Hardwood Floors October/November 2024

PHOTOS COURTESY OF PATRICK RUSSELL | ALL AMERICAN FLOOR SANDING AND INSTALLATION

THE FUTURE OF THE FLOORING INDUSTRY IS IN YOUR HANDS WHAT WILL YOU DO TO HELP?

“I had envisioned a basket weave pattern already because it’s one of my favorite floors,” says Russell. “There were no blueprints for what we were about to do, but we just went with it.” The installation process was a collaborative effort, with friends and colleagues lending a hand. Dave Marzalek of DM Hardwood Designs helped with the hand-scraping of the floors downstairs, which was necessary due to the sap content in the wood. “We tried to sand everything, but we knew we would not be able to get a foot downstairs without clogging the paper. It was just so sappy,” recalls Russell. “We could sand the upstairs flat, but everything downstairs had to be hand-scraped.”

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