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"Does a floor need to acclimate for seven days?" Well, no. The floor needs to acclimate until the moisture content gets down to industry standards. That could take a day, a week, or a month.

Home builders continue to be very cautious about starting new projects at this time," said Bob Jones, chairman of the (NAHB), in a statement. That said, in markets where consumer demand for new homes is reviving, builders are finding it almost impossible to obtain construction financing, and this frustrating situation is producing an unnecessary drag on both new home production and economic growth.

Iran’s carpet industry is likely to lose a major source of revenue when U.S. sanctions banning the import of the Persian carpets are implemented starting in two days, an Iranian industry expert said.The export of hand-woven carpets generates about $500 million annually for Iran’s economy, with 20 percent of the total earned in the U.S. market