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Re: ****ty Floor...Quote:
Even the notorious Chin Brothers (Koreans - dont ask) "try-fit" as they go. About 1/2 of a room is laid out, butted up to check for fit and match, then pulled into the row being laid. Very fast, and I suspect faster than what you are achieving.
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Re: ****ty Floor...Quote:
It seems like any sort of fitting ahead of time to discern a 1/16" difference would be rather hard and time consuming... |
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Re: ****ty Floor...Quote:
In the mid-2000s, Bruce was shipping product that wouldn't pass for fire starter. Now their quality is back up, but now I'm using all hand finished plank. The water born finish has made it damned near competitive with pre-finished, because of turn around time.
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Re: ****ty Floor...
Picky & bruce are not usually used in the same sentence.
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We're sanding a lot of bruce floors that were laid 10-20 years ago. All have sun fading. Sanding aluminum oxide off sucks ass.
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Re: ****ty Floor...
16 Gauge nailer? Like the 16 gauge crown stapler for 3/8 engineered?
Try a 15 gauge stapler, heavy hammer, 95 psi and hit that f'er! It'll bend a board 1/4" if you mean it. You'll need wall jacks as well. Dont buy the powernail wall jack for $200. The amazon off brand is 20$ and it works just fine. Sent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk |
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There is also some technique to pulling a crowned board tight.
Start where the board is tight and work out from that. You want to pull the bow in incrementally from where its close rather than nailing at the point with the most gapping. Sent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk |
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Re: ****ty Floor...
Fill your cracks with color putty and wipe with a rage lightly dampened with spirits to remove the residue.
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Re: ****ty Floor...
One thing about LL. At least all those 18" pieces are not heavy.
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Re: ****ty Floor...Quote:
I will say the finish itself held up well. So yeah, 300 ft or so of Bruce replaced on that one - on my dime. In the market I serve, it was in high demand.
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Reporting back with surprisingly good news...
LL replaced all the flooring free of charge, including enough to replace the floor we installed. They came out to the house and loaded in the new and took out the old. They confirmed that it was a bad batch regarding the milling. They are also paying $500 towards our labor costs on installing the bad floor. Not at all how my friend or I saw this working out. Still a PITA but honestly for how it's all working out, it's not too bad. |
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That's great news, glad it turned out well.
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Impressed.
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Re: ****ty Floor...
Let us know when they actually cut you a check
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Re: ****ty Floor...
Just run it, the cracks will be filled with dirt and dog/cat hair in no time
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