Installing solid rift sawn over radiated flooring
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Sneak Peak - Rift Sawn Oak Cabinets
Comments (29)LoPay, I love your cabinets! This is what I want to do in our kitchen. Did a local cabinetmaker make your cabinets? What is the finish? Please advise - everything just looks so yellow! Thank you...See MoreKitchen Cabinets - Combining Rift Sawn and Quarter Sawn White Oak
Comments (57)Wow, those tiles will be stunning! Yes, great minds think alike lol. It’s nice we found each other, Houzz can be a lonely place when you aren’t doing a white shaker with marble look counters. There is absolutely nothing wrong with white and marble and when done right it’s beautiful- but it would be so so wrong with my house and my existing furniture and decor. My house is a 70s contemporary and since it has lots of natural stone, medium brown woodwork and exposed beams, the Mission style works very well with it. Having said that, I also thought a slavish reproduction of Mission/Arts and Crafts wouldn’t fit, but incorporating some of those elements was my goal. My parents were both antique collectors and a lot was passed down to me, so my decor is a lot of Mission but with some Empire, Eastlake walnut, and a few 60s-70s pieces thrown in the mix, in homage to my “contemporary of its time” house. My eclectic/eccentric style, for lack of a better term, isn’t something I see much in the modern HGTV world, but I often find inspiration in real estate photos from England, where I used to live, where being eccentric eclectic is a more accepted way of life :)...See MoreSolid Hardwood Flooring over Concrete Slab
Comments (4)Technically you can do anything you want so long as you throw enough money at it. Just be prepared to 'give up' on wide plank options. The glue is going to be a BIG part of your installation costs. The 'limitless moisture barrier' adhesives run $2-$3/sf. A 5 gallon buck will offer 150sf of coverage (30sf per gallon). The KNOWLEDGE of your installer MUST BE top notch (ha...flooring funny...they use notched trowels for the glue...ha). The experience and knowledge of the installer is going to be the do-or-die limit of the floor. The EXPENSIVE subfloor work must be done (always over concrete). Be prepared to pay for that. Some slabs are bad enough to warrant $3/sf for preparation. Then you add in the $2/sf adhesive and the $3/sf labour costs of the HIGH end wood flooring installer who has done DOZENS of these jobs. And I mean DOZENS each year. If you think 'Clem' can get-er-done then you will be very very upset with the installation (mess of removal and redoing the job). I would stick to the narrowest plank available to you. The 2.5" strip hardwood is your best bet. You want it rift and quarter sawn for stability (more expensive that traditional hardwood)....See MoreRift sawn white oak cabinets
Comments (7)You can see the color and grain difference along with finish more easily by looking at flooring sites. The color is not yellow. More pale with light browns without as pronounced open grain. Can be cerused. Rift or quartersawn is not necessary to avoid the open grain. You could still use it for the visual effect. https://floorzz.com/products/fabrica-french-oak-plank-bastille https://www.homedepot.com/p/Malibu-Wide-Plank-French-Oak-La-Playa-1-2-in-Thick-x-7-1-2-in-Wide-x-Varying-Length-Engineered-Hardwood-Flooring-23-32-sq-ft-case-HDMRTG265EF/308037923 https://www.calibamboo.com/product-sauvignon-engineered-oak-light-brown-wood-floors-7601002101.html Possible source for lumber. https://www.woodco.com/products/select-french-white-oak-lumber/...See MoreRelated Professionals
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