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Carlisle Joins the Log and Timber Show, Chantilly, Virginia

Posted by Megan Sprague

We exhibited at the Log and Timber show over the weekend in Chantilly, Virginia! It was a neat show and we had the chance to meet with many people.

Before the show started, one of our preferred installers, Aaron Penney installed our wide plank Eastern White Pine and Heart Pine floors.

Here's a photo of Aaron putting the Antique Cut nails into the Eastern White Pine floor.

Once the show started, visitors stopped by the booth to look at our beautiful solid wide plank floors. Here's a photo of Janel from our DC Design Center chatting with one of our guests! They're talking about our hand scraped hickory floors.

Here's a few close up shots of the booth in between visitors stopping by.

This is the Custom Coat Pre Finished heart pine floor!

Here's a nice shot of our wide pine floor, this has our signature Gingerbread stain!

Posted on October 28, 2008 at 08:10 AM in Hardwood Flooring • Home Building & Contracting • Home Decor • (0) Comments

Customer Letter and Friendly Service

Posted by Megan Sprague

This customer is in the process of having her FSC Antique Oak floors installed.

Here's a nice letter she sent to Dana Tuscher of our New York sales team...

Thank you very much for the lovely picture - the wood is drop dead gorgeous!

I appreciate you taking the time to talk with me today. Each time I have called your company I have been handled in a first class kind of way by each person I have spoken to - what a luxury. Please tell your staff their
kindness goes a long way and makes a lasting impression. It is a pleasure dealing with Carlisle.

Best....
Carol

Posted on October 21, 2008 at 03:23 PM in Customer Stories • Green Building • (0) Comments

Great Carlisle Service=Happy Builder

Posted by Megan Sprague

Here's a note from Lauren Power of our Midwest Sales team:

Thought you might like to take a look at this amazing PREFINISHED floor
we made for homeowners in PA.

It's a mix of 4-8" 'country' White Oak and all 8" 'country' rift and
quarter sawn white oak with gingerbread stain!

The best news is that the builder is now needing about 2000 SF of
prefinished Cherry for another home he's working on. This is a builder
who was VERY hesitant about our terms and didn't want to pay for the
floor before he saw it. I guess we proved ourselves the first time
around- thank you to everyone involved in crafting this beauty!

Enjoy

LP

Posted on October 21, 2008 at 03:05 PM in Green Building • Hardwood Flooring • Home Building & Contracting • Home Decor • (0) Comments

DIY: New England Red Pine in Colorado!

Posted by Megan Sprague

Laura Leier of our Denver Sales team sent in these photos of her DIY project, prefinished wide plank Red Pine!

See her notes and photos below!

Here are some pictures of Our New England Red Pine prefinished with a cherry stain 8-12” wide. The install would go much faster if we did not have so much help but it fits together perfectly. The only trick with really long wood is when squaring the ends you have to really push down on the boards to keep it flat and flush with the fence on the saw. Additionally, we have not experienced any “regional contraction” in the wood. All of the boards have remained the same width and it has been in Colorado since May! This will be a huge selling tool for me when I am selling pre finished in more arid climates where this tends to occur more often!
Thank you to the mill and prefinsihing for making us such a beautiful floor that every neighbor has stopped in to covet!

Laura and family

Posted on October 21, 2008 at 11:40 AM in DIY • Home Building & Contracting • Home Decor • (0) Comments

DIY: Wide Pine Floors

Posted by Megan Sprague

Lynne Rafuse of our New England sales team received this email and photos from her client Bruce of Walpole, New Hampshire!

Lynne- Just a note to let you know that the floor is finished. The floor looks like I expected it to, and there is a consistency of finish on the knots as well as the rest of the planks.

I am attaching a few pictures of the floor, although the rooms still need door and window casings and mopboards. The radiators seen under the windows can now be hooked up too. There are other features to be added to the fireplace (mantle) and a wall of bookshelves to finish the look in one of the rooms. I'll send you those pics when the job is finalized.

Thanks, Bruce
--
Bruce Blanchette
Visual Artist