I posted this on the flooring forum and was reminded to make sure that it is not sourced illegally, (thanks flooringguy for bringing to my attention) but I didn't hear from anyone regarding any gaps or positive reviews.

Thanks!

As far as it holding up well with children and pets...it's been great in that department. We have the sweedish finish and there's not even one scratch that I can see. Very hard, very durable.

Lindy

I'm hoping to hear from a few others too.

I haven't heard Gardenchick say she's had any problems at all (I think she's in the South??) Vfish and Polkadots just got their floors less than a year ago, so maybe too soon to tell.

I will say again that despite these small gaps, we would choose this floor again. We love it!

I mentioned this to floorguy before but got no response. Not sure if he is confusing brazilian teak with real teak (tectonis grandis). There is a large disucssion with legal harvestation of real teak - with the sustainable teak being "plantation teak". The best teak(true teak) in the world is from burma. Unfortunately burma and the us don't get along (sort of like cuba) - therefore anything from burma is labeled 'illegal'. Now, not getting into whether its forested correctly or whether the political powers that be in burma are right/wrong but the rest of the world use burmese teak - just not us. We'll use a lot of other woods that are harvested in much worse conditions than burmese teak but because us nd burma are politically at odds - burmese teak is 'illegal'.

Brazilian teak is harvested similarly to brazilian cherry - and its whole issues in the brazilian/south american rain forest. they are two distinct woods with the "teak" common name (brazilian teak is not teak, just a common name for us to associate it with a desirable wood that isn't as widely available).