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• Heirloom/Select Walnut contributes some fabulous floors to a fabulous Long Island home

  Posted by Christine Halvorson

  Take a click over to the website of Denise Kuriger Design, LTC, to see our Carlisle Heirloom/Select Walnut on the floors of a spectacular home. The home is in the Hamptons on Long Island and the floors were installed by Jimi Chahalis of Showcase Wood Floors. The floors were created with 5-, 8-, and 10-inch widths, using a selection or grading process to capture just the right characteristics in the wood that the the customer prefers. The floors are finished in Tung Oil.

  Posted on March 19, 2010 at 09:46 AM in Home Building & Contracting • (0) Comments

• Harley Davidson showroom an example of gluing on concrete

  Posted by Christine Halvorson

  The awesome power of natural wood meets the horsepower of Harley Davidson

  

  Can you glue a Carlisle wide plank floor directly to concrete? You bet, and here’s 6,000 square feet of proof in a stunning Harley Davidson showroom in Witchita, Kansas.

  Harley Davidson called on us to provide them with the unique look that owners Paula and Dan Alefs wanted. Also involved in the project were Sheldon Architecture and John Hancock of Key Construction.

  Our sales team suggested Antique Oak in 3- to 5-inch widths would achieve the look they wanted and assured everyone involved that installing directly over concrete would not be a problem. For that part of the project, we used Scott Clyne of Clyne’s Custom Hard Wood Floors in Witchita to get the floor laid down and secure.

  

  Scott explains that the first step was to lay a moisture barrier to seal the concrete and to provide the base for the adhesive. For the moisture barrier, Scott used Bostik’s MVP-Moisture Vapor Protection. Adding Bostik’s Best-wood floor adhesive then enabled a secure attachment of each board.

  “I credit the quality of the wood flooring… the milling was great,” Scott said. “The boards went together with ease, which is very important when dealing with a glue-down application.”

  Scott then finished the floor with three to four coats of Carlisle’s Tung Oil and followed that with 1 to 2 coats of Satin Finish.

  “We may have done a nice installation job, which is what we were hired to do, but the wood itself is ultimately the reason for the beauty. It’s nature’s miracle,” Scott said.

  

  The photos here show this installation in process.

  Harley Davidson’s marketing manager Milt Mounts said, ”We love the natural richness of our Antique Oak floor. It adds great warmth to the showroom and is an interesting balance to the awesome power of the high-tech Harleys.”

  Posted on March 17, 2010 at 01:11 PM in Hardwood Flooring • Home Building & Contracting • (0) Comments

• Monday Morning Mailbag: New home in California a “must-see” with installation of Hickory wide floors

  Posted by Christine Halvorson

  Here’s a glimpse at a vacation home in Portola, California, where customer Kathleen Schonder had ordered a Hickory floor in 5- to 10-inch widths. The home was build by Jeff Litz of Litz Construction. Kathleen originally heard about Carlisle floors through Country Living magazine. Carlisle prefinished the floor in Gingerbread. The floor is installed over concrete and radiant heat. (Read more about installing over radiant heat here.) Kathleen worked with our own Laura Leier, our design and sales consultant, to get the look she wanted.

  Kathleen wrote us this note: “Awesome. Couldn’t be happier. A must-see!”

  Posted on February 22, 2010 at 02:26 PM in Customer Stories • Home Building & Contracting • (0) Comments

• New search engine helps architects, builders target the right suppliers

  Posted by Christine Halvorson

  

  We got wind of this new search engine that helps architects and builders find the suppliers and supplies that they need for their projects. We thought we’d pass it along, complete with a note from an architect who recommends the service:

  As a licensed Architect, I am faced with the same challenges you are – finding and selecting the right products for my projects. I’m so excited about the new search engine I’ve found, I had to email you and let you know that it really works…and it is amazing!

  It’s called BPM Select. No irrelevant returns like the major search engines provide, just a profusion of pertinent results every time. Plus, I can easily find general contractors, subcontractors and suppliers – right from the search results screen!

  Don’t take my word for it, try it – BPMSelect.com. If you like it or have comments, please let me know what you think. As a fellow architect, I thought this would be a good site to share!

  Karen Christensen
  Registered Architect

  Posted on February 16, 2010 at 11:50 AM in Home Building & Contracting • (0) Comments

• Pre-finished glued directly to concrete, a winner for this golf club

  Posted by Christine Halvorson

  One of the most common questions we get at Carlisle is whether or not one can put wood floors right over concrete. The answer is yes.
  

  Here’s a stunning example of using our Cherry floors glued directly to concrete. This project, which was 1,500 square feet of flooring, is a private country club, the Rennaisance Golf Club in Haverhill, Massachusetts. We worked with CBT Architects of Boston on this project. The boards were pre-finished with an Amber stain.

  Posted on February 12, 2010 at 12:13 PM in Hardwood Flooring • Home Building & Contracting • (0) Comments

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