Services
- Carpet
- Commercial Inspections
- Installer
- Calcium Chloride Testing
- Moisture Testing
- RH Testing
- Lab Testing
- Tile and Stone
- Luxury Vinyl/SPC/WPC/Resilient
- Job Starts
- Laminate
- NWFA Hardwood
- Hardwood
- Repair
About Me
Evan Lauridsen is an independent third-party inspector and consultant who is highly trained, well known and respected in the flooring industry for over 50 years. A second-generation flooring installer and installation manager he uses in-depth failure analysis to determine what role if any installation has played. He has served as a mentor and trainer of other inspectors at floor inspection schools including NOFMA, NWFA, FCITS, IICRC, IFCII and has served on a number of industry boards and committees including the revision of the NWFA Problems, Causes and Cures Technical publication. He is certified and inspects bamboo, carpet, ceramic tile, hardwood, laminate, and resilient floors. Evan conducts exhaustive inspections and issues detailed reports in an understandable format. He has been employed in the past by some of largest flooring and sundry manufacturers in the world. His technical knowledge of flooring and manufacturing is unmatched giving him the edge up over most inspectors. He is also available for large job startups, in-warehouse installer training, mill complaint reduction projects and is certified in subfloor moisture testing. He offers a free 20-minute phone consultation and estimate to discuss their specific flooring situation and determine if an inspection is needed. He can be reached at 972-689-5190 (voice/text) or email: lcgcit@yahoo.com
A complete curriculum vitae is available upon request.
Work Experience & Past Projects
Evan Lauridsen is a second-generation flooring expert with over 50 years' experience in the flooring industry. He is an accomplished professional installer and flooring dealer having maintained a state issued C-15 contractors license in the state of California until he sold his business in 1996 and moved to Texas after accepting a position with a flooring sundries manufacturer as a technical consultant. He has also worked in the flooring technical services and support departments of some of the largest flooring manufacturers in the world, both working as a technical services/warranty claims manager overseeing a department covering big box stores and also has worked in the field as a technical services manager, consultant and trainer. Evan is world renowned having traveled to Europe and Canada providing inspection and education and is the past Dean of Instruction with the NWFA Certified Professionals Inspector Program. Evan was influential in the creation of certification programs for hard surface inspectors for the IICRC, NOFMA, NWFA some 25 plus years ago and has been an instructor in the past at each of the inspection schools. He is known for both his candor and humor while instructing providing much in the way of content and knowledge, unavailable elsewhere. Today Evan is semi-retired still working as an independent third-party inspector and consultant and continues to provide training to both installers and inspectors. His late wife Dawn and Evan have 2 daughters and 3 grandchildren.
