Need Some Pros And Cons

98mustangguy

Ok so I am looking at hardwoods as i dont install too many other then oak around here need some pros and cons. First i am looking at is at seneca hardwoods which is local to me hickory flooring second is artisan passport collection brazillian teak. lean towards the teak as its prefinished and simply cause of its outstanding hardness rating of 3540 but looking for some pros and cons of going either way

Floordude

These are all questions for your sale representative.

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polar8989

Agreed, ask your sales rep and he'll fill you in.

98mustangguy

yep I am going to another flooring store/installer on monday as the one I went to isa large place that specializes in nothing except hardwoods and tile, but I think honestly a 16 year old kid working at my local electronics store would of probably been more informative about flooring then these people. "Ummm yeah let me go get the manufacturers catalog and see what it says." Hahahaha so I figured the people who work with it daily might have a little info for me until I have time to get to a different place, but I guess not

nickv1012

its a personal choice but get what you like. i got news for you ...even these hard hard floors ding dent and scratch. most anything brazilian is tough to install and will be priced to you that way. some cannot have oil based applied to them as they will not dry due to all the crap that inside those exotics.brazilian cherry is the exception to this and is why its so popular. i have done some brazilian oaks that bent every other nail on my air staplers and had to be pre-drilled on the ends. takes time and that means money....and if its not a good mill good luck getting anything over 3 inches to pull tight and if its prefinished and it has bad milling or drying from the manufacturer they will have to pry it together with screwdrivers and WILL leave marks behind on prefinished. contact NWFA for reputable mill for your particular prefinished exotic

MattCoops

I asked the store rep and she says to install tile instead.

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TimelessQuality

That's what they told me too...something about the 'ultimate hardness rating'

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98mustangguy

hahaha i didntget that i got "ok now show me which one is teak and ill go look up its catalog and see what i can find"

novicepro

the only thing I have against pre finished floors are the bevelled edges.
They like to collect dirt. They are nice though and teak is a beautiful wood.

Floordude

Not all prefinished wood, has beveled edges. There are many square edge products available.

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jcalvin

Just put down brazilian teak in my house and it is too hard. I went through 2 good CMT miter saw blades. You cannot face nail anything. Even if you predrill it a little small, it will split. The best way I can describe nailing through it is like sinking a 16d into concrete.

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nickv1012

i put down some african crap one time that all had to predrilled and hand nailed..and each time the drill bit came out of the hole it would spew a gas like substance..it was weird...been a few years since that one. Just looked at a 3000 ft job ...builder installed about 300ft and he's telling me uhhhhh....ya,.. just ..uh ran out of time so can you give me a quote. he tried telling me it was jatoba until i pulled the paper and saw brazillian redwood 4inch. he did finally come clean that he gave up on it because it was too hard to install. he was actually going to put oil base on it..his other floor guy had no idea that poly wont ever dry on that crap