Alberta, Canada | Kevin | Broadhead | 403-560-4740 | kb12@telus.net |
Alberta, Canada | Jim | Craig | 780-910-6741 | joelrenovations@telus.net |
British Columbia, Canada | Wayne | Laforet | 403-238-2461 | wayne@flooringsolutions.ca |
Manitoba, Canada | Dennis | Glays | 204-981-9943 | dglays@mymts.net |
Ontario, Canada | Robert | Hanna | 613-408-7713 | nwfainspector@hotmail.ca |
Ontario, Canada | Zack | Ditner | 519-821-0256 | zack@bigelowflooring.ca |
Ireland | Maurice | Flinter | 00353876560948 | irishflooring@outlook.ie |
Arizona | David | Zack | 248-830-2605 | flooringinspections@gmail.com |
Arizona | Vincent | Ferranti | 623-386-1575 | vferranti@cox.net |
California | Frank | Gueits | 909-210-1567 | gueits13@gmail.com |
Delaware | Stephan | Lopes | 908-482-5616 | stlopes@comcast.net |
Florida | Al | Carlson | 239-289-8677 | al@carlsonsfa.com |
Florida | Gene | Pope | 941-875-5267 | genescarpet@comcast.net |
Florida | George | Bell | 321-698-9821 | george@csiflooringexpert.com |
Florida | Jackie | Wood | 352-544-7154 | jackie@apexffc.com |
Florida | Mike | Burgener | 850-902-3410 | mburgener@cox.net |
Florida | Ron | Gould | 888-854-0946 | rgould@inspectsolutions.com |
Florida | Ron | Wood | 352-544-7156 | rwood57@yahoo.com |
Georgia | Ed | Crawford | 678-357-9691 | Edcrawford4340@comcast.net |
Georgia | Steve | Howell | 678-428-8282 | stevehowell@flooringpartnersllc.com |
Idaho | Chance | Hodgson | 208-899-6498 | crhinspection@gmail.com |
Illinois | Daniel | Levin | 309-242-3883 | LLepew@comcast.net |
Illinois | Mike | Pivar | 630-330-3245 | mpivar1950@gmail.com |
Illinois | Ron | Ellsworth | 618-240-5697 | afloorman@gmail.com |
Indiana | Greg | Elsen | 513-602-3269 | mpfi@yahoo.com |
Indiana | Jerry | Mills | 812-499-0816 | jerrytmills1@gmail.com |
Iowa | Keith | Moore | 319-850-5542 | khmoore1515@gmail.com |
Iowa | Russ | Seaver | 319-929-3885 | rlseaver@gmail.com |
Kansas | Bret | Whitehead | 316-253-4154 | bretw509@yahoo.com |
Kentucky | Enrique | Butler | 502-417-5609 | enriquebutlersr@gmail.com |
Louisiana | David | Zeagler | 281-900-7542 | dzeagler53@gmail.com |
Maine | Jerome | Selig | 443-497-1278 | JERRY@OCCARPETS.COM |
Massachusetts | Mark | Reagan | 978-476-1936 | mrinspect15@cs.com |
Michigan | John | Bush | 231-499-7870 | jbushfloors@yahoo.com |
Michigan | LeVante | Carrington | 309-750-7697 | fffinspections@gmail.com |
Michigan | Tracy | Osborne | 734-776-7506 | superbinspections@gmail.com |
Minnesota | Robert | Haas | 612-532-0100 | haasflooring@comcast.net |
Missouri | Anthony | Smith | 314-848-1397 | ads814@charter.net |
Missouri | John | Chapman | 816-517-2902 | johnchapman2902@gmail.com |
Missouri | Tony | Polus | 573-701-3601 | tonypolus70@gmail.com |
Nevada | Peter | Hawley | 702-400-6889 | vegasinspect@yahoo.com |
New Jersey | Linda | Lockwood | 609-660-1717 | linda.lockwood@gmail.com |
New Mexico | Larry | Kelley | 706-581-3031 | nmfloorinspect@gmail.com |
New Mexico | Wayne | Cooper | 915-630-3356 | wcoop2@att.net |
New York | Steven | Rockfeld | 516-322-8630 | stevenjrockfeld@aol.com |
North Carolina | Don | Trexler | 828-963-3355 | rdtrexler@gmail.com |
North Carolina | Jason | Whitlow | 828-844-4040 | Jwhitlow78@gmail.com |
