Bruce Hardwood Flooring is a Solid Choice for your Home
If I had to pick a hardwood floor for above grade installation I know what I’d pick. Bruce’s Dundee Plank by Armstrong, in cabin grade. This wood is 3/4″ x 3 1/4″ solid oak plank with a 5 year warranty. The micro beveled sides make for easy installation and a beautiful floor. Bruce also fills the knot holes and voids on their cabin and tavern grade wood, which makes for a nice look.
The cabin grade wood gives enough variation in color and enough knots and mineral streaks to give a beautiful, very natural appearance.
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I have never purchased wood floors before and we are getting ready to install them through the entire house (using a professional installer, of course.) I saw your comment on the Bruce Dundee 3″ plank and that’s the sample I’ve been looking at in a Gunstock 1st Quality. Since I have no experience in purchasing wood I was thrilled to hear that you like this product so much. I’m having a hard time finding a sample that’s big enough for me to get a good idea what the stain will look like. The color on Bruce’s website doesn’t look at all like the small sample I do have (online it looks VERY ORANGE) Based on your experience should I buy a whole carton and take a look at it before I make a final decision on color.
I’m also considering the Bruce Bristol also in a Gunstock 3″ plank. Thanks, Stacey
@sbrandon – If you have any local flooring stores, I would suggest stopping by to see if they have any in stock (or call before you go). Gunstock Dundee is a very popular product, so they should have some if they deal with Bruce wood. I’d ask them if you can look at a few boards to make sure it’s what you want.
And pictures are very hard to go by when it comes to flooring. It’s very hard to get the color just right, so often times a webmaster will have to go with the closest match, even if it’s not a remarkably accurate picture.
To add to that, it’s also hard to gauge a floor off a sample, especially one that’s just a 3″ x 6″ cutting. Color variation is natural in a lot of wood, so you could have a piece that’s lighter or darker than the floor would be as a whole.
I hope everything goes well with your new floor. We’d love to see some pictures when you get it done!
Thank you so much for your advice.
I’ve order a carton of the Dundee and Bristol. It wasn’t cheap but it will be a lot more expensive putting $15000 worth of wood down that we don’t like. I realize color variation will be different from carton to carton as well (I think flooring people generally work from 8 to 10 cartons at a time when laying the floors) but i think this will give me some piece of mind before we make our purchase. I will definitely send you see some pics of the work.