Infloormation

Hi everyone and thank you for being part of the Pierce Flooring web experience! We are always looking for new and different ways to bring the Pierce experience to you. If you have ideas or suggestions please feel free to offer them to us. If you are so inclined please add your friends through FaceBook or Twitter to the Pierce Flooring website.

We are headed to market this week looking for new and exciting ideas to help you beautify your experience. If you want us to look for anything please shoot us an email or leave a comment here.

Also, we have added the Area Rug shopping cart to our site to make the buying experience easier for you. Check it out when you have some time. Again, THANK YOU for spending some time on our site.

We appreciate every one of you!

Jon Pierce

At Pierce Flooring, we are pleased to be able to share with you  one of our latest community efforts. Several upgrades have been made to the Mary Alice Fortin Health Community Center thanks to donations to the Billings Clinic Foundation, one of which is new carpet donated by Pierce Flooring.  Additional improvements to the property include: paint, lighting and wall coverings in some of the rooms. The center hasn’t seen upgrades since the 1980’s! We are so happy that we were able to be a part of this community improvement project. There was a nice mention of us in the Billings Clinic newsletter.

About the Billings clinic:

Based in Billings, Montana, Billings Clinic is a not-for-profit health care organization, governed by the community, and is the community’s largest employer. We have over 280 physicians and non-physician providers who work together to provide coordinated and complete care. Our mission is to provide outstanding health care, education and research in our region and the nation.

Last week, we ran a short contest on the blog and Facebook to see who could guess the number of square feet of carpet we recycled in 2009.

The guesses ranged from 25,321 square feet to 15,000,000 square feet! In the end, Jophiel Silvestrone WON THE CONTEST with the guess of 480,000.

BUT WAIT……….Don’t you want to know what the answer is?

In 2009, Pierce Flooring is proud to announce (drum roll, please…..) that  we recycled:

1,191,042 Square Feet of carpet in 2009.

In other terms: 595,523 pounds diverted from the landfill, 2941 cubic yards, 5,955,210,000 of BTU’s saved or 1,816,339 gallons of water saved.

To lean more about the Pierce Green Effort, please click here.

Thanks to everyone that participated! Stay tuned for new contests to come!

Want an easy way to win $50 at any Pierce Flooring location?

The reader that most closely guesses how many square feet of carpet we recycled in 2009 wins a $50 gift card to any Pierce store! Contest ends Sunday at 10:00 PM MST. Simple leave a comment with your guess or leave it on our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/pierceflooring or Twitter at www.twitter.com/pierceflooring .

Good luck!

We are proud to announce that we are the recipients of the 2009 EcoStar Pollution Prevention Award.

The winners are chosen based on:

• Commitment to waste reduction
• Environmental benefits achieved and waste prevented
• Innovation of waste reduction activities

We were able to earn an EcoStar award by demonstrating achievement and/or offering education in waste reduction, energy conservation, and/or water conservation within the past year.

Below are some of the environmentally responsible steps that can be taken to improve the performance of  a business:

“This is a program Dave Kalberg and I have worked very hard on.  It is also very much a team effort with all our stores. I’m pretty excited about this selection!!” – Will Osborne

Thanks for sharing in our excitement about receiving this award!

For those of you that are not familiar with Pierce Flooring and Design, we thought we’d give you a snapshot of our company in order to help you get to know us better.

How long have we been around?

George R. Pierce came to Montana in 1913. He tried his hand at everything from patented medicine to dealing cars. Around 1939,  he started in the flooring business with linoleum.

What’s our mission in life?

To be the leader in our industry through our tradition of honesty and fairness to customers, employees and business partners.

Where are we located?

Pierce Flooring and design currently operates 4 locations throughout Montana. These include: Bozeman, Missoula,  Billings and  Helena. In addition to the Pierce Flooring locations, there are also four “Outlet” stores. In Bozeman, the Carpet Mill Outlets, in Butte and Great Falls, Pierce Carpet Mill Outlet, and in Billings, The Carpet Barn. For addresses and other contact info, please click here for Pierce Flooring , here for the Outlets and here for The Carpet Barn.