North Carolina | Steven | Johnston | 336-403-4274 | sjohnston1@triad.rr.com |
North Carolina | Tom | Hammond | 704-574-5893 | insp115@aol.com |
North Carolina | Walter | Dudley | 919-235-7322 | walterdudley1@gmail.com |
Ohio | Sam | Zarcone | 419-563-4299 | dictionaryfour@gmail.com |
Pennsylvania | Brian | DeTolla | 724-866-0586 | detollaflooring@gmail.com |
Pennsylvania | James | Foster | 814-450-7324 | 2bfloored@gmail.com |
Rhode Island | Paul | Comtois | 401-578-9085 | paulecomtois@gmail.com |
South Carolina | Charles | Saad | 864-884-1425 | cesaad3@gmail.com |
South Carolina | Eric | Bunker | 843-251-7454 | ebunker26@gmail.com |
South Carolina | Raymond | Servaes | 843-846-0500 | rservaes@embarqmail.com |
South Carolina | Rhys | Haschert | 803-361-0193 | rhysinsc@yahoo.com |
South Carolina | Ricky | Bunker | 843-222-1029 | rvbunker@sccoast.net |
South Dakota | Jeff | Moore | 605-209-2824 | jmoore@rushmore.com |
Texas | Brian | Peyton | 713-208-7634 | BPeyton19@outlook.com |
Texas | Brian | Stebner | 972-948-8549 | blstebner@gmail.com |
Texas | Jack | Robnett | 806-438-5974 | jackrobnett@gmail.com |
Texas | Phil | Carter | 806-535-2868 | accessflooringinspections@gmail.com |
Texas | Scott | Malone | 361-688-7298 | axetu7@gmail.com |
Utah | Brian | Palmer | 385-350-5202 | brianjpalmer9@gmail.com |
Virginia | Scott | Noebels | 804-722-2973 | bcinspections@yahoo.com |
Virginia | Sue | Custer | 540-843-3563 | inspectorsue@gmail.com |
Washington | Steven | Kohl | 509-793-6430 | flooringinspections@yahoo.com |
West Virginia | Michael | Jordan | 540-877-7828 | michael@buildtekusa.com |
CFI University Team Meeting 2-11-2022
CFI University Team Meeting 2-11-2022
Topics: Gloss meters, Ceramic Tile Cleaning Products, Reports, and more.
CFI University Members in Attendance:
Jim | Craig | AB, CA | joelrenovations@telus.net |
Kevin | Broadhead | AL, CA | kevinb@proflooringsolutions.ca |
John | Wabeke | AR | floorspy@gmail.com |
David | Zack | AZ | Flooringinspections@gmail.com |
Vincent | Ferranti | AZ | vferranti@cox.net |
Frank | Gueits | CA | gueits13@gmail.com |
Richard | King | CA | kingsfloorcoverings@yahoo.com |
Robert | Keep | COS, CA | keep@xplornet.ca |
Al | Carlson | FL | carlsonsflooringinspections@gmail.com |
Bob | Goldstein | FL | bobgoldstein46@yahoo.com |
George | Bell | FL | George@CSIflooringExpert.com |
Jackie | Wood | FL | jackie@apexffc.com |
Ron | Gould | FL | rgould@inspectsolutions.com |
Ron | Wood | FL | rwood57@yahoo.com |
Alexander | Gervin | GA | aegervin@gmail.com |
Ed | Crawford | GA | Edcrawford@floorsafetyspecialists.com |
Steve | Howell | GA | stevehowell@flooringpartnersllc.com |
Keith | Moore | IA | khmoore1515@gmail.com |
Chance | Hodgson | ID | crhinspection@gmail.com |
Daniel | Levin | IL | LLepew@comcast.net |
Mike | Pivar | IL | mpivar1950@gmail.com |
Ron | Ellsworth | IL | afloorman@gmail.com |
Jerry | Mills | IN | jerrytmills1@gmail.com |
Enrique | Butler | KY | enriquebutlersr@gmail.com |
David | Zeagler | LA | dzeagler53@gmail.com |
Mark | Reagan | MA | mrinspect15@cs.com |
Dennis | Glays | MB, CA | dglays@mymts.net |
Jerry | Selig | ME | jselig6969@gmail.com |
Carl | Howard | MI | choward.svm@gmail.com |
John | Bush | MI | JBushfloors@yahoo.com |
LeVante | Carrington | MI | fffinspections@gmail.com |
