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Don Bollinger
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
 
FAQ Main Page
Grouting Compounds for Mixed Media Installations
    
The What, When, Why, Where and How of Expansion for Wood Flooring… (FAQ) a very frequently asked question)
    
Custom Hand Scraped Dyed & Stained Solid Hickory Plank Flooring
End Grain Block Flooring
     
Combining New Hardwood Flooring With an Old or Existing Wood Floor Installation
    
More Information on Old Hardwood Flooring Brushes
    
Retrofitting a Radiant System under an Existing Wood Floor
    
How to Reckon For Expansion around a Hearth or Border
    
Installing and Finishing American Cherry and the Effects of Different Fillers & Finishes on “Light Sensitive” Wood Flooring
When to Use (and NOT to Use) 1-1/4” or Shorter Flooring Cleats
   
Installing a Wood Floor On or Above Post & Beam, Pier Post Construction and Floating Foundations
   
Good Choices for Wooden Floors over Radiant Heat and at What Stage During a Remodel or New Construction Should Hardwood Flooring Be Installed
   
What Purpose Do the Grooves on the Underside of Wood Flooring Serve?
   
OSB and Comparisons of Various Underlayment and Subflooring Choices for Under Hardwood Flooring -- Thoughts & Comparisons of Underlayments, Nailing and Finishes of Conifers and Wide Plank Flooring Like Pine & Douglas Fir
   
Comparisons of Methods for Installing Hardwood Flooring (Especially Solid Woods) Directly Over Radiant Heating – Use of Mastics & Cleats as well as Some Temperature Recommendations
   
What Causes Various Wood Species to Change Color and What can be Done About It? – UV Light and Its Effects on Wood Flooring Species, Stains & Finishes
   
Filling & Finishing A ‘Barn Wood’ Fir Floor
   
The Very Best (or Toughest) Hardwood Species and the Toughest Wooden Floor Finish – Thoughts about Wear & Maintenance of Wooden Floors
   
How Long Does A Newly Finished Wooden Floor Last?
   
The Pros and Cons of Prefinished Versus Site-Finished Hardwood Flooring
   
Can (Should) I Buy Hardwood Flooring Over The Internet?
   
What Is The Best Wood Floor Over Radiant Heat?
   
How Many Coats Of Floor Finish Should Be Applied To My Floor?
Subfloor & Underlayment Requirements When Installing Wooden Flooring Parallel To Joists, Screeds or Sleepers Systems
Removing A Marker Mark on Hardwood Floor
    
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DIRECTION TO OUR OFFICE

Thanks for visiting with me today.
I will be adding my thoughts to on the wood floor industry as a whole.  Should you have specific comments or questions, please contact me.

Monday June 4, 2007   Our Customers Floors

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Bollinger on V Floors

They’re beautiful, the wood floors we do for our clients --fine functional furniture. I love that our clients treasure them and want them to be perfect.

But, when all the dust has cleared and the last guest has gone – at the end of the day -- you’ve got to feel good walking all over them, because they’re your floors. That’s what they’re for. You have to use them. What else will you walk on?

I know you want them to be beautiful and to stay that way. You can love them and care for them or simply get along with them, but they’re still your floors and they’re what you’ve got to stand on. So, unless they last, how good are they, really?

We can make them look like a work of art, but they don’t belong in a frame on the wall. We hope you’re happy using them as they were intended -- like no other piece of furniture or woodwork in your home.

It’s pointless to worry how they look in this light or that. The occasional blemish or defect occurs in all natural products. Those are character. Every wood floor – including yours – will have them. Character makes them unique. Site finished floors are hand worked, so they will have even more character. 

What you really need to worry about is how long your floors will last. How are they to clean – and stay clean? How good will they look in 5 years or 25? How will they take the abuse you and your family (and friends) will give them over time? Will you still love them then? Those are the most important issues to keep in mind. The true beauty of real wood floors is how they look – lived on. Their beauty is not skin deep. It runs all the way through.

We all love happy customers – especially me. Just know we work the hardest on the crucial qualities of your floor. The longer you have your floor, the more you’ll appreciate our work.

THANK YOU!

Don Bollinger

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