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With their large open spaces and high ceilings, old warehouses and commercial buildings can make extraordinary homes. Transforming these urban lofts into inviting living spaces requires some special touches – like loft flooring made from solid, engineered or reclaimed hardwood. Wood floors add warmth and personality to loft spaces, especially those with concrete floors and walls.
At Carlisle Wide Plank Floors, we offer superior loft flooring options that bring elegance and character to any loft space. With a wide variety of choices in species and grades, you can easily find loft flooring to perfectly match your interior design and your vision for your space. Our wide plank specialists will work closely with you to select the best wood for your loft and help you explore the options for wood grade, stain color, texture, pattern and structure of your floorboards.
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ExploreWhile the choice of flooring is a matter of personal preference, hardwood is one of the most popular choices for loft flooring. When comparing a tile floor vs. wood floor, for example, the color and texture of wood brings an inviting warmth to the large open spaces of a loft dwelling. And when comparing hardwood vs. laminate floors, hardwood offers a highly durable, long-lasting and timeless surface that will hold its value for decades. Depending on the surface over which loft flooring is installed, engineered hardwood may perform better than solid hardwood.
Wide plank flooring is made with floorboards that are up to 20" wide and up to 12' long. That's much wider and longer than standard commercial flooring, which is typically 3" wide and 3' long. With far fewer seams in the floor, wide plank flooring helps a room to feel more luxurious and spacious. And because wider planks allow the personality of the wood to be revealed, wide plank floors can help to create a stunning surface that is often the centerpiece of a loft's interior design.
Engineered boards are made with multiple layers of material that are glued together. The top layer is a veneer of hardwood while the backing layers may be made of plywood or fiberboard. The way that engineered boards are constructed allows them to perform better in areas with higher levels of moisture and relative humidity. Engineered flooring is ideal for basement floors, wine cellar flooring and sunroom flooring, for example.
Yes. While dirty top Pine flooring, barnwood ceilings and other reclaimed hardwood surfaces are extremely popular in lofts, the cost can be prohibitive for some homeowners. Distressed floors offer a way to achieve the same appearance at a fraction of the cost. With a distressed or textured floor, craftsmen use a variety of methods to make new floorboards look like vintage or antique boards. Distressing techniques include adding saw kerfs and other marks to the board to recreate the look of planks that were cut at early sawmills. And certain wire-brush techniques can wear away the softer grain from new planks in the same way that time, weather and foot traffic wear down floors over decades or centuries.
Yes. When you order your loft flooring to be prefinished, your floor will arrive having been already finished at our manufacturing facility. Not only can a prefinished floor be installed more quickly, it will spare you the mess and inconvenience of having your floor sanded, stained and sealed inside your home.
When you come to Carlisle for loft flooring, our design consultants will accompany you on every step of the journey to help you create a one-of-a-kind surface that will delight and astonish you for years to come. From your first conversation with your wide plank specialist through the selection of wood, width color and texture, we’ll be your guide to designing a floor that is the perfect reflection of your sense of style and beauty. From our artisan craftsmen to our customer service team, every person involved in the creation of your floor is dedicated to perfecting every detail to make sure your Carlisle loft flooring exceeds your expectations.
When you choose loft flooring from Carlisle, you know your floor will be handcrafted from the finest quality raw materials available. You can have confidence that your floor will be produced with time-honored processes and fashioned from the soundest, most reliable timber grown in American forests. And you’ll be amazed how your wide plank Carlisle floor will become a defining feature of your space that serves as a welcome reminder of where you are, each and every time you return home.
