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Our policy
on Tavern Grade or Cabin Grade Hardwood Flooring
We do not accept returns on Tavern or Cabin grade hardwood for excess
overage.
You as the customer are responsible for determining the amount to
purchase. The manufacturers
recommendation is 10 to 20%.
Manufacturer Recommended buying policy
- Hardwood Flooring
The standard waste of tavern grade
or cabin grade of 10% is simply a benchmark. The product
specifications may be more or less restrictive. Higher quality (and
higher cost) floors may have an allowance of now more than 5%
defects in the box. On the other hand, lower quality (and lower
cost) floors may have as many as 20% or more defects in the box
without being considered defective overall…It all depends on the
product specification and grade standard for the individual floor
What is hardwood?
The term “hardwood” applies to
varieties of wood flooring that are made entirely of wood (not
to be confused with laminate, which is actually
compressed fiberboard topped with a visual of wood,
stone or another design printed on paper). Genuine
hardwood is real wood, through and through,
providing warmth, character and sophistication to
discriminating homeowners. The
hardwood family of floors is large and
varied. You’ll want to be aware of its two distinct forms: Solid
and Engineered. Solid hardwood
is just that, 100% solid wood, which is normally nailed or
stapled to a wooden subfloor. Most are
3/4" thick, although some manufacturers also offer a “thin
profile” solid that is 5/16"
thick. While solid hardwood flooring
is typically nailed to a subfloor,
thin-profile solid flooring can be glued down over concrete and
other hard surfaces. Engineered
hardwood is also 100% wood. It is manufactured by permanently
bonding together multiple layers of
solid wood in a cross-ply construction. Engineered hardwood,
typically 3/8" thick, is designed to have superior
strength and moisture/humidity resistance.
Other thicknesses are available. Engineered flooring can
be installed over wood, concrete or an
existing floor. And, just like solid hardwood, most engineered
hardwood floors can be refinished if
needed.
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