Hardwood Floors August/September 2018

Endurance Floor Co. Inc. West Park, Florida

By Stacy Brown

take what I learned out into the world and show people that I had these skills.” Hall’s winning entry for Best Restoration/Extreme Makeover was one that he originally cra ed in 2005. “I was introduced to the client by the builder. is guy didn’t know what he wanted, so we had a chat, and he gave me an idea that he wanted something that would ‘take somebody’s breath away.’ He expressed that he was interested in geometric pa erns, so I mocked up a four-foot square panel out of materials that I had handy. Once he saw the panel, he immediately approved it.” e 280-square-foot 3D parquet oor was made from raw lumber and un nished plank using Gaboon ebony, English sycamore, massaranduba, sapele, and Brazilian ebony. e border used Macassar ebony, padauk, bocote, pink ivory and Bird’s eye maple – the only wood fromNorth America in this oor. e original oor was done with a wax nish, which Hall advised the owner against. “He went with it anyway, though.

Photos courtesy of Lenny Hall.

INSTALLATION TYPE: FLOORING TYPE: FLOORING STYLE: FLOORING FINISH: FINISH SHEEN: FINISH TYPE: SPECIES:

Glue-Down Solid Parquet Job Site Finished Satin Surface Finish: Water-based

Gaboon Ebony, English Sycamore, Massaranduba, Sapele, Brazilian Ebony; Border: Macassar Ebony, Padauk, Birds Eye Maple, Bocote, and Pink Ivory.

SQUARE FEET:

280