3/4" x 3 1/4" x 6.5LFT Oak Stair Nose

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Mark
Technical & Installation Specialist
Office (800)-366-4204 ext. 4857
My work hours are 9AM to 6PM Eastern Standard Time

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You can find complete care and installation instructions on the product page by clicking on the specs tab and then clicking on - Installation Guide.pdf
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Bellawood products will offer you the most durable and resistant finish on the market today. Sand abbrasion tests have shown it to be more than twice as hard as other floors, making an excellent choice for families with pets and in high traffic areas. Brazilian Koa has a 2160 rating on the janka scale, making it 67% harder than Oak. Other exotic species like Brazilian Cherry or Brazilian Redwood have a higher janka rating making them more difficult to dent. Please feel free to contact our product specialists at 1-800-476-0007 with any additional questions or to further discuss your project.

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Our Bellawood floors are factory pre-finished with an aluminum oxide water-base urethane using a multi-step application process. (8) coats are applied to most domestic and exotic wood species and each coat is hard-cured using Ultraviolet (UV) light. Bellawood pre-finished flooring offers superior wear resistance and is backed by a limited 100-year warranty! Maintaining the appearance of any wood floor requires close attention to in-door climate controls during seasonal changes.
(The exact formula is propietary information)
Technical and Installation

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We can only recommend our Bellawood Floor Cleaner, or cleaners that are safe for water based urethane finishes. Never use any polish, wax, oil soaps or cleaners that add shine to the floor. Thank you for your inquiry.
Our Bellawood floor cleaner does not contain any polishes ,wax or anything that will build on the surface and is recommended to be used on all our flooring products. I do hear of this scenario often enough and it always prooves out that there was another cleaning product used previously on the floor that is reacting to the Bellawood cleaner. Most likely once the residue is removed from the original factory finish the floor can be maintained easily. Thank you for your inquiry.
We do not recommend steam mops or Roomba Scooba robots on our laminates or on any of our wood floor products. Although appropriate for kitchen sheet vinyl or ceramic tiles, wood, laminate and cork floorings have raw seam edges that can swell or cup with use of these cleaning methods. We recommend our Bellawood Floor Cleaner, or cleaners that are safe for water based urethane finishes. Thank you for your inquiry.

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This is not a stained product and has a clear finish on it.
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This is not a stained product and has a clear finish on it.
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This is a solid 3/4" nail down wood product but can be floated using our Elastilon underlayment system.
Where do I find installation instructions / product warranty information?
Lumber Liquidators posts installation instructions on our website through the Customer Care and Flooring 101 web pages for easy installation, including helpful hints.

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At this time, Lumber Liquidators does not recommend gluing down ¾”Solid wood directly to a concrete slab, typically this has been a nail down product or you can use Elastilon as your installation system.

In recent times, some of the big home center stores have been advocating this procedure. Adhesive manufacturers recommend precision milled boards and the use of shorts or board length sizes under 40”, such as our Virginia Millworks collection.

Experience with site related moisture, temperature and humidity fluctuations has shown the longer ¾” solids to be unstable when glued to cement, in fact, without raising subfloor base too high, engineered floors are actually the floor of choice for direct glue down on concrete slabs. These are constructed or engineered with a plywood core, designed to withstand temperature and moisture changes.

However, solid flooring sizes 5/16”, 3/8”, ½” and 5/8” can be glued to cement. Solid wood glue down installations can be more difficult when compared to engineered styles. The longer solid boards can be twisted or bowed right out of the box. While this is not an issue when nailing, these can present problems when gluing down. When working with solid wood it is advisable not to remove the plastic binding straps keeping the boards secure until ready to install, thus ensuring straighter boards. Do not lay out more boards that can be installed the day of installation. Culling or selecting out bowed or twisted boards can produce greater than normal waste and should be accounted for when ordering. Boards with slight bows can be cut in half then used. However, for these reasons we recommend the use of professional flooring installers for solid wood glue-down installations.

In addition, due to the rigidity of solid wood, a flat surface is required (deflection not to exceed 3/16” in 10’). Floor flatness issues can be corrected by filling low areas with cement patches or levelers and grinding down high spots. Blue painters tape (#2080) should be used to help keep surrounding boards grouped together while the adhesive cures. Some installers use straps in an effort to tighten up their glue-down installations. Caution is needed. Be aware that over-strapping can produce board lifting, peaking, board-edge crushing, or glue-bond failure. Many installers use a 75-100lb roller to ensure adhesive transfer and evenness of the board edges.

A successful ¾” solid installation on concrete can be accomplished using several methods as outlined below. First test for excess moisture and remedy.

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3/4" x 3-1/4" Brazilian Koa Sku #10000726
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