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Posted on 7/10/14 at 9:54 pm to TIGRLEE
I have seen it before and it looks pretty much like real wood.
Posted on 7/10/14 at 9:57 pm to TIGRLEE
Neighbor just did the tile that looks like wood. It looks pretty good.
Posted on 7/10/14 at 10:20 pm to TIGRLEE
I have wood grain panels on my minivan
Posted on 7/10/14 at 10:29 pm to TIGRLEE
We looked at that new stuff.
We went with antique "dirty top" heart pine. It's recycled flooring, but it looks okay.
We went with antique "dirty top" heart pine. It's recycled flooring, but it looks okay.
Posted on 7/10/14 at 10:34 pm to TIGRLEE
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Posted on 7/10/14 at 10:35 pm to Btrtigerfan
I love heart pine floors. What does dirty top mean?
Posted on 7/10/14 at 10:46 pm to The Third Leg
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You could do a sixteenth of an inch grout line and use epoxy grout that is a color match to the tile. It will be much more expensive but it will be for life and will look as close to perfection as possible.
This. Little to no grout plus get at least 36" tiles for it to look like real wide plank wood. The 24" tiles will just look like tiles.
Posted on 7/10/14 at 10:48 pm to ProudLSUMom
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I love heart pine floors. What does dirty top mean?
I was trolling a little Ms P. :)
Dirty top is recycled heart pine from an old building.
They rip it to a true width, put a tongue and grove on it, then install.
They get a light buffing with a floor machine to remove the splinters, then they are sealed a few times with polyurethane. No staining is necessary.
I wish I had a more recent photo. Please excuse the mess.
Posted on 7/10/14 at 10:51 pm to Btrtigerfan
Thanks for the explanation! I love your floors and fireplace. Is your house in Baton Rouge?
Posted on 7/10/14 at 10:53 pm to ProudLSUMom
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s your house in Baton Rouge?
It's in St. Francisville. Not far from there. If you want to see them up close, you are welcome.
Posted on 7/10/14 at 10:58 pm to Btrtigerfan
Who installed your floors? Did you run the wood through the entire house? Might want to visit when I'm ready to do floors in next house. Oh and what bricks? Old Tennessee?
This post was edited on 7/10/14 at 11:00 pm
Posted on 7/10/14 at 11:12 pm to TIGRLEE
We pulled up our wood floors and replaced with porcelein a few yrs ago. Awesome finish and indestructable. You will spend major money on this though. But it is a one time expense that adds value to your home.
Posted on 7/10/14 at 11:13 pm to ProudLSUMom
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Who installed your floors? Did you run the wood through the entire house? Might want to visit when I'm ready to do floors in next house. Oh and what bricks? Old Tennessee?
The floor guy was hired by the wood dealer I used. <- at gmail and I will gladly pass along his info.
We used that floor everywhere except the bathrooms and the laundry areas.
The brick is "Old Lannet, Alabama." It is from a large cotton mill they are demo'ing on the Chatahooche River.
I think old brick looks good no matter where it comes from. A good mason will mix it so it has lots of range. With that said, Old Chicago is way too brown for me. You need to get brick from a place that has a redder clay soil IMHO.
Posted on 7/10/14 at 11:22 pm to Btrtigerfan
Thanks for the info. I'll email you soon. We custom built a house 20 years ago and used old Chicago because that was all we could buy in BR area. Brick companies couldn't get St Louis bricks because of flooding on the Mississippi River. They had other used bricks but saved them for their best contractors and wouldn't sell to us. It was very frustrating.
We now have old St. Louis bricks and I like them but wouldn't pick them again. This is a spec house.
We now have old St. Louis bricks and I like them but wouldn't pick them again. This is a spec house.
This post was edited on 7/10/14 at 11:25 pm
Posted on 7/11/14 at 1:24 am to ProudLSUMom
I have new wood grained porcelain tile in the basement. Excellent product and look
Posted on 7/11/14 at 1:47 am to TIGRLEE
It's nice looking but it's not wood and costs more than real wood. Think about that.
Posted on 7/11/14 at 3:45 am to crimsonsaint
My daughter has it in her house and I think it looks like crap.
Posted on 7/11/14 at 4:41 am to TIGRLEE
I've seen it in a small space. I didn't like it. I don't know about a large space.
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