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from Wheaton, IL on 11/10/2008
We did not install this product ourselves, and our installers commented that this wood was very hard. Apparently it bent their staples on first try. Because of the hand scraping, it has a very soft look to it,with naturally rough grooves, knots and color variation. We had it installed in two large areas and the stairs. Because of the extensive variation and knots in the floor, you have to look hard for the areas with wood filler. There was very little wasted product. We love it!
from Whitehouse,OH on 10/23/2008
We have waited a long time to finish our living room with hard wood. It was well worth the wait to find this product. It has added so much character to our house it's amazing.
from Kansas on 10/20/2008
We love our new floor! We have dogs and wanted a flooring that would be attractive but withstand a few inadvertent scratches. We tested samples out by scratching them and decided on this flooring. The real thing is so much more beautiful and has more variation in wood tones than we could have hoped for. We have had very little waste. We are more than pleased with our choice and know that we will enjoy it for years to come!
from Oxford, GA on 10/19/2008
This floor is absolutely beautiful. We installed tobacco road in our den and master bedroom. I think this floor looks better when it is installed against a white/cream baseboard.
from Sandy Utah on 10/13/2008
All the colors & shades from light to dark make a beautiful floor. Our son got the same floor after we had ours about 1 year. We added our bedroom to the kitchen & hall we did earlier.
from Charlotte, NC on 10/9/2008
The flooring is prefinished but doesn't show the micro-grooves because of the hand-scraped look. This give us the look we like on our floors.
from Knoxville,Tn on 10/8/2008
The floor is beautiful. We have it in our dining room and it really sets off the rest of the house.
from Scituate, MA on 9/26/2008
My husband and I installed this floor ourselves - the only negative was the time it took us to complete the project (6 days of almost constant work, including time for removal of old carpet and leveling the floor). We also started with a manual floor nailer but quickly learned that the hardness of the wood makes hitting the nailer hard enough to force the nail through the wood almost impossible. With a pneumatic nailer, the job went much faster! The floor is beautiful and has a very interesting, varigated and rustic finish. There were very few unusable pieces overall so it was a good value also.
from Seattle WA. on 9/23/2008
This floor adds the Awe factor to our living room. The colors are so rich.
We have two dogs and two young boys. So far it hasn't scratched or warn.
from CANON CITY COLORADO on 9/23/2008
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from Fort Bragg, Ca. on 9/17/2008
Beautiful looking wood and interesting surface and finished look...real rustic and forgiving with animals in the house..
Millwork is somewhat inconsistent....width variations requiring some layout problems..end milling not square or straight...some boards narrower on one end than the other (unusable).
Could not use flooring nailer on some boards due to width variation...brad nailer would hide in the open joint...Overall it require installation time of 25% more than a consistent product.
Installed 500 sq feet in a single day. Floor exceeded all expectations.
from Enid, OK on 9/14/2008
We used the flooring in our office, dining, bonus and great rooms. Overall pleased with the flooring -- it looks great. There were a lot of pieces that had sawdust filler in them. With no closets to hide them in, we ended up with a lot of culls. Our flooring cleat nailer did a nice job, but we had to pre-drill areas before face nailing. It took a bit of time to sort the flooring since there was up to 1/16" variation in widths. Wish quality control was a little better, but would still use this product again.
from Savage, MN on 9/4/2008
This flooring was as good as advertised. I have not had much experience with installing solid hardwood, but with the help of some various resources and some hints from the guys at LL, it was a breeze. I as pleasantly surprised to have much less than 10% waste. One con was that there are a lot of boards in each package that are of 2 or 3 lengths. I would like to have seen some more long and short pieces to help the variation of the patterns. With that said, it was still a huge success.
from Fremont, Utah on 9/3/2008
The floor is beautiful and has so much color variation that any other wood or wood color goes well with it. Our installer was pleased with the ease of the install.
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from Ohio on 8/31/2008
It made our family room look larger and brand new.
