Hardwood Athletic Floor Maintenance

We recently released a new, digital maintenance manual!  For unlimited access to the full maintenance ebook, click here to download it for free!

In the ebook, we cover everything from daily, monthly, and yearly care of your floor to ventilation, moisture, and temperature.  We also included expert tips and tricks to get rid of shoe marks, gum, tar, and more!

Floor Care Essentials

Have you ever observed tightening or cupping in your wood floor? Our ebook will tell you how to help reduce this issue as well as how to prevent moisture exposure.

You can download the ebook for free here! Be sure to share it with your friends on Facebook and Twitter!

The Making of the 2013 NBA All-Star Floor

We were honored to provide the floor for the 2013 NBA All-Star game.  This year marks the 28th consecutive year that we have supplied the NBA All-Star game’s floor.  Thanks to everyone who makes the incredible event possible!

Horner is one of the nation’s leading manufacturers of maple athletic flooring systems, we are proud to provide multiple permanent and portable athletic maple flooring solutions for all applications ranging from the 2012 NBA All-Star game floor to elementary, middle schools, high schools and colleges across the country.

As a small family owned business located in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, we continue to be driven by our committed workforce and product innovations.  Over half the games during the NBA season are played on a Horner Pro-King portable basketball floor system.  Known for it’s lightning fast installations, the Pro-King is a floor of choice for arena managers all over the world.

We’re always willing to go the extra mile for our customers.  This year we called in a back up crew to help us out with the details of the NBA All-Star floor.  Thanks to our talented crew for lending a hand!

This floor had incredible details!  You can see just how intricate the detail work was in our exclusive, behind the scenes photos!  We always enjoy creating our floors, but this was an especially fun floor because of the unique design.

Thanks to everyone who made the 2013 NBA All-Star game possible!

Want to know more about hardwood athletic flooring?  Check out our free ebook with the top ten questions to ask when purchasing a hardwood athletic floor!

Top 10 LEED States Revealed!

Photo by USGBC

Today, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) revealed a list of 2012′s top ten states for new LEED certifications.  We applaud the effort and dedication each state has given toward LEED certifications and are proud to bring forth more sustainable design to the industry.

USGBC 2012 List of Top 10 States for LEED

Topping the list for a second time is the District of Columbia, followed by Virginia, then Colorado. Massachusetts moved up three positions since it’s place on the list last year. Any predictions on who will top it next year?

According to the USGBC, 2.2 billion square feet of space has been certified worldwide through 2012.

Some significant projects that certified in 2012 include:

• Atlantic Wharf, the first LEED Platinum skyscraper in Boston
• National Football League (NFL) corporate headquarters in New York City, LEED Gold
• Dallas Convention Center Hotel, the fist LEED Gold hotel in Texas

Learn more about LEED on our website!

Questions?  Contact us and one of our LEED AP’s will gladly speak with you!

MD Anderson Proton Therapy Showcase

The mission of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is to eliminate cancer in Texas, the nation, and the world through outstanding programs that integrate patient care, research and prevention, and through education for undergraduate and graduate students, trainees, professionals, employees and the public.

We have teamed up with bd Global to provide the official playing surface for the MD Anderson Proton Therapy Showcase this year.  In one of the season’s most anticipated games, Texas and UCLA will face off in a men’s and women’s doubleheader.  This unique game between the Longhorns and Bruins will be televised in 100 million homes across the United States on ESPN on December 8.

MD Anderson

We are extremely excited to be partnering with bd Global to provide a custom floor for the MD Anderson Proton Therapy Showcase at Reliant Stadium.  As two of the premier programs in college basketball, Texas and UCLA deserve the best playing surface available.  To see our floor live at Reliant Stadium, tune into ESPN at 1:30 p.m. CT for the women’s game and 4:15 p.m. CT for the men’s game.

Reliant Stadium

For more updates on the MD Anderson Proton Therapy Showcase, head over to our Facebook page!

The Best Value and Wear Depth in Athletic Maple Flooring

Get the best wear depth with Horner’s Long Life™ Flooring!

Longer Wear Life. Ecologically Sound.

Horner Flooring Company has long been an ecological leader within the sports flooring industry. It was one of the first manufacturing mills to advocate the benefits of 25/32″ flooring over the previously-used industry popular of 33/32″ flooring. Now it’s the first to offer an extended wear life 25/32″ product with the introduction of its Long Life™ Flooring product.

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Benefits of Long Life:

• Extended Wear Life
• Ecologically Responsible
• Increased Availability
• Cost Savings
• Ease of Application

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Horner’s Long Life™ Flooring offers the ecological, cost savings and availability benefits of standard 25/32″ product but with the extended wear life of 33/32″ flooring. Long Life™ Flooring can be used over any Horner system utilizing at least one single layer of 15/32″ plywood or 7/16″ OSB or other manufacturer approved subfloor.

Double the wear life of the 25/32″, without the cost of 33/32″!

Horner’s Long Life™ Flooring is more ecologically sound as it minimizes wood waste when a floor has reached maximum wear depth. This is accomplished by shifting the tongue and groove assembly down, resulting in a higher proportion of flooring thickness being dedicated to wear depth. Less lumber is consumed for 25/32″ product, regardless of wear depth, than is consumed for 33/32″ product.

Horner’s Long Life™ product is an excellent candidate to be submitted for a LEED© Innovation & Design Process Credit!

Contact us to talk about using Horner Long Life™ for your new floor!

Read more on our website.

A Horner Floor Installation at the La Harpe School District

The La Harpe School District, located in La Harpe, Illinois, has chosen a Horner floor!  There has been quite a bit of construction taking place in La Harpe this summer, including the demolition of the La Harpe school that was … Continue reading →

The Horner Family

William Horner

We were lucky to have some very special guests, the Horner family, right here at our headquarters!  Here at Horner, we have embraced our rich history and were extremely honored to be able to accommodate the Horner family.  In 1891, William Horner became the very first manufacturer of maple hardwood flooring and we were so happy to have his descendants with us here in Dollar Bay!

The Michigan Tech School of Forestry and Wood Products has recently expanded the U. J. Noblet Building with the addition of Sam Horner Hall.  Sam Horner, son of William Horner, built the nation’s largest hardwood flooring mill in Newberry, Michigan. Later on, in 1938, the Horner Flooring Company mill was
built in Dollar Bay, Michigan where it remains today.

We are proud to carry the Horner family name
with the same values and ethics since 1891. 

The Horner Family made a visit to Sam Horner Hall!

The Horner Family made their mark on our old warehouse wall!

Horner Family in Dollar Bay

More on Horner’s history can be found here.