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John Wabeke

IAWFP
Certified Wood Flooring Inspector
 

 



 

Mr. Wabeke has delivered professional service to flooring manufacturers and their customers across the United States since 1992.  He utilizes his flooring sales, management, installation education and installation product knowledge to provide a solution-oriented consulting and certified inspection service.  His engineering education and experience provide the scientific foundation for his accurate analysis of stone, ceramic tile, textile, wood, laminate and vinyl flooring problems.  Mr. Wabeke averages 384 flooring inspections and written reports per year.  He specifies at least 740 floors per year and has been retained as an expert witness more than eighty times over the last ten years.

Valley Flooring Inspectors

 
 

John Wabeke


1803 Vanderhoef Lane

Cottonwood, AZ 86326
Phone:
928-639-3817
Fax: 928-639-2058
Cell: 928-821-0766

     
   

 

Services Provided:

Expert analysis of all types of floor covering, installation procedures and practices

Substrate and moisture related failures

Expert witness testimony

Floor covering claims written reports

Concrete vapor emission testing

Project product, quantity and installation specifications

 

ACHIEVEMENTS

Academy of Textiles and Flooring – Senior Carpet Inspector, Graduate, Reg. #18393, 23 September 1995

Certified Carpet Colorist, Prism, Graduate, 12 February 1996

Ceramic Tile Institute, Tile Manufacturing School, Graduate, 3 May 1996

Armstrong Vinyl Inspectors School, Graduate, 10 May 1996

Bona Kemi (Denver) Wood Resurfacing School, Graduate, 17 September 1996

Mannington Vinyl Inspectors School, Graduate, 16 June 1997

Ceramic Tile Installation School, Graduate, 10 March 1998

Mannington Advanced Vinyl & Laminate Inspection Training, Graduate, 10 March 1998

Carpet Cushion Council Certification Program, Certified, 28 June 1999

Floor Covering Institute of Technical Services, Inc., Graduate, Inspector #635, 14 July 1999

Portland Cement Institute 90-hour Training Course, Graduate, 16 October 1999

Advanced Flooring Specialists Symposium, 30 April 2000

CFI – Installation for Inspectors, July 2000 - www.CFIinstallers.com

AFS Course, Graduate, May 2000

FCITS Course, Commercial, Graduate, April 2001

IICRC Substrate & Sub floor Course, Graduate, 2 October 2001

World Floor Covering Association - Certified Flooring Executive Award, CFE,  27 September, 2002

AFS Woven Carpet Course, Graduate, May 2002

NOFMA/MFMA Hardwood, Graduate, 26 March, 2003

Stone Failures & Maintenance School, Graduate, 13 August, 2003

IICRC – Stone Inspector’s Certificate awarded, 17 September, 2003

Slab Fabrication Seminar, 16 May 2003

CTIOA – Ceramic Tile Consultant, November 2003

CTEF – Inspectors Course, 2004

IICRC - Water Restoration Technician, WRT, 2004

IICRC - Applied Microbial Remediation Technician, AMRT, 2005

CTEF – Ceramic Tile Forensics, 2005

Shaw and Mohawk Wood and Laminate Course, 2005

 

FACILITIES VISITED AND TOURED

Formica, Mannington, Queen, Tuftex, Beaulieu, Cabin Crafts, Coronet, Witex, Florida Tile, Dal tile, Ceramica, Wilsonart, Kahrs, Pergo, High Life, Marble of Georgia, Vermont Slate Mines, Johnsonite, Roppe, Franklin, Roberts, Woods Scientific, Carpenter, Dupont, BASF, Orcon, Pickering, Universal, Insignia, Custom, Mapei Chicago.

 

ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS

WFCA               WORLD FLOOR COVERING ASSOCIATION

IICRC               INSTITUTE OF INSPECTION, CLEANING AND RESTORATION CERTIFICATION

FCITS              FLOOR COVERING INSTITUTE OF TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC.

AFS                  ADVANCED FLOORING SPECIALISTS

NWFA              NATIONAL WOOD FLOORING ASSOCIATION

NICFI               NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED FLOOR COVERING INSPECTORS

MIA                  MARBLE INSTITUTE OF AMERICA

 

ANNUALLY ATTENDED EVENTS

National Institute of Certified Floor Covering Inspectors Convention, Attendee, 2000-2005

Arizona Construction Law Updates 1997-2005

L&N Inspectors Schools (Pickering, Universal, Pergo, Award, Formica, US7-Related), 1997-2005

Surfaces Expo, 1990-2006

Coverings, 1990-2005
 

Member of:

World Floor Covering Association (WFCA)

National Wood Flooring Association (MWFA)

Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration (IICRC)

Floor Covering Institute of Technical Services (FCITS)

Advanced Flooring Specialists (AFS)

National Institute of Certified Floor Covering Inspectors (NICFI)

Certified Flooring Installers (CFI)

Marble Institute of America (MIA)

 

Qualifications:

Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering

Masters Degree in Chemical Engineering

Licensed Residential and Commercial Ceramic Tile and Carpet Contractor in

Arizona (ROC #’s 154850, 101531, 101532, 101540, 190633).

Floor Covering Professional since 1989

Mohawk University Graduate

Mannington Advanced Vinyl and Laminate School Graduate

Academy of Textiles and Flooring Inspectors School Graduate

National Oak Flooring Installation School Graduate

Certified Flooring Installers Inspection School Graduate

IICRC Substrate & Subfloor, Carpet, Floor Care and Stone Inspector Certified

World Floor Covering Association CFE-Qualified

National Oak Flooring Inspection Certified - www.nofma.org

National Wood Flooring Association – Inspector Certified

Ceramic Tile Consultant – CTIOA, CTC

Ceramic Tile Education Foundation Inspector Certified