Hardwood Flooring Whitby Ajax Oshawa

Strip Hardwood Flooring is the traditional flooring of the 50's.

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They use smaller and shorter, lower grades of material and tongue and groove the ends as well. Some strips are 12" long... some are 36" and anywhere in-between.

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This strip flooring is roughly 3". Merv doesn't often mill material this small. In the interest of showing you different looks and options, we include these.

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You can reach Luke at (416) 834-0750 or (888) 293-8938

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This was unfinished oak, 3" strip which was stained and finished with 3 layers of high end verathane. You can tell from the photo above that it was finished in place due to the smooth appearance in the light from the window.

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Antiqued Wide Plank Flooring

Antiqued Wide Plank Flooring

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There are different ways to lay flooring. Sometimes it is a restoration type of project where we have to mill douglas fir into quarter sawn planks and then lay string in to create spaces and use square head nails to match a nearly 200 year old floor. Don't get me started about the tinting. Photo(Etobicoke-Toronto Wide Plank Pine Flooring Custom Tint)

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Flooring can be antiqued using chains, bolts, ball bearings, carved hammers and chain mail. The goal is to make it look old before it's time. There are a million techniques and some will look more rustic than others. We could start out with thicker boards and even sand wear paths out when it comes to pine and softer woods.

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My caution here is that the expectation needs to be met--not managed. Managing after a client is upset will cause problems later. Best to have an informed client. Photo(Etobicoke-Toronto Wide Plank Pine Flooring Custom Tint)

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If they like the look of pine, but aren't aware that pine will crush beneath heavy furniture and chairs and leave marks, and that high heels will mar the surface (antiquing the flooring further), and that the flooring will wear away with time. Beech is a hardwood that can be stained to look much like pine, (and without so many knots), if they want a better wearing floor. Photo(Etobicoke-Toronto Wide Plank Pine Flooring Custom Tint)
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A good hardwood, or Antique Wide Plank Flooring supplier will show you samples of what the floor will look like before it is installed.

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The floors seen in these photos were installed in an Etobicoke-Toronto Area residence and had to be stripped up after installation and hickory put down instead because the contractor didn't explain to the client what they were buying. It was nearly 3000 sf of flooring. Photo(Etobicoke-Toronto Wide Plank Pine Flooring Custom Tint)

The photos in this article were provided by Lawrence Winterburn. He was the trim carpenter doing crown molding, base and hanging doors on the site.

Barrie Area Hardwood Flooring Company

Nothing looks better beneath a Christmas Tree than Real Wood Flooring.

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The client wanted a rustic wide plank wood floor and an instantly old look so we gave pine the run down with 18 grit paper which gave it a scratchy surface. We gave it a rough scrape with 40 grit on the drum sander to even things out a bit. A light sand with the buffer to make it feel more smooth without taking out the slightly rough finish and this Wide Plank Pine floor was ready for stain. (photo) Wide Plank Pine Barrie On.

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We mixed high quality tints by hand to produce this exotic, South American Hardwood looking custom colour. Then gave it 3 coats of a high end verathane.

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Most people don't realize that we can put down high quality wide plank flooring of any species and give it nearly any colour tint we want. Some species absorb the finish better than others. Every type of wood has subtle differences in grain and colouration. You could use the same color stain on 5 different types of wood with entirely different appearances.

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This Beech Flooring has beautiful tone differences between sap and heartwood and has a natural color applied--however there is nothing stopping you from giving it a deep red tone to make it look much like tiger wood.

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Both of these jobs were done in Barrie Ontario. To speak with the hardwood flooring contractors call 705-322-9919 and ask for Lawrence or speak to Jamie Elliott at 705-487 5353.