Please help - question on Plank Width for hrdwood floors
hobokenkitchen
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Building a Step out of Hardwood Planks?? Please Help!
Comments (4)there are 2 ways to do it. first is to create it out of you hardwood product, using stair nosings and the manufacturer of your hardwood flooring should carry them for your product type and wood species. Ask them for prefinished or site finished depending what you have. if not, you can get them milled by a local wood supplier out of the same wood species, then stain and/or finish them to match. If you cant find any of those resources, you can try a search for Hardwood Stair Nosing for an online resource. Secondly, you can buy prefinished or site-finished hardwood stair treads and risers out of the wood species you desire. you can use their risers or your hardwood for the risers. I think the most important issue here is getting the look and finish you desire. Stairs can really be made out of any hardwood, although the harder wood the better in terms of durability and wear. Here is a wood hardness chart if you are open to different species. As to installation, you want to screw and glue the nosings so they dont turn when someone steps on the nosing overhang. Improperly installed stair nosings have caused problems in the past coming loose and could potentially cause injury, so follow all instructions to the letter....See MorePlease help me choose a wide plank hickory floor
Comments (1)I have had the Montana Cabin Hickory installed on our main floor for about 7 years now. It is a prefinished flooring, and has done very well with our granddogs nails. I have the 3 different widths of flooring,I am not sure of the grade, but it has alot of knot holes,it is not a Heirloom grade. If you research on this site(flooring Forum), other people have hightly recommended them. My husband and I both still say this was the best decision we made to improving our home. Mary Here is a link that might be useful: chelsea plank flooring...See MorePlease help me decide -- walnut or oak plank floors?
Comments (3)I think it depends on what you want. There is a difference in wood softness/hardness, so that might matter to you for the area you will use it, high heels, children, walkers/wheelchairs etc. About the dark stain........get what you like! Remember when ppl started to lift up carpets on older homes to reveal "outdated" hardwood LOL. Go with what you like and stain it what you want to. If you are worried about re-sale, mostlikely what ever you choose the potential buyers will likely change it anyway! To me it sounds like you want dark walnut : ) I personally really like the look. My cousin did his entry, kitchen and stairs with slate and it is absolutely gorgeous!!! He trimmed it with wood and sunk the tile and it is so beautiful. Here is a pic that is very similar to my cousins. I think it's unique too. His tiles are large ones though, and all trimmed with wood including around the edges in the kitchen and foyer. Here is a link to a wood hardness site if you want some extra to consider. Let us know what you decide: ) Here is a link that might be useful: wood hardness...See MoreYOUR THOUGHTS: Wide Plank Flooring Width
Comments (33)@dough71 - It "sounds" nice to hear that you need 2' lengths for closets. But long planks will be CUT throughout the job, leaving a pile of shorts. Those shorts are then recycled to finish rows or go inside closets. A dealer who speaks of average lengths and then mentions the 2' shorts is trying to shuffle in the low-low end stuff so HE isn't left with waste. I would ask the PERCENTAGE of 2' lengths you can expect to receive. Houzz has seen DOZENS (if not hundreds) of posters complain that their "promised" 8' planks arrived as a bunch of 4' planks making up 50% of the load. And not enough overage to "cull" the shorts. As for your question about seeing homes with wide planks that look great, you are correct. But I'm going to add a caveat to that statement. Those old, wide boards have reached an equilibrium and are now in harmony with it's house. That can take 20+ years to achieve. And then they have probably already received a sand/refinish with "knocked down" the crowning/cupping to make the whole floor look flat and happy. Let's just say that the "growing pains" of those old, wide planked floors are WELL behind them and they now LOOK happy...but they started out a complete mess...for many decades. Then a sand/refinish occurred and NOW they look awesome! That's how old wide planks in old unconditioned homes "look great". They've already finished their rebellious years....See Morehobokenkitchen
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