ANTIQUE WOOD FLOORING?
wanted to re-do the garden floor hallway of my brownstone, right now it’s carpet with ceramic tile underneath it, gross! looking for antique flooring, hate the new floor look (tongue and groove). any suggestions?
wanted to re-do the garden floor hallway of my brownstone, right now it’s carpet with ceramic tile underneath it, gross!
looking for antique flooring, hate the new floor look (tongue and groove).
any suggestions?
Check out The Woods Company, Inc. in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. Antique Reclaimed & Traditional Country flooring & millwork.
http://www.thewoodscompany.com
Karen Durning
888-548-7609
We did a gut reno of an old townhouse and got our floors from historic flooring (www.historicflorring.com)–and I can’t recommend them enough. We got wide plank with knot holes galore–they will also mill with saw marks and other irregular marks if you like–and even shipping from TN was much less expensive than anything we would have gotten locally. They reclaim a lot of wood from old barns and buildings in the south…and can give you plenty of info on pegging and other older techniques that give character..
Good luck!
Tongue-and-groove wood flooring has a “tongue” along one side of the board and a “groove” along the opposed side of the board. When installed, the tongue of one slat fits tightly into the groove of the adjacent board.
The logic behind tongue and groove wood floor is that it fits firmly together, roughly like a jigsaw puzzle, preventing the flooring from moving around and creating unsightly gaps. Yet the tongues fit freely enough in the grooves that the floor is able to enlarge and contract as humidity levels change.
For more details:http://gfycontractors.com/
We have great selections of all types of antique and reclaimed flooring. You can see good examples at our web site – http://www.summitsurfaces.com
Thanks
Brewse
646-284-0304
Yes, i wasn’t sure what was the issue with tongue and groove and wasn’t sure if you did or did not want it. It adds strength and prevents warping and allows for the flooring to be blond nailed instead of face nailed. I suspect Bond is correct and you don’t want that chamfered groove that is so common with pre-finished flooring. You can get it either way.
I could be wrong, but I think what you hate is the slightly beveled, or chamfered edge on pre-finished flooring? Obviously you don’t have to go with a tongue and groove on your flooring, but you run the risk of a board twisting or warping up over the others without it. The T&G will help to hold everything on the same level, especially since you can only nail one edge of the flooring, unless you want to face nail.
Unprotected wrecks brings up a really good point though, the delivery can run into hundreds of dollars in unexpected costs.
Great selection from http://www.sylvanbrandt.com I got mine there and it comes in a variety of finishes , tongued and grooved
In Lititz, PA
I highly recommend longleaf lumber in massachusetts. They’ll mill wood to your specifications–if you don’t want tongue and groove, they won’t cut it that way.
Really, really great people. They know their stuff, they ship it to you when they promise they will, and they have old boards if you’re trying to match an old floor. I was trying to match a 100 year old subfloor, and they asked about three questions and knew immediately what kind of wood I needed. It’s a great match for my floors. I’m a huge fan.
tongue and groove, meaning the really new looking floors that are too tight, etc.
they look way too new.
is there something in bklyn?