Engineered White Oak Hardwood at The Real ReBuild!

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[@r7boatguy]

That darker plank just inside the entryway would drive me nuts!

[@GalloPhilips]

🤣 MY OCD!

[@harrygre60]

I am glad to hear that you have found this book to be very informative and helpful for your woodworking project kzbin.infoUgkxbnOKZBE4evMO5V2vroHeCjq6d_MV6wJO It sounds like you are well prepared and confident to build furniture for your house. I commend you and your friend for your enthusiasm and willingness to learn new things from this book. I hope you enjoy your woodworking journey and create some beautiful pieces.

[@robertbamford8266]

The bevel-gap dirt-catcher was a deal breaker for prefinished. Even with the time (and mess) sanding and finishing added to our remodel. Glad to hear there is a flat-floor alternative. .

[@scottfortune9016]

I agree. That prefinished bevel is horrible.

[@fkwcfkwc]

I love using engineering flooring for my clients and myself too, so stable and easy to control, you basically barely needs to sand it, even if it does require to do so, probably 10+ years later. And yes, surely you can get all in same color, just means that you will get more wastage that’s all, some people prefer a bit of uneven color, coz it’s natural wood, overall engineering flooring is a great product, love it.

[@mikerogers1949]

Is engineered hardwood waterproof? What product so you recommend?

[@WallStreetBeggar]

Fantastic wood there, I actually like how you went through and talked about prepping the subfloor. It's actually really unfortunate that so many flooring guys don't bother prepping the floors to be flat. A lot of them are "well we can sand the finish flat". New or old we always get our floor guys to do a quick once over with a super corse grit just to flaten out the subfloor. Makes installing easier and faster, and it really doesn't take that much time.

[@lamentedflash5575]

It’s because home owner are fuvking cheap

[@HistoricHomePlans]

It's always a pleasure to watch people who take pride in their work.

[@bennybodash855]

Looks great Mat, can’t wait to see your house when it’s all done.

[@kenc2257]

Nice floor! The install looked to be First Class. [I remember the beveled/micro-beveled flooring of years past...]

[@Jcewazhere]

@Matt Have you heard about the problem with wind turbine blades being hard to recycle and taking up too much space in landfills? What do you think of the idea of cutting them into strips and using them as siding on houses? They're strong, weather and fireproof, cheap, and up-cycling them keeps them out of landfills. They could also be cut smaller and used as roofing tiles. It is possible to recycle the blades, but it's not profitable. Up-cycling them could be.

[@dansklenicka8403]

Beautiful floors, House is going to look great when finished..

[@RNR_the_SerialReader]

Those floors are beautiful, I'm envious 😍

[@eugenex.p.3430]

Floors look amazing.

[@Squidbillies1000]

Man I love your enthusiasm

[@johngrimble3050]

Love the flooring choice!

[@andiamocclash397]

''the house was 1/4'' out of square''..... bro your framers deserve a raise for that!

[@lvtflooringstore7687]

love your floors, great choice

[@josiahclark9108]

3:55 - "The first thing I'm going to do.." *prybar drops on new floor*

[@Genologic]

I was about to comment the same thing lol. As he’s talking about covering it

[@beautybonvoyage8624]

This is some beautiful wood flooring. 🏡😺

[@dogmalogy3666]

the glue notch is in a swirl pattern. But the boards are laid length-wise. This will trap the air and prevent the swirl from spreading under the weight of the board. a better pattern for glue is to have it perpendicular to the length direction of the board that way, as you squeeze the board down the air in the notches would get pushed out

[@josephkarl5021]

Very important for tile installs, not so much for glue down hardwood. It’s true that some manufacturers will specify it, not saying you’re wrong. But with hardwood, the primary factor is a flat subfloor. If the subfloor is flat, boards will lay in the glue nicely and that glue is so strong, they’ll never have a bond issue. This looks like a really good install IMO.

[@tonylasagna3991]

That's really good advice

[@a.joseph4233]

@@josephkarl5021 If floors [concrete ] are NOT flat then what is the process of making the floor flat...assume using engineered hardwood floors...thanks for helping...t=may be making the transition form carpeting to engineered hardwood

[@johnmccoy9058]

Wow, Matt. We're also renovating our home, and you seem to have a video about every single topic I need to learn about next to talk to my builder and design team. Those floors look lovely.

[@ghoulsrule100]

Beautiful looking material, and the installers did a great job. What color white oak did you go with? I was just looking at Delta site and they have many colors.

[@DHSFEMA]

I used the same flooring but I put the floor boards straight as u come in the front door so it looks bigger.I didn’t see your layout so doing the floors the way u did looks great

[@peteryeung111]

It’s beautiful! Can all hardwood floors be installed with adhesive?

