See 8 photos of their project here

Homeowner Steve wrote to us afterwards: “We had a wonderful time with it all. The finish is beautiful and it was a great experience. The wood is amazing and the job you folks did for us was outstanding. We do appreciate all the help and the way this whole thing was done with quality, care, personal interest, and advice.”

You, too, can do it yourself with a Carlisle floor. Here is everything you need to know about the do-it-yourself process.

Kevin Crowder in the Carlisle Denver showroom told us all the story of how he spent some time educating a builder about the Heart Pine flooring he had ordered and that, in the end, the results pleased everyone involved.

The builder had ordered more than 3,500 square feet of the 11-inch Heart Pine flooring, prefinished with Concord Honey stain for a home in Sun Valley, Idaho.

Concern was expressed about raised butt joints here and there. Kevin said he explained they are “part of the look in a wide pine and that just because it is prefinished these ‘defects’, as they were perceived, are part of it.”

He said he told the builder “he certainly could biscuit joint any boards he felt a little leery about before installing.”

Kevin coached the builder, the builder coached the homeowner.

In the end, said Kevin, “everyone comments on the floors and that they turned out beautiful.”

We appreciate the kind words, Cheryl and Jeff, and were happy to be of assistance. The photos below show their new floor with and without their furniture.

You can see more photos of Cheryl’s and Jeff’s project here.

We’re not generally surprised when potential customers ask us why our floors cost so much more than other ones they’ve already checked out on their journey toward home building or remodeling. We had one customer recently who wanted to buy an engineered floor and was quoted a price of $6 per square foot. But, along the way he learned there were a few “catches” to that price; the average length of the floor boards he would get for that price was 3- to 4-feet long, with no guarantee as to how many 6-foot boards he could expect. He really wanted the 6-foot boards (most people want at least that—it makes laying the boards down much easier) and the company he was dealing with had no longer lengths to offer him. He also couldn’t get any widths wider than 6 inches. So, in short, he came to understand why a Carlisle pre-finished floor would cost almost twice as much as the $6 one he was originally pursuing. He ended up ordering our Antique Oak, about which he wrote us: “The Antique Oak is unbelievable and we love it. No issues with bowing or moisture problems yet, and hopefully never. No transition pieces, that is how wood floors are done!…”
We will refer you guys when the opportunity is there.”

Check out the slideshow, above, for this customer’s Siesta, Florida home.

You can read more about our Antique Milled Barnwood here.

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“We love our floor and as we get ready to redo our kitchen we will be in touch for more flooring,” wrote the customer.

The order was for 280 square feet of the Heart Pine, pre-finished with Gingerbread Stain with 7, 9 and 11-inch random face widths and 11-inch average lengths. (Read more about our stains here.)

[That’s a sample of our Heart Pine to the left.]

It comes in widths from 6 to 20 inches and lengths up to 11 feet. You might also wish to check out its southern cousin Longleaf Heart Pine.

Don’t take our word for it. See Nancy’s note for yourself:

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We love real wood, too, obviously.

For more about our pre-finished options, click here.

The floor is 8-inch wide heirloom grade American Black Walnut and finished with our high resin tung oil finish.

In the photos at left, note the rich dark chocolate color, purplish overtones and complex swirling grain patterns.

As Carlisle’s Glen Ranagan noted: “What a gorgeous floor in an incredible home!”