked-in grit and spills should shape your flooring choice at the Jax Beaches and Ponte Vedra Beach.
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Oct 07, 2021 · Floor Covering News
Four members of Mr. Wright Flooring — all 30 and under — attended the International Certified Flooring Installers convention in Orlando, part of the young intake the industry has been working to attract.
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Oct 07, 2021 · Floor Covering News
Marquis Wright was named in Floor Covering News' 35th anniversary list of 35 people under 40 shaping the flooring industry.
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Feb 15, 2020
Marquis Wright started Mr. Wright Flooring at 21 with a simple vision — providing jobs for his family. His first year, he made $6,969.14. Now he is partnering with the World Floor Covering Association.
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