[@sandychen9508]

Thanks Matt. Is your floor made by the Spanish flooring company Grato? Which color and format (size) and color did you use? Your floor is beautiful.

[@PHXSJAZ]

Your floor contractor’s crew, what professionals! What they did on the first floor to correct for square… amazingly cool.

[@CareySalander]

Nice video, thank you for sharing. Can you post in your description what color you ended up choosing? My wife and I both like it.

[@Luxurycarpentrycontractor]

Matt, your video's provide endless value always. Thanks

[@vincegonzalez9445]

We are fixing to build new house and love your information. Why glue down flooring to wood under floor? Don't most wood floors used to get nailed down?

[@charleshelton2345]

Since there seems to be little way to work the pieces in to the adhesive and they seemed to not focus that heavily on hammering them with the mallet, I wonder if back coating the pieces with adhesive might insure a better bond.

[@jonesmatthew7511]

Good stuff Wilson!

[@matthfrivard]

Curious what wood you used on the stairs? Is it the same? If so, how is the stair nose trimmed out with this product? Does it come with stair kit or something or do you just customs stain to match?

[@BenKlassen1]

Looks great

[@VP411Designs]

Awesome helpful video: Flooring question, is it safe to install 1/2" hardie backer board 3ftx5ft 38 lbs each over Plywood for the entire 2nd story floor about 3600 pounds total extra pounds for Texas home ? No issues for weight? Or etc

[@danrussell_official]

A rare sight nowadays seeing that many workers on a single job. Nicely done

[@ericbarritt304]

Really nice job.

[@conquerordie230]

Nothing beats a nice white oak hardwood floor in my opinion. Shoutout to Emma too, she looks like a very hard worker!

[@chriscoleman2128]

Bro you so thirsty lmao get out of here

[@winston9971]

Just picking my floors now not sure what to go with full hardwood or engineered. Should I be worried about the off gases for the glue used to press all that plywood?

[@DaveMovold]

I'm building my wife a house in the spring of 2023, Love this floor. :)

[@ProjectWildwood]

Is there a concern of spills getting in the micro gaps and swelling the ply in the center of the board?

[@MandoFettOG]

This looks awesome Matt. Don't listen to the commenters complaining about what you've chosen to do with this property. It's your life and your money do with it as you wish. I am excited to get to learn from your experiences and dream a little about my own goals some day. Thanks and God bless.

[@steph3n17]

if you were to change your hardwood floors down the line, is your subfloor done too because of the amount of glue that went on it versus nailing?

[@irinalukashenko3475]

Yes pretty much ruins a subfloor during removal.

[@darcy7965]

Floors look Great! But How many times can they be mopped before they warp or are in need of being replaced?? I am looking and Looking for new flooring and I need a good floor I can mop all the time

[@o-leg]

Hey Matt, what is the actual name of the white oak on deltas website? Thanks

[@splashpit]

Haven’t looked for a while , how’s the budget build progressing?

[@Arteolike]

Budget is the same as his subscriber count.

[@TheBoringLameInvestor]

😂

[@mr.g937]

@@Arteolike Would be higher if he was actually paying for it

[@buildshow]

😬

[@MBSK-xw4ff]

I think that the depth and technology of the job is very good, I think it is the fruit of effort and passion, I am proud, I respect you, I hope you will succeed deeply in your heart👍👍🧹👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@MBSK-xw4ff]

I think that the depth and technology of the job is very good, I think it is the fruit of effort and passion, I am proud, I respect you, I hope you will succeed deeply in your heart👍👍🧹👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@pinnaclebuilds1011]

That flooring is gorgeous!!! Great prep work too!

[@jmjolnir]

Any content about wood floor over a radiant concrete slab?? Thx Matt

[@austinwickline550]

I watch you channel often and love the high quality work you do! I am an owner of a general contractor company in VA and wish my residential side was on this quality. I see a lot of negative comments which is crap especially sense you’ve build this company and are now in a place to spend money on a nice home.

[@ColemanWorld]

another great video , love it :) Those floors look great

[@blueorchidimports]

Was the interior designer there for the floor installation? After all of that work specifying the right color/material I would want to be there to see it installed.

[@diytacoma5758]

Great work done by some awesome installers.great music

[@mark9118]

I have some Bruce engineered hardwood flooring installed in my home, built in 2007. The boards fit tighter than the ones on Matt's home (absolutely no bevel edge between boards and completely waterproof), so not sure what Matt is talking about. But the wear layer on the Bruce flooring is not as thick as Matt's, although it is fairly easy to replace individual strips if any get damaged (at least easy for a professional floor installer).