Zachary | Howard | MI | howardza12@yahoo.com |
Anthony | Smith | MO | as@csistl.net |
John | Chapman | MO | johnchapman2902@gmail.com |
Maurice | Flinter | N8, IE | irishflooring@outlook.ie |
Jason | Whitlow | NC | jwhitlow78@gmail.com |
Steven | Johnston | NC | sjohnston1@triad.rr.com |
Tom | Hammond | NC | insp115@aol.com |
Walter | Dudley | NC | walterdudley1@gmail.com |
Linda | Lockwood | NJ | linda.lockwood@gmail.com |
Larry | Kelley | NM | nmfloorinspect@gmail.com |
Steven | Rockfeld | NY | stevenjrockfeld@gmail.com |
Sam | Zarcone | OH | dictionaryfour@gmail.com |
Bruce | Burnette | OK | Bryantenterprises@cox.net |
Ray | Fournier | ON, CA | florzinspections@gmail.com |
Steve | Dover | ON, CA | stevedovermail@gmail.com |
Zackary | Ditner | ON, CA | zack@bigelowflooring.ca |
Brian | DeTolla | PA | detollaflooring@gmail.com |
James | Foster | PA | 2bfloored@gmail.com |
Tony | Polus | Polus | golfboy70@hotmail.com |
Paul | Comtois | RI | paulecomtois@gmail.com |
Charles | Saad | SC | cesaad3@gmail.com |
Eric | Bunker | SC | ebunker26@gmail.com |
Raymond | Servaes | SC | rservaes@embarqmail.com |
Rhys | Haschert | SC | rhysinsc@yahoo.com |
Wayne | Brown | SC | cwbwood55@gmail.com |
Brian | Stebner | TX | blstebner@gmail.com |
Jack | Robnett | TX | groundupinspections@gmail.com |
Mario | Avila | TX | mario@cficertified.com |
Phil | Carter | TX | accessflooringinspections@gmail.com |
Wayne | Cooper | TX | wcoop2@att.net |
Brian | Palmer | UT | brianjpalmer9@gmail.com |
Scott | Noebels | VA | bcinspections@yahoo.com |
Sue | Custer | VA | inspectorsue@gmail.com |
Steven | Kohl | WA | flooringinspections@yahoo.com |
Kevin | Goodwin | War, ENG | kevin@carpetinspector.org |
Michael | Jordan | WV | michael@buildtekusa.com |
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Free Team Meetings We host free Team Meetings about four times a year to discuss new product issues, tools, inspection procedures, report writing tips, and more!
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Contact Us: Linda Lockwood: 609-660-1717 Ricky Bunker: 843-222-1029 Training@CFIU.ORG |
Engineered Wood Flooring Inspector Seminar
January 29, 2021
Engineered Wood Flooring Seminar with Gene Wengert, President of The Wood Doctor’s Rx LLC, Bishop, GA, and Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Sponsored by CFI University.
Certified Flooring Inspectors in attendance:
Albert Carlson, Anthony Smith, Barry Flath, Bill Houle, Billy Yackee, Brian DeTolla, Brian Smart, Brian Stebner, Bryan Williams, Carl Howard, Daniel Levin, David Zeagler, Ed Crawford, Elton Ko, Eric Bunker, Garrett Lopez, Greg Elsen, Jerry Mills, Jerry Selig, Jim Tobin, John Bush, John Lunsford, John Mace, John Wabeke, Keith Moore, Kevin Goodwin, Kevin Weinheimer, LeVante Carrington, Linda Lockwood, Mark Reagan, Michael Cohn, Mike Burgener, Mike Pivar, Paul Comtois, Peter Hawley, Phil Carter, Ray Fournier, Ray Fuessel, Raymond Servaes, Ricky Bunker, Robert Hanna, Robert Keep, Roger Stratford, Ron Ellsworth, Ron Gould, Samuel Zarcone, Scott Noebels, Stephen Cascioli, Steve Howell, Steven Johnston, Steven Rockfeld, Tim McAdoo, Vincent Ferranti, Wayne Brown, Wayne Cooper, Wayne Laforet, Zachary Howard, Zaim Islam.
