Todays project - Hickory flooring install

thatguy · Feb 18, 2011

I spent the day with my dad and two of his buddies installing 3/4" solid hardwood flooring in my home office.. I got a great deal through my dad on Mohawk prefinished Natural 5" Hickory - the rest of the house was 3" unfinished.

I tore out the carpet/padding yesterday and had the felt down by the time they got here this morning.. It took way longer than I thought it would to trim/fit the flooring around the door frame.. I was a little disappointed in how many short pieces of flooring we had - but that just added more to the character

Enjoy

Brian

Samandothers · Feb 18, 2011

Very nice. I don't know I had seen Hickory finished like that. I usually think of it as handles and firewood!

Looks good. What size is the trim at the walls, quarter round?

om21braz · Feb 19, 2011

Glad to see you found some flooring - looks great!

thatguy · Feb 19, 2011

om21braz said:
Glad to see you found some flooring - looks great!

My dad was able to get this for me at a great price - about $2 to $4 LESS a sq/ft than I could find locally.. The Mohawk has a built in Scotchguard finish as well - most marks (crayon, lipstick, markers, wax, etc) should only need a either a damp or dry towel to clean up..

We had a LOT of short pieces (as you can tell in the pic) but only had one piece with bad milling and one piece with a scratch on the finish.. Overall I wish we had more longer pieces, but I am still very pleased with the finished project..

Brian

thatguy · Feb 19, 2011

Samandothers said:
Very nice. I don't know I had seen Hickory finished like that. I usually think of it as handles and firewood!
Looks good. What size is the trim at the walls, quarter round?

the rest of our house is 3" hickory so we wanted something to compliment it.. As you saw in the pic, there is a HUGE variety in the look of hickory - Not a product for someone that likes a consistent look for sure..

The trim is quarter round hickory and I think it was 3/4"... Once again its great to have a retired father that could look for good deals and has time to sand/poly it for you.. he got about 60' of trim for about $30 - at lowes one stick of non-hickory was around $30 (finished hickory as $53/stick).. Dad also build the T at the threshold out of hickory as well..

thanks

brian

JB4310 · Feb 19, 2011

thatguy said:
As you saw in the pic, there is a HUGE variety in the look of hickory - Not a product for someone that likes a consistent look for sure..

thanks

brian

Yeah , it's a little busy for me, I've never seen that type of floor before, looks like you did a good job on the install.

JB