I have done loads of hardwood. This is the really simple engineered click and lay stuff that I got from HomeDepot. I really liked the colours inside the wood and how every piece is a totally different pattern / colour.

In my main floor I installed some sold walnut XL rustic hardwood. This was an unfinished 7/8" tung/grove that you had to nail down. I picked up a Stenco pneumatic nailer and it took me about 2 days with a cutoff saw on the front steps of the house to get it done. The boards were on average about 8' to 16' long (hence the XL). After it was installed i used Rubio Monocoat and it looks spectacular.

But this is a basement and subject to more harsh ware, so I went with the factory pre-finished click stuff.


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Axiom: ADA1500, LFR1100 Actiive, QS8, EP500, M3, M3comp, M5