Is flooring all we do?

In addition to the flooring business, Ron Pierce operates a manufactured homes, leasing and RV business in Billings, located in a brand new facility, just off I-90 at the new Shiloh interchange.

What kinds of flooring do we sell?

We sell carpet, hardwood, laminate, tile, stone, vinyl, area rugs and specialty flooring.

Do we sell anything online?

Yes, we sell area rugs online! Click here to see our selection.

We’d love to tell you more about us, so feel free to drop us a line or connect with us via any of the tools below.

www.facebook.com/pierceflooring

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1.877.525.0066

Have you lived in your home for a while and want just a little something new? Decorating with wall tile can add a splash of color to an existing area without a lot of disruption to a room or your daily life. (*in comparison to most flooring projects!) Maybe you’ve got grease spatter stains behind your stove and could use a backsplash. Maybe you’ve got a bathroom that’s a little boring and it just needs some decorative attention. Below are some ideas on decorating with wall tile that may just inspire you!

Kitchen:

• Add a backsplash – either something decorative and functional behind the stove or sink area or all of the walls in the kitchen.
• Tile the front of a bar area if there are footprints on the sheetrock.
• Tile a table top for added protection and color.

Bathrooms:

• Add a wainscoting of tile to the bathroom walls. Get creative, use multiple sizes and / or colors!
• Add or replace a sink backsplash with a decorative tile listello.
• Frame a mirror with decorative tile.
• Add tile behind your bathtub. Don’t be shy – go all the way up to the ceiling. Create an area that says, “Calgon, take me away!”

Other rooms:

• Add tile to a fireplace surround.
• Tile the risers of your stairs with a decorative tile.

For other ideas specific to your home or project, call or visit us today to get some ideas of what will work in your home and then we can give you a free estimate to help you decide! If these projects sound like more than you want to tackle, but you still want to add a splash of color, we’ve got area rugs for that. You can even buy online!

Reader Question:

I’m still trying to find a mop or some sort of brush that would do a good job on circle sawn flooring. I have pretty deep grooves in my flooring’s pattern, and have a hard time getting it cleaned up. I originally bought a Swiffer, and it takes about 6 sheets just to get up the surface dirt! Does Bona offer a more textured mop?

Julia from

Answer:

Julia,

Yes! Bona offers a textured mop. The most important thing to do first, is to vacuum the floor to remove as much dirt as you can. This will help make the Swiffer sheets  last a little longer or the Bona mop able to clean more without having to be washed. You should be able to see a difference when using  the Microfiber Dusting Pad because of the texture of the pad. Another thing that will help is to clean your floors more often so that each time there is not as much to try to remove. (not suggesting that you don’t clean often enough!) Circle sawn floors are stunning and we think worth the little bit of extra attention they require to keep them looking great.

Give these ideas a shot and let us know if this information helped you. Thanks for taking the time to send in your question.

Sincerely,

Your friends at Pierce Flooring

From the Modernworks collection from Shaw Living, “Biometric” is a fun and somewhat whimsical area rug (despite its serious name) that is our inspirational product for today. If you like this rug, but have a hard time visualizing, try it on with our virtual room designer. With all of the colors in this area rug, you can instantly give life and personality to a room that lacks color and pattern!

This rug comes in the following sizes:

5′5″ x 7′9″

7′9″ x 10′ x 10″

Available colors:

Beige

Navy

Construction:

Woven: Shaw Living’s WOVEN rugs are created on automated weaving looms in which multiple colors of yarn are sewn into a backing material. The rugs’ elaborate designs are created by the placement of the different colors of yarn.

Purchase Options:

Catalog

Online

Warranty:

This rug comes with a one year warranty against manufacturing defects of area rug products.

Do you have more questions? Call us today at 877.525.0066 or contact us online and we’ll be happy to talk to you more about this rug or any of your other flooring needs.