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Hassin Bin Sober

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3. I wonder if you could buy direct from a mill?

Reply to Adsos Letter (Reply #2)

Wed Jun 6, 2012, 09:02 PM

Jun 2012

Depends on where you are located I suppose??

I might consider a run to Michigan when I decide to re-do our floors. I'm in Chicago so Michigan is a day trip.

I build cabinets as sort of a hobby so I've been scoping out mills in Michigan to get some nice quarter-sawn lumber for a project. I see a lot of them make floors to order.

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I've posted about engineered hardwood floors before, but now that I'm setting in to do it... [View all] Adsos Letter Jun 2012 OP

You generally get what you pay for randr Jun 2012 #1

Thanks. Someone suggested Lumber Liquidators to me a few weeks ago. Adsos Letter Jun 2012 #2

I wonder if you could buy direct from a mill? Hassin Bin Sober Jun 2012 #3

I'm in the San Francisco Bay Area. Adsos Letter Jun 2012 #4

I had a great experience with Lumber Liquidators. ohheckyeah Jun 2012 #8

Thanks for sharing a positive experience. Adsos Letter Jun 2012 #9

Not really. ohheckyeah Jun 2012 #10

I did a lot of research on engineered flooring materials several years ago Major Nikon Jun 2012 #5

Thanks Major Nikon. My wife likes the fact that bamboo is an easily renewable resource. Adsos Letter Jun 2012 #6

Here's a couple of other things Major Nikon Jun 2012 #7