[Greenbuilding] Cheap flooring

[marian dombroski]

do everything you can to save the oak and maple floors.  You can use black
rubber reducers to take care of the transition.  it would probably look
cool.  Putting sheet goods over the floor with unresolved levels will just
exacerbate the problem.

On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 2:47 PM, Clarke Olsen <colsen at fairpoint.net> wrote:

> Using plywood for flooring is a bad idea. The only way to make it worse,
> is to cut it into strips.
> If you are determined to use sheet goods for flooring,
> put down 5' x 10' sheets of OSB and paint it a beautiful color.
> Clarke Olsen
> clarkeolsendesign.com
> 373 route 203
> Spencertown, NY 12165
> USA
> 518-392-4640
> colsen at taconic.net
>
>
>
>
> On Feb 20, 2013, at 1:23 PM, Benjamin Pratt wrote:
>
> I'm leading a small team of students to do furniture and interior
> design for a local internet cafe that is opening up. They came to us
> because they have a tiny budget. My university gets grants to help
> local businesses, and we work for cheap.
> The existing floor mostly maple and oak, is in bad shape, with a lot
> of holes and
> other damage. There is also a 1" or so level change where there was a
> wall. My two ideas so far are in the links below.The first could
> possibly bridge the level change and would definitely cover the holes.
> I was trying to find a floor I saw in another store that seemed to be
> rough-sanded lumber, with no appearance of any finish at all. I
> couldn't find it, but the second link is close.
> Any comments on my ideas, or have any other recommendations?
>
>
>
> http://www.picklee.com/2012/12/12/farmhouse-wide-plank-floor-made-from-plywood-diy/
>
>
> http://wormtracks.wordpress.com/2011/01/12/beautiful-wood-seen-at-anthropologie/
>
>
> --
>
>
> b e n j a m i n p r a t t
>
> professor art+design
> the university of wisconsin stout
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