AFS Inspectors .com
Contact Information
Frank Howes
Howes Floors
W  586-979-6511
C   586-246-7980
F   586-979-6511
howesfloors@wideopenwest.com

Areas Served:
All of Michigan and Ohio:
Detroit metropolitan area, Lansing area,
Grand Rapids areas, Bay City area,
Saginaw areas. Northern Michigan
including Upper Peninsula,

Area Codes Served
248, 269, 231, 313, 517,586, 616, 734, 810, 906,
989, 947,679, 409  

Certified by
AFS, FCITS, CFI, PRISM

Member :
NICIFI , WFCA

Education
Denby High School, 1972
Macomb Community College
FCITS Inspector Certification 1995
FCITS Commercial Inspector 1999
AFS Commercial Inspector 2009
FCITS Woven Carpet Inspector 1997
FCITS Hard Surfaces Inspector 1996
(Wood, Laminate, Ceramic)    
Prism Carpet Colorist 1997
Shaw Feather Blending 2007
CFI Certified Carpet Installer 1998
Shaw Edge Flooring 2004
AFS Commercial Carpet Correction 2009
AFS Symposium, 2005, 2006

Background & Experience
Frank has spent 40 years in the floor covering industry. He began as an installer and
ultimately worked for a large dealer that focused on high end residential and commercial
installations. He went into warehouse operations of floor covering. Continued to expand his
floor covering knowledge while dispatching to installers, scheduling, Job site supervising of
installations, hiring installers, contract estimating, product specification, and was Operations
manager for one of the largest commercial floor covering companies in Michigan. Frank
owned a floor covering operation before becoming an FCITS certified inspector in 1995. As
a full time inspector repairs are also preformed; carpet repairs, corrections, restretches,
reburls, spot dying, moisture testing, shearing, steaming, pile lifting.                

Services We Perform
Commercial Carpet inspections and corrections.
Residential Carpet inspections and corrections
Hardwood Floor inspections
Laminate Floor inspections
Ceramic Floor Inspections
Spot dying and color repair
Steaming
Pile Lifting
Moisture testing

Companies We Have Worked For
Mohawk Commercial Carpet
Mohawk Residential
Shaw Commercial Carpet
Shaw Residential Carpet
Beaulieu Residential Carpet
Stanton Carpet
Couristan Inc.
Milliken
Interface Flooring Systems
Blue Ridge Carpet Mills
Lexmark Carpet Mills
Solutia Wear Dated
Best Buy Flooring Source
Southwind Carpet Mills
Quest Inspect
Kirby Vacuum Company
Tarkett
Royal Carpet Distributors
Radio Distributors
Riemer Floor Covering
Spartan Carpet
Tom Thomas Carpet.
Tri-County Floor Covering
United Carpet
Pro Source   
World of Floors
New York Carpet World
Jabro Carpet One
Rabaut’s Interiors
Van Dries Home Furn.         
Westin Hotel, Detroit Metro Airport

References
Linda Hartley     Shaw Claims
Cathy Lance      Shaw Claims
Theresa Amos   Mohawk Claims
Wanda Webb     Mohawk Claims
Beverly Cobb     Beaulieu Claims  
Cindy Townsend Beaulieu claims
David Graham    Beaulieu Claims
Peggy Carroll     Beaulieu  Claims
Mark McEntire    Solutia Claims
Jerry Terrell     Interface Sr. Project Manager
Richard Rosi     NYC Commercial Div. General Manager  
Renee Siegel      Tri-County Floors  
Richard Hedlund  Riemer Floors
Phone numbers available upon request

Rates Charged: Quoted On Request
Inspector of the Week
Inspector Lists
Inspector Lists
Inspector Lists
Advanced Flooring Specialists
Top of Page
Top of Page
Top of Page