For a better experience on Facebook, switch to our basic site or update your browser.Security CheckCan't read the text above?Try another text or an audio CAPTCHAText in the box:What's this? Timeless Hardwood, Innovative Vinyl, Elegant Laminate, and Beautiful Carpet Receive a 10% Costco Cash Card on qualifying purchases of Shaw Flooring products.See your Costco/Shaw representative for details. *Receive an additional $150 Costco Cash Card bonus on Shaw or Costco Wholesale branded flooring purchases of $3,500 or more. Valid for orders placed 3/15/17 through 4/30/17. This home improvement product and service may not be available in all locations. If you are outside our service area, you will be advised within two business days of availability. Please call Costco at 1-866-455-1788 for availability in your area. Shaw Floors, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., is the worlds largest carpet manufacturer and a leading floor covering provider. Headquartered in Dalton, Ga., the company manufactures and distributes carpeting, rugs, hardwood, laminate,
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Manuals, Information & Guides Shop for Shaw Floors Costco Contractor License/Registration ListManufacturers of hardwood floors have greatly improved both the construction methods and wood floor finishes used in the production of hardwood flooring. Today's prefinished hard wood floors are more durable and much easier to maintain than ever before. The days of grandma having to wax here wood floors are gone. Plus, the number of different types of wood species offered by the hardwood flooring manufacturers has also grown dramatically, including many different types of exotic hardwood species from all around the World. Hardwood Flooring Brand Comparison Chart. To learn more about hardwood floors in general see the our Hardwood Floors Information and Resource section. Terminix International Company, L.P. is one of the largest pest control companies in the world, operating in 47 states in the United States and 22 countries around the world. It is a subsidiary of ServiceMaster Global Holdings, Inc.[1]
In 1927, E. L. Bruce, owner of the E. L. Bruce Company in Memphis, Tennessee, wanted to find a way to protect the hardwood floors they manufactured from damage by termites and founded the Bruce Terminix Research Laboratory. In 1932, senior chemist Frank Lyons created the first termiticide, an insecticide specifically designed to kill termites. The company began to franchise under the name Bruce Terminix. In 1955, Terminix was the first company to offer a termite protection contract, with annual inspections and a guarantee. In 1957, franchisees began offering residential and commercial pest control services. In 1968, the E. L. Bruce Company, including Bruce Terminix, was sold to Cook Industries. The company began looking to expand its business both inside and outside of the United States and purchased a pest control company in Mexico. Terminix partnered with Sears, Roebuck and Company to offer pest control services under the Sears Termite and Pest Control name. In 1972, the company changed their name to Terminix International to highlight their expanded operations.
ServiceMaster, a global holding company, purchased Terminix from Cook Industries in 1986.[1] It continued to acquire pest control companies, including former franchisees, to become the largest pest control company in the world by 1990. The company expanded into Europe in 1994 with the acquisition of Peter Cox PLC, a pest-control and wood-preservation business in Britain.[1] In 2001, Terminix purchased its former partner, Sears Termite and Pest Control. In 2007, ServiceMaster moved its main offices from Downers Grove, Illinois to the site of Terminix's headquarters in Memphis, Tennessee. Over the first three months of 2009, Terminix acquired nine pest management companies across seven states.[4] In December 2012, Terminix closed six acquisitions adding over $10 million in revenue.[5] In 2013, Terminix acquired two Canadian pest control companies, Magical Pest Control, based in Toronto, and Vancouver-based Care Pest & Wildlife Control.[6] During the first five months of 2014, Terminix acquired eight pest and wildlife control companies in ten states.
[7] Terminix's parent company, ServiceMaster, held its IPO in June 2014.[9] In November 2015, Terminix acquired the Utah-based company, Alterra Pest Control. Terminix works with residential and commercial customers for pest control services including termite, mosquito and bed bug treatments, as well as insulation options. Terminix released the environmentally safe mosquito bait Attractive Targeted Sugar Bait in 2014. The garlic oil makes mosquitoes sick and kills 90 percent of the mosquitoes within three weeks. [14] The company also produces AllClear mosquito repellant, which is an all natural mix of essential oils. In 1971, Stan Freberg won Clio Awards for three of his radio commercials for Terminix, entitled "Vintage Floorboards," "Interview," and "Blue Tennis Shoes." In 1983, the movie "Mr. Mom" featured a reference to Terminix technicians. In 2010, Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim claimed at Comic-Con that they had partnered with Terminix for an upcoming release of their movie "Blues Brothers 2012".
In this film, the Blues Brothers would take the roles of Terminix technicians. In June 2015, Terminix provided Attractive Targeted Sugar Bait around the clubhouse and golf course of TPC Southwind for the FedEx St. Jude Classic tournament.[18] That same month, Terminix released "Mosquitonado," a movie trailer parody during National Mosquito Control Awareness Week. The trailer featured Sharknado star Tara Reid. In May 2008, termite inspectors in California sued ServiceMaster and its Terminix unit for failure to pay overtime, rest breaks, and other work-required expenses. Terminix held that termite inspectors were outside sales employees.[22] In June 2011, the U.S. District Court held that termite inspections are not sales activities.[23] The case was filed as a class action,[24] and class action case was denied, while Individual claims were allowed. In March 2016, Terminix settled with the United States Department of Justice over illegal use of banned pesticides in the United States Virgin Islands and the poisoning of a family vacationing there.