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from portland or on 8/27/2008
tremendous value. these floors look stellar i have received compliments on these floors and the look and feel amazing. i would recommend them for any room in the house. the lend any room a rich warm feel to them. they are 3/4 inches of wood, and relatively easy with the right equipment but worth the extra effort.
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from Nephi, UT on 8/27/2008
I had it installed in my kitchen, I liked it so much I had it installed in my dining room, my living room and my sun room.
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from KENOSHA, WI on 8/21/2008
MY HUSBAND INSTALLED THIS FLOORING IN OUR LIVING ROOM/DINING ROOM WHERE OUR 90LB GERMAN SHEPARD JUMPS AND BARKS @ PEOPLE OUT THE WINDOW AHD WHERE OUR 1 YEAR OLD THROWS HER TOYS AROUND-WE DECIDED TO GO WITH THE HANDSCRAPED AND THE TOBACCO ROAD TEAK BECAUSE OF THE COLOR VARIATION IN HOPES OF CONCEALING THE SCRATCHES AND THATS EXACTLY WHAT IT DOES-I WOULD HIGHLY RECCOMEND THIS FLOORING IF YOU HAVE DOGS OR CHILDREN -IT DOES SCRATCH BUT NOT EASILY AND IT HIDES THEM VERY WELL-- BECAUSE THE FLOOR IS ALREADY DISTRESSED I DONT EVEN WORRY ABOUT THE SCRATCHES THEY LOOK LIKE THEY BELONG- THE ONLY CON ABOUT THE FLOOR IS THAT IT TAKE SOME WORK TO FIT THE PLANKS TOGHETHER WELL -SOME OF THE PLANKS WILL HAVE SMALL GAPS BECAUSE OF THE TEXTURE OF EACH PLANK- I WOULD NOT GET THIS FLOOR IF YOUR LOOKING FOR THAT SEEMLESS LOOK- I ALSO AGREE WITH OTHER REVIEWS THAT THIS FLOOR COULD GO FROM RUSTIC TO MODERN DECOR- AND EVERYONE THAT SEES IT LOVES HOW UNIQUE IT IS --HOPE THIS HELPS ANYONE DOING FLOORING RESEARCH!
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from Washington on 8/11/2008
The tobacco-stained teak flooring we purchased is perfect for the vacation cottage we are in the process of building. The satin, hand-scraped finish feels good against your feet and gives the floor a vintage look that marries well with tongue and groove ceilings. The teak hardwood is brutally dense and amazingly difficult to scratch, and we expect that the dark stain and distressing of the wood will hide any wear and scratches to the floor that do occur. As a side note, we were pleasantly surprised to find few culls in our order.
from Hattiesburg, MS on 8/8/2008
While we hired a professional to install our flooring, he said it went in "like a dream". The grain color variations and the beautiful hand-scraped finish fits perfectly in our casual but sophisticated decor. We love our Tobacco Road flooring. Makes us wonder why it got this name. Tobacco Road goes to town!
from Jacksonville, Florida on 8/6/2008
Lumber Liquidators is just wonderful, we could not believe the prices and quality of the products. [...] The VA Mills Tabacco Road Teak is just beautiful- the hand scraped peices are perfect as you don't see any scratches(we have a dog)- also, the wood is 3/4 inch think with the grain running all the way through. So in years from now if we need to refinish we could. The colors are perfect and offer a variety of brown's and Taupe variations. We could not be happier with our purchase and have had so many complements. Thank You Lumber Liquidators!! Scott and Tammie
from Oregon City. OR. on 7/26/2008
We have completed the Living Room and are now going to replace the wood in the hallway and entryway with the same because it looks so much better and is so much more durable.
Because of the hardness and the thickness of the wood all nail holes need to be predrilled and saws need to be extremely sharp.
from Hebron, CT on 7/17/2008
The product is beautiful and easy to install.