Flooring Inspector Certification at CFI University
CFI University is proud to announce the following new Certified Carpet-Flooring Inspectors
Al Carlson
Fort Meyers, FL
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Chance Hodgson Kuna, ID 208-899-6498 |
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Ed Crawford Cumming, GA 678-357-9691 |
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Steve Howell Roswell, GA 678-428-8282 |
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Tom Ignoffo Elk Grove, IL 224-308-6425 |
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June 2020 Hard Surface Flooring Inspector Certification Class
Certified Flooring Inspectors University (CFIU) is proud to announce new Certified Flooring Inspectors for Solid and Engineered Hardwood, Luxury Vinyl, Laminate, Sheet Vinyl, and Bamboo will soon be ready to start their new Flooring Inspection careers.
Paul | Comtois | 401-578-9085 | Manville, RI | |
Mario | Avila | 512-966-9006 | Georgetown, TX | |
Dave | Zeagler | 281-900-7542 | Ruston, LA | |
Bill | Houle | 401-626-6004 |
Chinquapin, NC
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Tony | Robison | 714-269-5777 |
Southern Pines, NC
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Selfie Sticks for Flooring Inspectors
A Selfie Stick can be a practical tool for Flooring Inspectors. You probably think we’re crazy… but selfie sticks are more useful than you’d think!
In case you don’t know; a selfie stick is used to take photographs or video by positioning a smartphone or camera, beyond the normal range of the arm. Selfie sticks come with different features and in different lengths. Small sticks can be as short as 5″ while telescoping wands can extend up to 111″ (maybe more).
For normal photography purposes, some selfie sticks include a tripod at the base; great for getting good clear pictures. Some Selfie Sticks include a stabilizer for steady videos while moving, wrist straps for use in precarious places, and most include a Bluetooth remote for handsfree pictures.
If you use an inspection mirror for hard to see areas, a Self Stick may be a better option because you can inspect and photograph at the same time.
Selfie Sticks are lightweight, retract, and often come with protective carrying cases that won’t add much weight to your tool bags.
Practical uses for floor inspections:
- Inspecting tile, grout, and soft joints in high (or low) areas; shower stalls, walls, etc
- When inspecting tile installed in swimming pools; they can save you from kneeling or leaning over and falling in
- Crawlspace inspections; safe and handy if you work in snake-infested areas or just can’t crawl into the crawlspace
- Inspecting subfloors and floor joists from unfinished basements
- Inspecting areas where there isn’t enough room to lean over, hold a camera, and take a picture without being a contortionist!
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Certified Flooring Inspectors University Class- November 2019
Congratulations to this dedicated group of newly certified flooring inspectors for all the months they studied to prepare for class and for working overtime every day at training.
We wish you the greatest success in your flooring inspection careers. Well done team!
Jackie and Ron Wood, Springhill, Florida 352-544-7154 jackie@apexffc.com
Gregg Pierce Mount Pleasant, South Carolina 843-412-8850 Gregg@jsflooring.com
Brian Peyton Houston, Texas 713-208-7634 BPeyton19@Outlook.com
Mario Avila Georgetown, Texas 512-966-9006 avilamd@gmail.com
Walter Dudley Raleigh, South Carolina 919-235-7322 walterdudley1@gmail.com
David Zeagler, Ruston Louisiana 281-900-7452 dzeagler53@gmail.com
Missing from Class picture:
Walter Dudley Raleigh, South Carolina 919-235-7322 walterdudley1@gmail.com

Luxury Vinyl Static Claims
Certified Flooring Inspectors University:
Ricky Bunker 843-222-1029
Linda Lockwood 609-660-1717
Communication Tips for Flooring Inspectors
Flooring inspections can be challenging enough, but when we’re trying to communicate with a consumer who doesn’t speak our language, even the simplest conversation can be difficult.
Before Smartphones, flooring inspectors had difficulty when communicating with non-English speaking consumers. We pointed, made drawings, hand signals, and played Charades until one, or both of us gave up. We often left the inspection without the information our commissioning parties ask for, and without being able to explain the process to the consumer. It was frustrating for all involved!
Well, folks, there’s an App for that!
Translation Apps are available for iPhones and Androids, and they work great! You can speak into your cellphone, and play the comment or questions back in the consumer’s language. While the apps aren’t perfect, they’re good enough to get the message across and not leave everyone frustrated.
We’ve tested and found Google Translate works well, it’s free and it has and it has 103 different languages. Microsoft Translator claims to have over 60 languages. Other translators are available for purchase, or by monthly subscription.
Google Translate allows you to speak to text, then the app will read the message out loud on your cell phone.
Certified Flooring Inspectors University:
Ricky Bunker 843-222-1029
Linda Lockwood 609-660-1717