Bellevue Laminate Job

1000 Sq ft of Quickstep Laminate installed in the kitchen living room hall and office.  We are coming back to sand and finish the bedrooms hardwood and put carpet in the upstairs bonus room.

Sand and finish white oak install for Monte Mohr Realty Trust Brentwood TN

We started this job on a Tuesday installed 800 sq ft of 2 1/4 white oak #1 common, took up existing carpeting and padding, sanded everything down flat made a custom stain to match a red oak dark sample with Jacobean and Ebony 3 coats of oil with the top coat being poloplaz.  We finished this work on Saturday and are coming back Monday to finish the posts rails and shoe molding work and lay the carpet in the upstairs bedrooms.

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Natural Red oak bruce hardwood install Bellevue TN

Sand and Finish red oak installed on VCT over concrete in Dickson TN

Rob smith with Complete Construction had us do this job it took 5 days one to prep the floor one to glue the floor and three to sand and put 3 coats down.  We used the Stauf adhesive and measured for moisture before prepping and after prepping the floor.  The floor was prepped with TECs self leveling agent.  560 sq ft of #1 common red oak was installed sanded and finished with Poloplaz.  

Options in Hardwood flooring for an old or distressed look

This one we replace boards from the upstairs sanded it down flat and coated it three times natural.  It is a mixture of wood species and you need to replace with the same wood.

This is just a picture of pine flooring It is commonly used in distressed looks due to its a softwood easily distressed and the way it stains. riftandquartersawnwoodfloors.com

This is a contemporary floor but finished in Monocoat which is a good option if you want a very dull floor and a natural oil finish with no VOCS.  

These are Rifted and quartersawn floors that we have done.  It gives you the great character to start with.

You can also buff and coat your unfinished floor stain it and coat the floor.  Your floor will accept the stain however darker than normally, your floor will have chatter and distressed marks from the mill left in it however it will be smooth for your feet to walk on.

New built home floors in Dickson TN

The home owner wanted an old floor look.  We installed 3" wide #1 common white oak sanded it with a 100 and 150 grit buffer stained it antique brown and put 2 coats of poly on it.

what should i put in my basement? can i have hardwood floors in my basement?

Basement Floors? Are you stuck with Carpet? Can you put hardwood flooring down?

You have many options as to what can you put in a finished basement and you should really consult as always a professional about what can you do, but I have great news for those of you who dont want carpet in the basement and want hardwood.  Now I am going to tell you your options as to how to install the hardwood in your basement.

Ok you not only can install hardwood flooring in your basement but you have options and as many options as your pocket book will allow, yes some cost more than others.  They include floating the floor, nailing it down, or glue. 

Floating a floor in a basement

This is probably the easiest and cheapest option.  Not necessarily the best but it will work.  Your concern as always when working over concrete is moisture coming up and damaging your floor and in this case how level your concrete floor is.  You will need an engineered hardwood floor, a good moisture barrier underlayment, and a mostly level floor.  We believe in overkill at country flooring direct so dont get the cheap 2-1 foam underlayment get the nicest underlayment you can we use shaws 3-1 the cost will double but were talking about 25 cents a sq ft so thats not a big deal and its the cheapest insurance policy youll ever buy.  As long as your floor doesnt vary 1/8 inch in an 8 foot radius you are good to start laying your floor.  You will want to undercut all of your door jambs and start on your longest straightest wall leaving a 1/4" gap from the wall on all sides, staggering your butt joints 8".

Direct Glue 

You can also Directly glue the hardwood floor to the concrete.  Here you can use either solid or engineered product however it is reccomended to use solid only on above grade floors.  The floor again has to be within industry standards for flatness.  The overkill Country Flooring Direct reccomends is in the adhesive, we use Stauff adhesive and it has a moisture barrier built into the glue, again the cost is an extra 25 cents a sq ft but as always its the cheapest insurance you can buy. You will need a special trowel that Stauff will provide you so that the glue will go on properly but your installation is the same as the floating.  This method is going to be more costly and your options will be different than with the floating floor however this is better in my eyes than floating the floor for durability reasons.

Nail Down hardwood

How can you nail down hardwood flooring over concrete? easily install 3/4" advantec first and nail over top of that.  The question becomes how to put the advantec down.  Your options are nailing it, floating it or gluing it.  The best way is to float it.  You will install a plastic 6 mil moisture barrier under neath the plywood, cut the plywood into 2*4 foot sections put a relief joint in and install the plywood on a 45 degree angle for additional stability.  The only important thing to consider here is how long your nails are you will want 1.5" nails so you dont go into the plastic which is your moisture barrier.  This way is the most expensive however it makes for the flatest floor with the best moisture prevention.  Another way is to use maize nails and shoot down the plywood and use a topical moisture barrier like aquabar, in the past I have also used black mamba (tar) under the floor to seal the concrete and nailed it with maize nails.  Any one of these options can be used and you can put solid prefinished or unfinished hardwood flooring down here.

Long Length Hardwood Specials

Long Length Hardwood Flooring

We have Graf Brothers hardwood and are the Middle Tennessee dealer for Graf Bros Hardwood Flooring.  They specialize in Rifted and Quartersawn, Long Length, and Wide Width Hardwood Flooring.

Here are the specials

2 1/4 rq white oak #1 for 2.75 or 7.25 installed Sanded and Finished
3" RQ Select and better for 4 or 8.5 installed Sanded and Finished
7" Plain Sawn red or White Oak Character for 4 or 8.5 installed sanded and finished

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Flooring For new homes Carpet hardwood

Do You need new carpet?

When you are considering selling your home, and want to get maximum dollar for your asset, you may need to address the walls and floors.  You should ask yourself how old is the carpet? If your carpet is more than 10 years old it probably should be replaced.  Do you have animals? Carpet fibers hold animal dander and smell that may inhibit people buying your home.  The carpet does not need to be what you want, it needs to be what will help the house appear clean and well maintained.  I recommend a beige plush carpet it is what you will see in most new spec homes.

What you see is an inexpensive nylon plush carpet beige this house was professionally staged.  If the carpet is new and just needs to be restretched or clean we do that as well.  Carpet that is old and needs to be replaced, that has not had pets on it, can be done cheaper if you dont replace the padding.

My Hardwood looks Dull?

If your floors look Dull or have small scratches you can Buff and Coat the floors.  Probably if the hardwood is not older than 4 years you can put a new top coat on the floor.  If its older or the floor have deep scratches or the color has faded you need them Sanded and Refinished.

Stencil painted hardwood floor

We installed sanded stained and coated this floor.  Bradleton Interiors was responsible for the design and stencil work.