Nothing but ooh's and aah's when people see it
from Baltimore, Maryland on 7/10/2008
This is the perfect floor if you have a large dog. We did go through boxes of wood and took out pieces that were not as nice to use in closet and under appliances in kitchen. As the floor is already distressed, you don't have to worry about dog's toenail marks. It is also great as it hides dirt and dog hair!! We have had lots of compliments. You won't regret putting in this floor.
from madison, wi on 6/30/2008
I was extremely pleased with the fact that every board I pulled out of the box was perfectly useable. I had expected that I would have to pull the occasional board to set is aside for emergency use only. However, I was able to install every board, and without sorting for any reason other than to jog the joints with the various lengths provided. I plan to use this product again on other projects as we move through and update different sections of the house.
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from Clarkston, WA on 6/9/2008
I love my new floor. Everyone who sees it comments on how beautiful it is. One thing I really like about the floor is that it is somewhat distressed and so when my 5 year old drops things on it or a chair is pulled across the floor I don't cringe, because it just blends in and adds a little more character.
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from Hartford, CT on 6/9/2008
The product is fantastic. However, because I am a Do It Yourselfer, I purchased too much product and now I am unable to return it and customer service has not really been helpful in giving me some suggestions through this matter. Make sure you measure correctly!!!!!
from Waterford , CT on 6/3/2008
Looks great. Used throughout the entire house (kitchen, bed, closet, great room). The distressed look is exactly what we were looking for. Hard as a rock.
Wish is came in a a few more different lengths.
from Milford, MI on 5/20/2008
I've installed several wood floors and this one is the best one ever. While there have been a few boards with blemishes, overall the quality is excellent. Also, this is the only floor I've ever installed where the wood was not warped to a degree. All the oak floors I've installed have required me to push, pull, and pry the pieces together. Not so with this Teak. And the look is outstanding. Very original. While only time will tell as to the durability, ease of cleaning and scratch resistance, I have high hopes.
from long island on 4/21/2008
the floor is nothing that i have ever seen before.its different in style..its confortable to walk on. people that look at it give us great reviews...they all want a sample to show to wives or husbands...we are so happy with this hard wood floor...
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from Grandville, MI on 4/9/2008
You really need to make molding to match the selected wood. I was not told that the moldings are used for several wood grain/patterns that are close. In my case the top stair molding wasn't close to matching the teak wood.
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from Charles Town, WV on 3/20/2008
The teak has a capacity to make a beautiful and durable floor, but there is a wide variation in color and consistency of the wood. However, if you are willing to take a little extra time to lay it out, it blends well.
There were some wide gaps in joining the flooring which also takes some effort and concentration to keep them at tolerable limits.
My greatest disappointment was several pieces had splits, cracks and knot holes that had been filled which detract from the beauty of the floor. I was able to place most of those in closets. This kept me from coming up short or having to decide to place them in an area where I would prefer not to. There could be a little more done on quality control in this area. This is why I would not give it 5 stars.
Overall, I am very happy with the product. The variations tend to disappear in the bigger picture of the whole floor. I wanted a rustic look and the Tobacco Road Teak gave me that. The teak is also very hard and durable which should wear very well.
from san jose ca on 3/2/2008
great product
from Portland, Oregon on 2/14/2008
This flooring is fantastic! Easy to install. We have two LARGE dogs and chose this product because of the distressed, hand scraped finish. It hides scratches very well. Also, we were looking for flooring without alot of high shine - just our preference - and this fit the bill. The color is rich and warm. We put the floor throughout the living/dining room area and carried it directly through to the kitchen. Of added bonus, the hand scraped texture feels wonderful on bare feet. I think it feels like a mini foot massage, my partner likens it to the beach's rippled sand.
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from Fleming, NY on 2/14/2008
I own a 1840's Greek Revival, and this wood makes the house even more beautiful and unique. I did not know you could fall in love with wood.
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from Arvada CO on 11/8/2007
This floor blends with our living aresa which include several styles of furniture and themes- antique to modern. Friends and family comment on how warm and homey it is. Would not hesitate to use it in any area. A real winner!