Tile Saws & Other Essential Tools from RIDGID with Wyatt Kilmartin

In This Podcast Episode

Floor guy, Rob McNealy, interviews Wyatt Kilmartin who is RIDGID’s branding director. They discuss the breadth of power tools RIDGID offers for both flooring and other applications, and they specifically discuss the advantages of using RIDGID’s tile saw to help you get your flooring project done right!

More About Wyatt Kilmartin and RIDGID

Wyatt Kilmartin is the director of RIDGID branding at Emerson. Prior to holding this position he was a strategic planner at Emerson Tools & Storage.

Since 1923, RIDGID has been a symbol of certainty to people in the construction trades. The Ridge Tool Company takes this heritage seriously. Because of this, every tool that bears the RIDGID brand is engineered to the same high standards of quality, strength, and endurance as the first heavy-duty pipe wrench introduced more than 80 years ago.

Eco-Friendly Flooring with Brad van Unen of EcoTimber

In This Podcast Episode

Floor guy, Rob McNealy, interviews Brad van Unen, who is the Marketing Director of EcoTimber. Ecotimber is a company which specializes in supplying wood flooring products from environmentally sound sources. They discuss trends in eco-friendly flooring, as well as specific issues related to bamboo flooring. They also talk about FSC certification.

More on About Brad van Unen and EcoTimber

Brad van Unen has been with EcoTimber since 2000, when he was brought on as the Sales Coordinator. Over the years, he has served, oftentimes concurrently, as a sales representative, IT manager, purchasing manager, database developer, graphic designer, and forklift driver.

A native of Ripon, California, Brad received a Bachelor of Arts degree from San Francisco State University in 1997, where his major was Broadcast Arts & Electronic Communications. His former career experience includes various positions at Wells Fargo Bank, Working Assets Funding Service, and more temporary assignments than he cares to count.

As Marketing Director, Brad is now focused on managing EcoTimber’s brand development, public relations, our web site, and marketing collateral. He lives in Oakland, where he enjoys kayaking, hiking, his piano, and Sudoku puzzles. His enthusiasm for travel often takes him to Mississippi, where he hopes to bicycle the entire Natchez Trace soon.

Common Wood Floor Problems & Wood Science with Howard Brickman

In This Podcast Episode

Floor guy, Rob McNealy, interviews Howard Brickman of Brickman Consulting, a company that provides custom wood flooring installations as well as consulting and inspection services related to wood flooring problems. They discuss some of the science behind wood flooring problems, as well as certified wood flooring inspection.

More on About Howard Brickman and Brickman Consulting

Brickman Consulting was founded by Howard Brickman in 1984 with goal of providing expert level advice concerning wood flooring manufacture, storage, installation, finishing and proper job site conditions that is firmly based in scientific fact. Brickman has over twenty-five years of experience in wood flooring contracting and a comprehensive graduate level academic background in wood science and building materials technology.

Brickman is a charter member of the National Wood Flooring Association (NWFA) and member of the NWFA Technical Committee. He has been awarded NWFA Craftsman, Master Craftsman, and Vanguard degrees, and was the winner of the “Floor of the Year” contest in 2000. He is also a certified NWFA Wood Floor Inspector, and has made several appearances on Bob Vila’s “Home Again” as a technical consultant. .

After serving in the United States Air Force from 1971 to 1977, he got his start in the flooring industry with a job working for the National Oak Flooring Manufacturers Association (NOFMA) as the Manager of Inspection and School Services. From 1981 until 1983, Brickman was employed as a sales representative for R.J. Stalker, inc., a Boston area flooring distributor. He subsequently served as general manager for Glitsa American in Seattle, WA until 1984, when he establish Brickman Wood Floors (later Brickman Consulting), a full service hardwood flooring contracting and consulting firm.