There is a mid sized coffee shop around here... Caribou Coffee. So, I am meeting my plumber to go over a few things on a job. We meet at Caribou Coffee and the floor in this coffee shop is plywood laid over concrete and it is stained and varnished. It didn't look that bad. Sort of that trendy coffee shop decor. My plumber and I both had a good laugh saying that both our wives wouldn't have that in the house but in the coffee shop it was cool. LOL.
Gonna look pretty sharp. It is also gonna take a while to rack it out to make it look right. I have no eye for that but the wife does.
looks familiar........ do not go to crazy trying to blend color 1) you will go crazy 2) you will wind up with a bunch of light ,dark at the end and really it will really look off open boxes, bundles and run them out that is as random as it gets. part of the beauty of hickory is the drastic color change, if you did not want that you should not of went natural. Hickory is going to expand contract a lot, just the way it is, right now winter, heat lots of gaps come summer nice and tight.
I need to get a few boxes open and see how much light and dark there is. Understood on movement. Doing everything I can to minimize but it is part of it....and the high character wood will make them less noticeable.
What do you mean ready to nail? I have never installed hardwoods, but always thought you nail as you go except for those impossible spots that require face nailing. Looks great btw.
Since there is so much variation board to board and carton to carton I loose laid everything out to avoid patches of dark and light and get the joints evenly distributed. Can't tell from the pic but I left enough room to pull everything back to make room for the nailer.
Got most of the LR and DR done the past couple days. Still need to install the last row next to the wall but I have to scribe and rip them.
NICE! That hickory is beautiful. Is the tile raised?, or is that an optical illusion from the grain of the transition?
Details, Details, Details.... it is what makes the job look professional. Lukem, it looks great man. Just take your time on scribing to the wall.
I plan on laying the board needing ripped on top of the last full row and using a template set to the board width plus expansion joint to scribe it out. I only have 1/4" over 24' of variance so it came out pretty good.
see if you can find color matched caulk, usually a countertop supplier will have it. it will allow a little give between different materials.