[@Uranusfog]

The company sponsering this video installed the floors in his house which is featured in this video. So you most likely won't hear his unbiased opinion on this flooring. Sketchy and shady if you ask me.

[@mark9118]

@@Uranusfog Matt could have chosen flooring from other companies, and would have received a similar or better discount. So I don't think that was the primary factor in the decision. I am pretty sure that Matt's wife preference was the deciding factor.

[@Uranusfog]

@@mark9118 That is true. I can be overly critical when it comes to sponsored content which comes with a recommendation for the sponsors themselves. As a viewer, I don't know the full intentions and ethical standards of the content creator so I err on the side of suspision. Otherwise, you are most likely correct.

[@Chicagocubbiegirl]

Beautiful wood. I'm curious how you decided to lay the wood in the across the front door direction.

[@jeffschiefelbein225]

General rule of thumb is to lay flooring parallel to the longest wall in the space.

[@jonathantimey]

Gorgeous floors! Do you know the exact name of the color? I didn't see European Oak as a color on their website

[@eb1888.]

European Oak is a group of oak species native to Europe and may include Russian Oak. Different in many characteristics from White and Red Oak found in N. America.

[@scottlaakso9372]

Looks awesome, going to be a bomber floor!

[@grahamstefaan]

That floor must be at least 15-18$/sf material only. Nice to be sponsored.

[@LincolnLog]

they dont offer the product on their website anymore

[@derbygirle]

Q: can you use floor leveler on concrete? Very informative video. Thank you!

[@David_Mash]

Is two layers of advantech 3/4 in flooring Overkill or good measure?

[@robertsmithUH60driver]

Any need to place weight on the while the glue is drying? To prevent the hollow spots.

[@AlphaMatador]

Great video! Is the name of the company for the flooring type you used called, "Delta Millworks?"

[@BitsOfInterest]

Did you leave your lav mic in your truck? You can attach those to the phone you're filming with.

[@TheRKtect2]

Matt...installed cost per foot?? more-or-less...if you mentioned it, I completely missed it. Thanks!

[@beachboardfan9544]

That stuff will expand and contract ok being glued down like that?

[@kevinwilliams8662]

Enjoyed

[@deeplorable8988]

" Emma's spreading and Wilson's nailing"

[@chejvasquez5202]

🙆😵😕😐😹😹😹😹😹

[@Kickinitwithd18]

Do you have the website link to these exact floors? Thank you in advance

[@vibolpeou2933]

If your HVAC vent are in the floors, finish it off with Aria floor vents with matching center hardwood. 👌🏽

[@lamentedflash5575]

No

[@capitanmirtillo]

Super interesting video and that white oak…what a product!! What did you guys use for sealing the 1/2” gap that was mentioned? Thanks!!

[@tylerwest3820]

Trim will cover it

[@huhcom]

He said baseboard in the video.

[@mospamo]

Does the flooring go in Before (kitchen) cabinets? Or after?

[@GriLLeX636]

What is the exact color and finish for these floors Matt? Don’t quite see it at h th e Delta MW Website

[@BirdseyeVu]

“First floor is done!” [sub drops mini pry bar on wood] Ain’t that just the way it goes?!😂

[@marlinbuild]

Hey how do you think that floor would perform in a high humidity climate coastal region

[@nathanholmes4197]

The gap for expansion/contraction seems pretty pointless when it’s glued to the subfloor.

[@cyclopsvision6370]

How much expansion and contraction will there be with boards made of multiple layers like plywood?

[@chrisking6740]

I agree but I would think there would still be potential for expansion, especially if it got wet for example. Probably easier as well.

[@ericrlake]

It’s for the expansion of the walls more than the floor. 1/2” might be excessive for a high quality engineered floor but as long as the baseboard covers it…better safe…

[@arcanondrum6543]

If wood can expand with heat (and it does) then glue can soften as well, so....

[@kungfusing1]

Incorrect. The glue will flex, if you have no expansion joints you risk ruining your entire floor.

[@trentclark2061]

Anyone else interested to know which materials weren't sponsored in the this house lol pretty sure a video on that would be a hell of a lot shorter than the sponsored one ;p #kindajealous

[@payalsr2003]

Where did you get this wood from? What type and brand? Please share. Thanks!

[@ebutuoy5088]

Awesome.

[@rstevens11]

why didn't you use Steller clip in floors like you have shown on other projects? Curious how to evaluate those vs more traditional.

[@JSHARP541]

I wondered the same thing. My only guess is this was the sponsor so he got this for free possibly?

[@katieluv8422]

You just installed the flooring I hate the second most :) That glue causes me nightmares every time I replace that flooring.

