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Discussing the Bellawood Maple Hardwood Floor
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Discussing the Bellawood Maple Hardwood Floor
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" OK so sod down hardwood floors come on in here and let's say hi to Tom Sullivan from bill sent half hour. And and this an exciting day is a really seeing a lot of finishing starring -- Bob what type of flooring is this that they're putting emphasis up -- three quarter inch maple it's been natural maple. As a little more color variation than a select it when you say hardwood nothing gets harder than maple right correct that. Maple is 12% harder than red oak not a very good -- it's that kind of floor that if you've ever played basketball that's which are falling not yet basketball or bowling Alley of them exactly and let's get close to it is there is a fair amount of grain pattern here and -- and and variation. And you know give us a little education on what what do you specify when you you want when you want a bellawood. "
" Maple floor well this is natural grit which has this color. A select grade would be more like this more you know one hand and then there's a great. Below the natural which is rustic look you have that color variation and then some knots tight knots but more knots and so it's mostly a question of aesthetics and personal preference correct the other word is the same word. Same hardness and all that just the look at look important. And it services the actual. The actual wooden how it's milled. Do -- I mean do I see a little bit of a V groove or is it going to be. Totally flush does a very little micro bevel on the edge. Just even it's prefinished sort hasn't been maturity on T need a little micro bevel on the now tell us about the finish this is. Kind of assassin. He had to semi gloss satin finish that take coats aluminum oxide basement. When you put a floor down like this what kind of a life expectancy do you expedient and do you. Guarantee or do you expect in terms of never having to refinish later what well the bellawood has a fifty year finish warranty. Has that very -- taper that that's a lifetime guarantee pertinent would normally used. Good driver floor will last forever now don't they do some sort of testing in the lab where they keep. Pounding it or rubbing it with sandpaper or something like he had told the table -- that's -- will they'll spin around and the sabres. Test is that moderate favored -- spins it takes to wear through into the wood in the bellawood is about 1600 on the theory -- so that's pretty. You have heard -- now let's talk about how they're installing it before they start making noise again -- they've laid out a good 45 feet across the whole room why is that. Well they kind of rack it out get the lengths you that you don't want seams lining right up -- each other so they laid out ahead of time and then pull it. Together and nail it down as a as they're putting it down -- yet. And the the the lengths that it comes in in the boxes vary from what from a about a foot and a -- to it. Then what what six foot standard. Flooring like so that you want to make sure that when you're laying it out before you nail it you've kind of done. A pleasing aesthetically pleasing. Arrangement of all the different pieces right you don't want two seams going right across he gently. Right you want to make sure all the seams are always spaced out and staggered but not right right on top of each other. Correct and here we're installing it on top of plywood. And so you've got a layer of resin paper down what's this for. That's a little bit of moisture barrier and also for squeaking if you're going over crawl space is simply use a -- Felt paper like the black paper but this is a full basement or put it it's good for squeak and new keep it keep it from squeaking yeah correct yes correct."
