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   FastEddie | Feb 14, 2006 09:30pm | #1

   Are you sure it's 1-1/2" wide?

    

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   dnno215 | Feb 14, 2006 10:48pm | #2

   Yes

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   FastEddie | Feb 15, 2006 12:47am | #3

   Try this site ...  hardwoodinstaller.com

   In addition toi a great forum, they sell lots of material.

     

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   dnno215 | Feb 15, 2006 02:51am | #4

   Thanks, I'll give that a shot.

    

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   hammer | Feb 15, 2006 03:17am | #5

   Have you done this before?  I like the 1.5" face but it sure goes slower that the standard 2.25" that is more common.

   After my wife and I laid out 900 sq. of 1.5" white oak our backs wished we had installed 2.25" This was 7 years ago and we had problems finding the thin stuff back then.

   Good luck.

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   dnno215 | Feb 15, 2006 03:39am | #6

   No I don't, but the rest of the house has it and I can't think of a better way to make the transition. By the way where did you get it. Thanks -Dan

   Edited 2/14/2006 7:41 pm ET by dnno215

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   JasonQ | Feb 15, 2006 05:51pm | #8

   No I don't, but the rest of the house has it and I can't think of a better way to make the transition.

   If you can't find the stuff, couldn't you just take a different width and run it perpendicular to the other flooring?

   Jason

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   dnno215 | Feb 15, 2006 07:18pm | #10

   I thoght of that, but I want to run it perpendicular to the studs.

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   FastEddie | Feb 16, 2006 01:33am | #11

   I want to run it perpendicular to the studs

   I'll stand on the other side of the room ... 

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   Piffin | Feb 16, 2006 03:06am | #12

   All flooring runs perpendicular to the studs...;)Maybe you meant to run it perp to the floor joists. Unless you have poor subflooring and widely spaced layout for the floor framing, you don't need to run perp to joists. Running in line with the major source of light flowing into the room is more importantfor appearance as a general rule of thimb - one that you can break whenever you like, but it's a starting point.I think you'll have to get this milled at a local shop.
   BTW, I have seen it with a 1-5/8" face and with a 1/3/8" face, now you have a 1-1/2" face, leading me to think maybe there were a lot of local mills making this narrow strip flooring anyway 

    

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   dnno215 | Feb 16, 2006 04:53am | #13

   Running it parellel would work the best. I will have to check the sub floor first as there is linoleum and underlayment on it. This would allow me to use standard width flooring. Thanks to all for your assistance. -Dan

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   hammer | Feb 15, 2006 06:03pm | #9

   We got it from "Anderson Lad" but they were closing out the 1.5" back then.

   I've seen alternating widthes. That works. Do a 1.5, 2.25, 3.5"

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   JasonQ | Feb 15, 2006 05:43pm | #7

   That sounds like the old narrow thin stuff. Is that still being produced?

   At worst, he could contract a local shop to make some up - I know a local woodworking store here (Omaha) does custom flooring in that width. 

   If he's got a millwork company nearby, they could turn out something like that pretty easily, I'd think.

   Jason