David Blake
Davide Blake CFI University Certified Hard Surface Flooring Inspector

 

CONTACT

David Blake
Hoschton, GA
706-654-1644

Email

TERRITORY

All of North Georgia, from Macon north (includes Atlanta)
Chattanooga, Tennessee area
Upstate South Carolina or Greenville/Spartanburg.


CERTIFICATIONS
Cork
Engineered Wood
Laminate
Luxury Vinyl
Sheet Vinyl
Solid Wood
ADVANCED CREDENTIALS
Concrete Moisture Testing
SERVICES
Inspections
Wood Repairs

CAREER HISTORY

CERTIFICATIONS: HARDWOOD FLOORING INSPECTIONS
The National Wood Flooring Association CP #200205

CFI University Certified Solid & Engineered Hardwood Flooring Inspector #526.

CERTIFICATIONS: CARPET FLOORING INSPECTIONS
IICRC Certified Residential Carpet Inspector #18628
ITS Certified Commercial Carpet Inspector.

CERTIFICATIONS: LAMINATE FLOORING INSPECTIONS
CFI University Certified Laminate Flooring Inspector #526.

CERTIFICATIONS: LUXURY VINYL PLANK/RESILIENT/SHEET VINYL/SPC/WPC VINYL FLOORING INSPECTIONS
CFI University Certified Luxury Vinyl, Sheet Vinyl, SPC, WPC Flooring Inspector #526. Expires: November 2026

CERTIFICATIONS: CERAMIC TILE FLOORING INSPECTIONS
InspectionPro USA
David is also experienced in inspecting stone, granite, and slate tiles.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
David Blake has over 37 years of experience in the floor covering business. Out of these years in the industry, 30 years of experience has been dedicated to flooring inspections. David has personally conducted over 10,000 inspections.

David is an owner of the oldest and most respected nationwide independent floor covering inspection service:
AF Inspect, LLC. All Flooring Inspections has conducted more than 50,000 independent flooring inspections,
working with over 400 inspectors throughout North America.

The Hardwood Flooring Summit
David Blake helped organize and held The Hardwood Flooring Summit, which was an ongoing yearly educational conference. The event focused on education within the hardwood flooring industry. In addition to organizing The Summit, David was also one of 40 expert speakers and instructors at this eight day educational conference.

Speaker and Instructor at the Following Educational Events:
David Blake has been a speaker at more than 100 hardwood flooring claims and inspection seminars.
In 2007, David made three presentations for The World Floor Covering Association. The subject for
each of these presentations involved the top 200 wood flooring problems, causes, and cures. Each
presentation was seven hours in length.
Seattle, Washington: More than 200 attendees
Portland, Oregon: More than 100 attendees
Spokane, Washington: More than 100 attendees
Additional lecture locations include Los Angeles, California; Atlanta, Georgia; Chattanooga, Tennessee; Knoxville, Tennessee; and Toano, Virginia

Instructor
Academy of Textiles and Flooring (class to certify new carpet inspectors)
The Hardwood Flooring Summit (description above)

Coauthor and publisher
The Claims Advisor: Flooring claims reference manual
750 pages of reference for hardwood flooring, and 250 pages of reference for carpet
More than 500 photographs of actual claims

Expert witness
● Participated as an expert witness in more than 200 cases involving flooring litigation.