You can achieve the same rustic look with enhanced durability by opting for luxury vinyl floors.
Cabin grade flooring for sale.
You can choose from a floating vinyl plank a glue down vinyl plank or a loose lay vinyl floor.
Not all planks will have imperfections.
Cabin grade flooring is a very popular and less expensive alternative to the manufacturer s full priced and fully warranted wood flooring.
Cabin grade flooring has certain advantages and disadvantages.
Find a rustic look with a hand scraped texture or a subtle stone look to match your cabin s appeal.
Value flooring however does not come with a warranty.
Our three season cabin is on the north shore of lake michigan in the upper peninsula of michigan.
Cabin grade wood flooring has more character than 1 st quality wood creating a more rustic look.
With proper planning and installation customers can have a beautiful wood floor for a fraction of the cost of 1st quality wood.
We get asked that a lot.
Cabin grade hardwood floors like all hardwood floors are meant to be a mosaic.
The planks typically are shorter than other grades with some boards as short as 24 inches.
At 1 50 to 2 75 per square foot cabin flooring can be 50 percent less than the manufacturer s standard prices.
95 of our customers who order fifteen to twenty percent overage on cabin or shop grade are able to complete their flooring project.
Cabin grade shop grade or tavern grade hardwoods should produce a very attractive floor but it s important to keep your expectations realistic.
We would like to install some type of hardwood or engineered hardwood on the floors but we re concerned about having no heat in the cabin through the winter months and what that might do to the flooring.
No surprise as only about 5 10 of all hardwood flooring is graded as cabin grade.
We are now finishing an 18x18 foot addition that has a crawl space underneath.
First the cost is ideal for those wanting hardwood flooring but cannot afford higher grades.
Tavern or cabin grade flooring did not meet a manufacturer s standards for their running line products.
Cabin grade flooring isn t just a great option for lodges and cabins.
Cabin grade flooring is graded as the lowest quality but it can still result in a beautiful floor at a fraction of the cost of premium grades this type of flooring is the least expensive grade of hardwood.
Some will look perfect while others will have some sort of visible surface flaw such as color variation more mineral streaks pin holes and small knotholes.
Any one piece or in this case a board may look odd or out of place but the entire floor installed will be perfect for the customer that has that need.
Vinyl plank flooring is easy to install and comes in a variety of looks such as wood tile and stone.