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Driving through Pittsburgh these days, it’s impossible to miss construction projects popping up everywhere. Pittsburgh is seeing an increase in population for the first time in decades. As new families move into our neighborhoods and others upgrade
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We sat down with Ms. Scherer, owner of Ruth Scherer Flooring LLC in McMurray to
learn a bit about what has kept her in business for more than 30 years in the South
Hills.
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“Lots of reasons,” said Scherer as we sat down in her showroom last month. “For starters... Style. You can’t satisfy customers without top of the line inventory. That means consistently updating our products. We carry every major brand and we’re
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very diverse in our product selection.”
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The showroom backs up her story. Looking around we saw every type of flooring vveerryyddiviveerrsseeininoouurrpprroodduuccttsseeleleccttioionn.”.”
we could think of. Exotics , hand-scraped woods and area rugs lined the aisles.
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Ruth then reminded us, “without a skilled craftsman’s abilities and an artistic
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approach to the application, these are just materials. Which brings me to my staff.
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carried us for 30 years.”
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That’s right, Ruth Scherer Flooring LLC provides top quality service no matter the
size of the job. “We typically service many high-end estates in the area, but we want
to work with everyone who makes up the South Hills and surrounding communities.
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At Ruth Scherer Flooring LLC we pride ourselves on being the right flooring store
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