Clover Lea  3/4" x 9" Southern Yellow Pine

Comments about Clover Lea 3/4" x 9" Southern Yellow Pine:

We've had this floor for over a year now. Because we were concerned about the board width and the fact that pine is soft, we wanted to wait to write a review to offer an appraisal based on the floor's performance. We used a professional installer because we put it in our breakfast room, great room, three bedrooms and several closets. The pine was installed over 3/4-inch plywood with builders felt as the underlayment. Because the boards are so wide, they were able to install it all in a day. The sanding/filling required 3 days followed by a couple more days to apply 3 coats of oil-based polyurethane. There was virtually no waste. We've noticed only a couple of minor issues, one being a very small gap that has opened up between two boards at the entrance to the kitchen and the other is a crack in a board in the great room. The wood is soft but the normal wear and tear of two adults in the house has created only a few charming indentations. However, one weekend keeping my son's 70-pound dog resulted in some very unattractive toenail tracks. Now we keep the dog downstairs where we have porcelain tile. Consider heart pine if you have pets or very active children (or don't mind the scratches). The stair treads in our 36-year-old house are made of heart pine, and they appear impervious to pet scratches. The installers were topnotch (not LL contractors but one approved by LL). We would recommend this product to anyone who loves the look of wide pine floors.

Comments about Clover Lea 3/4" x 9" Southern Yellow Pine:

Picked up our order and while the planks generally look great, the ends definitely need to be cut/squared (noted by other reviewers here), there is a fair amount of cupping, and there are far too many short pieces in our order. Over 40% of my sq ft is under 3 feet in length - I was expecting more like 10-20%. Note that I tried to call and verify plank length before I ordered and was simply told that "it varies". Apparently it's a bit of a gamble with each order. If I had been told that 40% of my order would be short planks, I wouldn't have ordered it. I would have returned it but we are on a deadline and I think I can get creative with the pattern so that it will still look good.

Comments about Clover Lea 3/4" x 9" Southern Yellow Pine:

Overall nice product. Like other reviewer all ends need to be squared. A few cupped boards. Had about 15percent waste. Plenty long boards. Price can't be beaten!

Comments about Clover Lea 3/4" x 9" Southern Yellow Pine:

this is a great floor at a great value. I installed it in a retail space and I get so many compliments on it. I wanted something that looked old and this is it.

Comments about Clover Lea 3/4" x 9" Southern Yellow Pine:

I put the flooring in my entire house! We got very good quality, very little waste. I had lots left over. One thing I would suggest: takes a little more time, but cut EVERY end and make them square, we found that this helped alot! Very easy to install. We were beginners and installed over 2000 sq feet.