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Monday Morning Mailbag: Carlisle floors seen as centerpiece of new Pennsylvania home
Posted by Christine Halvorson
Chad and Erin Shaffer of New Bethlehem, Pennsylvania dropped us a note to tell us the Carlisle floors they had installed in their new home have become the centerpiece of that home!
The Shafers worked with Carlisle’s Scott Ogden to choose 610 square feet of our Premium Grade Old Growth Hickory, in 8-inch nominal widths. It was pre-finished with our Amber Custom Coating. They also got 440 square feet of the same floor with a hand-scraped face and edge for a custom look.You can see what they had to say here:
Scanned_Card_Sept_14_arrival.pdfPosted on October 5, 2009 at 06:59 AM in Customer Stories • (0) Comments
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Monday Morning Mailbag: Carlisle customers look at their new floor with awe
Posted by Christine Halvorson
Every time we finish a floor project for a customer—or the customer has finished doing his or her Do-It-Yourself job to install it— we like to ask them what they think or if they have any comments to send back to our leader, Don Carlisle. Here’s this week’s sample of the type of card we get back to us—and we thought you’d like to see it straight from their heart (er…pen).
Customers Joanne and Bill Philpot worked with Carlisle’s Gary Ryer to purchase 120 square feet of nominal width, premium grade Eastern White Pine, which was finished at their home. Our favorite quote from them about their floor: “We look at it with awe!”
Here’s what they had to say (clicking on the file will open it up to full size):
Posted on September 21, 2009 at 08:47 PM in Customer Stories • DIY • (0) Comments
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Premium Heart Pine wide plank floors in living room leads to possible Country Pine next
Posted by Christine Halvorson
Gregg and Marsha Martin in North Carolina installed a Carlisle floor in their living room back in 2006 and now they’re back considering another floor for their house. They were kind enough to send us this photo of the Premium Grade Heart Pine they had put in their living room then. It was finished with Autumn Leaf and Tung Oil. Now they are back for more, considering the installation of a pre-finished floor.
Posted on September 17, 2009 at 09:22 PM in Customer Stories • Hardwood Flooring • (0) Comments
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Knots and character for Iowa cabin
Posted by Christine Halvorson
A customer looking to floor his Iowa cabin chose Hickory from Carlisle specifically for its knots and character. He sent us this note when the floor arrived at his home for installation.
“I unloaded the semi last night and the flooring looks amazing! Thank you and your staff for including so many long and wider boards for the run. I am just thrilled with the way the boards turned out and the ‘rustic look’ that they have. The hard part now will be idenifying which boards will go were for the install to highlight the rustic areas,” wrote customer Robert Goldman.
The order was for 1,000 square feet of 4- to 8-inch random face width long run Hickory.
Posted on August 29, 2009 at 11:31 AM in Customer Stories • (0) Comments
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One happy Carlisle customer helps out another
Posted by Christine Halvorson
Our customers sometimes rely on each other for advice on their flooring, as evidenced by an exchange among two Texans and personnel here at Carlisle. We love it when customers agree to be “references” for us. It’s sort of like we’re applying for a job—which we are, kind of!
So, Rodney Stephenson of Hempstead was thinking about a rustic wide plank floor that would have to be glued directly to a concrete slab. He also had questions about the softness of the pine.
With the help of Carlisle, he got advice from customer Jonnie Steffek in Richmond, who had installed her floor not that long ago. She told Rodney about an installation of Eastern White Pine.
Said Jonnie: “I went with the unfinished wood rather than pre-finished. My reason for that is, I like floors to show wear/pathways/knot holes.”
Carlisle supplied information to the client about gluing to the slab and the softness issue.
Jonnie wrote: “As far as being ‘soft’, that may be; however, in my book, ‘dings’ add character. I had a friend long ago, that would buy an antique, then refinish it to the point that it looked like it came direct from a furniture store…We have a few antiques scattered throughout the house, but they are old, and they look old.”
Jonnie invited Rodney over to her neck of the woods to see her floors for himself. We are indebted!
Posted on August 27, 2009 at 08:23 PM in Customer Stories • Hardwood Flooring • (0) Comments
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