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Posted by rschurg (My Page) on Thu, Feb 4, 10 at 13:24
| We are building a new home in wyoming. The majority of the home (excluding bathrooms/laundry) will be hardwood. My husband was dead set on brazilian cherry and I think I have finally convinced him otherwise. Now I don't know what to do instead. It has to be a real - not engineered or prefinished floor - wood floor. Although most advice seems to go with a prefinished my husband is adamant on finishing the floor himself as he claims the microbevels will drive him insane (I don't notice them so it wouldn't be an issue for me). We are doing a more contemporary style house and with 3 kids, 3 dogs, 3 cats I'd like to have a medium color flooring to hide dirt, fur etc. I like the look of wider floors. Has anyone done a non-exotic (I'm worried about keeping the humidity right in this drier climate) floor that they love and are willing to share pictures? Please help before I loose my mind!!! |
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RE: hardwood flooring for new construction help please!!!
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| With the kids and dogs and cats I would say go with a hickory, pre-finished. harder wood and harder finish. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Floor Me!
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| Quartersawn red oak is gorgeous! |
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| If you have wide variations in humidity, then an engineered flooring would be best. It IS real wood. You're confusing engineered with laminate, which is a picture of wood under plastic. As far as species goes, contemporary home screams maple flooring to me. Or bamboo. |
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| No offense Floor Me but a link to your retail site isn't all that useful. Since your in the industry and your advising people that a harder species somehow has a 'harder' finish you must know a lot more than most people in the industry. Its bad enough for diy'ers to give wrong advise let alone someone who should know better, unless of course you can show me a 'no scratch' warranty. Shame on you. |
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| Harder finish on the "pre-finished" part of the advice. up to forty years on some brands. |
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| SPAM Read Terms of Service, Guidelines. |
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| Wood is hygroscopic it will shrink in dry cimates. If micro bevels will bother your mate then gaping will too.A whole house humidifier will help control gaping .try and keep humidity controled between 35% to 55% .Wider planks will shrink more then norrow planks.Rift and quartered or just quarter saw cut is the most stable.Quarter sawn white oak stained might be a good choice!As for pre finished verses house finish the both have there pros and cons.Pre finish floor is done when installed.Sand and finish alot more work.Dont fall for warranty scams on pre finished floors ,a floor is only as good as the installation.A good example is Chelsea plank flooring one of the best pre finished on the market not much of a warranty. |
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| Floor me may sell wood flooring but he's no pro. |
RE: hardwood flooring for new construction help please!!!
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I like this "a floor is only as good as the installation"
flooringbro commented. Hiring a qualified installer is more important than warranty. His team will get the customer,themselves and manufacturer protected from future claims. By the way how could I share pictures of Tigerwood since I can not link people to our site? |
RE: hardwood flooring for new construction help please!!!
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| livewireoak is 100% correct...engineered hardwood is real wood, and if your floor is being installed over a slab, you have to go with engineered as solid wood is too unstable. Flooringbro is also 100% correct in stating that a floor is only as good as the installation. We paid a lot of money to upgrade to an 5" wide engineered natural maple floor installed on a slab in our newly contructed home. The floor is beautiful, but just weeks after the install, planks starting coming up all over the place. The problem was that the subfloor was not made level prior to installation. So whatever you choose, please make sure you have good installers who properly prepare the subfloor. Our expensive upgraded floor is an excellent example of that. Good luck to you. |
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