What about Jatoba, Teak or African Walnut?

I've never ordered from fastfloors but I was on their site and noticed some stuff that might fit your needs. Good Luck.

http://www.fastfloors.com/lp_17679,0,124529/Barlinek-Hardwood-Flooring/_/Barclick-3-Strip-Jatobe/product.htm

http://www.fastfloors.com/lp_18105,0,127192/African-Safari-Woodfloors-Hardwood-Flooring/_/African-Hardwood-African-Walnut/product.htm

Here is a link that might be useful: teak

Have you looked at the engineered Amish Hand-Scraped Collection or Character Grade® Traditional Collections.

Here is a link that might be useful: Homerwood

Homerwood!!!!!

Virgina Vintage

Bruce has a 7" sq edge

Somerset has a 7"

Kahrs has a 7 3/8 wide. 1 strip. in Woodloc

I'm finding a lot of 5" and the only over 6" is BR-111

thanks jyyanks for the links. Unfortunately all of these are 3" to 5" widths. We have such a long room I really do not want small width boards. I'm afraid it will make them look like toothpicks! LOL

mikegeorge
I did check out Homerwood before but didn't realize until I took as second look at your link that they offer in their engineered a special order 6" width in a smooth surface. The nearest dealer is 2 hours away from us. It might just be worth it though to get up there to see a sample. Thanks for the lead!

floorguy,
I agree. I've found a lot in the 5" and almost all are hand (machine) scrapped. Finding both smooth finish and over 6" is a needle in a haystack. Thanks for the heads up on the Homerwood too!

I did find something today while surfing online. It's a company called Pinnacle and I'm looking at their Stoneleigh Classic Collection. That's a 7" hickory, distressed around the edges and not highly scraped according to the dealer. DH and I are going there on Saturday to take a look at it. I'm adding a link below of their website. Scan down until you see the Stoneleigh Classic and click. I'm looking at the Hickory Cognac.

Here is a link that might be useful: Pinnacle Flooring

call hosking hardwood

(877) 356-6755

What I can tell of hosking hardwood is that they are a flooring house (no pun intended) that sells numerous brands of engineered flooring. I'll check them out and see if they have something that I might have missed with the other websites.
Thanks

The thing about Hosking is Jeff Hosking is a very knowledgeable and experienced floor man. Unless things have changed you could speak with him personally and get his input.

Jerry, Thanks for the heads up on Jeff Hosking.

BTW, I emailed Homerwood and they still have not responded. I guess that leaves Pinnacle and maybe Hosking as my only choices.

I wouldn't overlook Homerwood yet, I would try calling them. You know how email gets lost or spam blocked sometimes. I have heard they have very good customer service.

Thanks mikegeorge, I'll try getting hold of the nearest dealership instead of the parent company. See what happens that way.
BTW, DH and I are heading to look at a sample of the Pinnacle today.

Below is a response I received from another thread. Does anyone know if Carlisle solid hardwood flooring company has come up with a new way to glue down solid wide plank to concrete? If they've come up with a "better mousetrap" it would make my life so much easier.
I tried to call them today but they were already closed.

"I am not using Carlisle floors but their authorized installer for this area is putting my floors in. He said he just got through installing a full 3/4 inch (not engineered)wood floor (heart pine in this case) as a glue down on a slab. Its apparently a new process from Carlisle and they guarantee it for life. He said the application is difficult but very solid."

BTW, we went to look at Pinnacle yesterday. We really dislike the scraped look and the store owner assured me that Pinnacle wasn't hand scraped . After an hours drive we got there to find out it wasn't hand scraped....it is machine scraped....DUH!!!!

I just received the "Installation & Finishing instructions" from Carlisle, and you can install it directly to concrete. I have been dealing with Sarah Bergren in their Colorado office. She has been extremely helpful. It looks so easy I might install it myself. They do not recommend sanding the floor which would make the job much easier.

Owens is 6 inch

Southfloor.com makes a decent engineered heart pine that is produced in Sweden. Here is the link http://southfloor.com/eng_heart_pine_select.html
Let me know if you need a sample

kevin123, brucerussell and everyone that has been kind enough to help me on this thread...

I wanted to thank you again and let you know what we finally purchased. Yesterday we saw two brands under the names....Provenza (up to 8"w Oak) and Antique Impressions (up to 10"w Alder). Even though we didn't want to go with oak again in the new home we did like it in the wider width sample so that was our choice.

The floor is a natural white oak with a tung oil finish (which DH really liked). I will say, I'm worried about spills on the tung oil though. I know water will wipe up because the tung oil is a barrier. But, does anyone know what would happen if say red wine or the g-kids chocolate milk were spilled on it and what to do if that happened?

Hey Kats!

I just wanted to find out how you like your Provenza floor? Thumbs up?

Any information would be appreciated!

tsdriver,

We're now just 5 days into the home. Everything is still in boxes and still lots of finish work going on so I even have a scaffolding in my livingroom!!! Workers and dogs all over the place so this floor is getting a major break-in.
And, as far as the Provenza floor goes... I love it.
2 Thumbs up! VERY happy with it.
Yesterday we had an AC leak in the attic which started dripping on the floor. Not much but a good 16oz or so. Got a towel and you can't see it today.
I had window washers come and they scrached the floor by moving our very heavy couch. Not a problem though with a little clean up. We've decided though when all the workers are gone we'll have the flooring company come back in and clean it and tung oil it properly so we know exactly how to care for it in the future.
I will send pics as soon as my DSL is switched over from our old address (which is another story since the request made 26 days ago)

Thanks Katz! Wow... sounds like you are in a houseful of chaos. Congratulations! It must be a wonderful feeling being able to "move in." I can't wait!

I sent you an email to whatever email address is linked here at gardenweb. One of the questions I had was in regards to the Provenza Old World Collection. That is the flooring we are thinking about. We noticed that the tung oil finish is much rougher than the urethane finishes. Have you noticed that it is more difficult to clean?

We are also going to have fur babies on this floor (one of the nice things about that tung oil finish, - quick removal of scratches!), and was wondering about the fur clean up issues. I have heard that those with urethane finishes initially can't believe how much fur "floats" around, especially if they had carpet before. Now I am curious about this rougher finish. Will the fur cling to it? Is it tough to clean?

I am thrilled to hear about your experience with this floor and wish you well as your finish your home.

Thanks again! :)

Kats,
Now that you've been in your new home for a couple of months, can you tell us how you like your Provenza oak floors? Can you post a photo? TIA

I know this thread is almost 10 years old BUT that's why I'm posting. I would love to hear how your Provenza wood floor has held up over the last 9 years...kats. Or anyone that has had these floors and can comment. We are considering them for our new build. Thank you!

Jaimeeap, I'm in same boat. Would love to know what you've found out if anything. Thx!