American White Oak Flooring

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Hello Americans,

I'm considering buying 800 square feet of Laquered American White Oak flooring. Each plank is 3/4 inch thick by 5 inches wide. It comes in packs with different lengths.
It comes tongue and groove and is nailed down to the original pine floorboards.

Is this a good choice for hardwood flooring?
 
I'm hurt that you wouldn't address me as "dear American" in a PM and ask me this all important question about hardwood flooring. Laquered hardwood flooring at that!


Now I don't want to be helpful.



But if you must know, 5 inch wide White Oak Flooring sounds fantastic.



SZ
 
It's nice and dense, that's for sure.

I like bamboo flooring myself.

Sign seen on a hardwood flooring van in NOLA:

"Our heart pines for your tongue and groove."

Honest.
 
If you wanted to be really cool, you would buy the white oak boards from trees grown in the ultra-green Madison, WI sawn by local arborists who would rather not see saw nice sawlogs cut into firewood.

Find a old guy with gas that wears worn-out bibs with a really old awesome milling machine to make the flooring.

Do the install yourself if you've got a hair on your arse!

Here is a pic of one of the rooms in my house. This is before the floor was finished. I did a border of sugar maple my uncle salvaged from a church in northern WI. The center is red oak salvaged from Lance's house in Glendale... Did the install myself with a little help from my friends.

I might know of a sawyer in the Madison area... Who could that be???
 

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Nice job Zac! I agree with your statement about salvaging wood destined for the fire pit. Two years ago we bought a bandsaw mill, I never have a stick left for my own use. The problem in my area is the lack of QUALITY type trees for milling.

Last summer we re-vamped our deck out of wood we removed for our clients. LOL They know we own the mill and want a dicount on the removal, reasoning that we are making money on their wood. The time involved in milling, drying and planing is minute compared to cuttin' 'em down.

To answer the question about the 3/4X5 Oak, IF you don't get it, you'll be sorry! BUT check to see how many low grade boards are stuck in the middle of the bundles.
 
Nice floor Zac, got plans for one of the rooms, its a small sunroom at the back of the house, gonna use re-claimed timber and milled wood from some of my jobs then put a small woodburning stove in the corner.

The rest of the house will be done with the pre-finished American White Oak.

When I worked in the US my favorite tree for climbing was without doubt the mighty White Oak. Every time I see the floor its gonna remind me of my days in the US. I know, what a sentimental idiot I am.

Will post pics when the job is done.
 
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