When we talk to homeowners about finishing pine floors there are a couple issues we must address with our customer. First of all, if it is the do-it-yourself homeowner, we have to ascertain their experience and their expectations. If it is a homeowner attempting to source their own materials using a contractor, we have to gauge whether or not the contractor has experience finishing pine floors. We do this by asking questions. We have learned over the years is there a couple of key things we can ask about with the answers determining whether or not the person actually has experience finishing pine floors.
Solid Real Wood
Finishing and installing southern pine, real solid wood, is much different than gluing down some laminate or engineered floors. From time to time, we must challenge some misconceptions that our homeowners have from either reading online or getting it directly from someone trying to sell them something other than real wood. We also run into those who have no idea that there are differences in the types of southern pine that not all southern yellow pine floors are the byproduct of some lumberyard.