[@josephbello249]

Hey there Matt, I enjoy watching your videos and was wondering if you could point me in the right direction? I'm a mechanical engineer looking to do an owner build and am trying to find a guide to building a house and to have the knowledge whether the work done by my future subs is right or wrong. I remember you mentioning the following book in one of your videos: "Builder's Guide to Mixed-Humid Climates”. Would this be sufficient? If not, do you recommend any other resources?
 FYI so you know my background, my experience in remodeling includes the following: I've built a pan for a tile shower, done laminate flooring, plumbing, framing, panelling, dry wall, carpentry, replaced electrical sockets, installed multiple light fixtures, and I've built about 3 chicken coops. Technical wise: I have B.S. in mechanical engineering, so I'm pretty familiar with physics. Management wise, I'm a continuous improvement engineer so I know how to improve processes. However, I've never built a house and would like to avoid big mistakes! Thanks for your time! Joseph

[@boedillard8807]

Any concerns about expansion and buckling?

[@tomwooley743]

Would like to see more details for the stairs.

[@volkankonuk227]

What is the brand, color and mode of this flooring? Thanks

[@Evan_Adams]

That curling on the advantech looks bad. But the Eco975 is worth a video. The mapei moisture cured urethanes are godlike.

[@michaelweatherhead9470]

I did lumber liquidators Australia Cyprus 1/2 inch nail down..

[@Thumpur69]

I am so confused right now, how would get flooring like this? When I click on the link I do no see any flooring options at all.

[@joshuamills2868]

Never worked with glue down floors, but having replaced damaged sliding and engineered that would make me too nervous. How would you replace a plank?

[@israelgomez5784]

What finish is that floor and wood type?

[@chadrainey9561]

would that void the Advantech warranty for water protection?

[@TheOnlyFredo]

Has anyone done this style flooring but installed a cork style underlayment underneath? I like it for the sound, feel like it also gives it a little bit of forgiveness. ABout to do about 2500SF in my home and can't decide the right install for long term.

[@rajun1231]

Wow, Matt, I am surprised you did not install Steller floors in your house.

[@samerkhattab8289]

hello there, what a beautiful floor, Im renovation my house and I found great color from Mirage company , the muse collection but it is only half inch of total thickness, my contractor against it and prefer using 3/4 inch , what do u think? is that a valid point? appreciate the feedback Thank you

[@MrFixItGa]

It's always impressive to watch pros do their thing. I enjoy watching these videos and picking up tips as I have been out of residential construction for quite some time now.

[@davidmireles6056]

yup...but the real pros are the subs...not Matt.

[@MrFixItGa]

@@davidmireles6056 I will have to respectfully disagree. While I've been an Electrician in one form or another (yes, there's different kinds) my entire adult working life, I've picked up so much skill and knowledge from other trades. This man is a general contractor and I'd be willing to bet my house he knows what he's doing. The only thing I differ with him on is that I would never be able to afford the type of house he builds. 🤣

[@davidmireles6056]

Tom Silva from This old House is a Real contractor..bet you 10000 dollars if you put Tom and his crew of 3 guys against Matt and a crew ...NOT SUBS...Tom would put Matt to shame..bet on it

[@davidmireles6056]

Matt is a pencil pusher who relies heavily on subs...I compete this type of contractor all the time here in Texas

[@MrFixItGa]

@@davidmireles6056 that's not exactly a fair comparison. Tom Silva has several decades of experience on Matt.

[@suzettelorraine6993]

Hi! Do they still make this flooring??? It's exactly what I have been looking for

[@platomojo]

Matt, any reason you didn’t go with Steller floors?

[@lizranaudo7756]

Can you link this flooring… its gorgeous!

[@lkw5699]

Is the glue non toxic and the floors formaldehyde free?

[@RainG69]

Delta mill works no longer does flooring, do you have another recommendation Matt?

[@stateniland]

What direction to lay the floor? I'm about to have a floating vinyl floor put down and undecided as to what direction to lay the floor.. I don't want it to look like a bowling alley with LONG runs the length of the house... Any tips on choosing the 'correct' direction? Thanks Joe

[@laoxshousebuildingtidbits7760]

Bowling alley with LONG runs the length of the house is the right way

[@stateniland]

@@laoxshousebuildingtidbits7760 well I'm glad I didn't listen to that logic.. we ran our flooring just the opposite ir looks beautiful.. I couldn't imagine having that Bowling Alley look.

[@stevengegg6405]

i wqas wonering do you have to glue down appling over hardwood floor

[@plouffe.]

So is no air gab needed for where the wood floor touches the front door wall? It’s definitely cleaner liking that way with no ugly transition trim, but can that actually be done?!