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American Originals Brick Kiln Red Oak 3/4 in. T x 3-1/4 in. W x Random L Solid Hardwood Flooring (22 sq. ft. / case) - Product information
Crafted with precision and an eye for detail, Bruce American Originals hardwood provides classic appeal and inspired design possibilities to transform your home. With a range of colors and widths, you can create a look that is all your own. A choice in construction type also gives you the flexibility to install to the unique needs of your space. Love your floor for years to come with the protection of our EverGuard Finish and the assurance of a Limited Lifetime Warranty.
- Wood Species: Real Domestic Oak Hardwood
- 3/4 in. Thickness x 3-1/4 in. Width x Random Length Planks
- 22 sq. ft. per case, case quantity: 22, case weight: 56 lbs.
- Construction: Solid Hardwood Flooring
- Prefinished Brick Kiln Color High Gloss, Traditional Finish
- Planks have micro-edges and square ends
- Janka wood hardness rating/resistance to denting: 1290
- Appropriate Grade for Installation: On or Above Grade
- Installation: Nail down
- For residential use
- Lifetime residential finish warranty
- Don't forget your coordinating trim and moldings
- All online orders for this item ship via parcel ground and may arrive in multiple boxes
- It is recommended you purchase a minimum of 10% overage to account for cuts
- Item coordinates with trim made for 3/4 in. hardwood flooring
- Coordinate with trim and moldings made for 3/4 in. hardwood flooring
Product reviews
Rated 1 out of
5
by
Alfi from
BRUCE hardwood flooring quality very disappointing
BRUCE hardwood flooring quality/workmanship was very disappointing. This is not the quality I was used to seeing from BRUCE. I needed 20 boxes but ordered 21 boxes, expecting some rejects, errors, etc. The quality of this product was so bad (warps, chips, untrue cuts, damaged/missing tongues, cracks, etc.) that I needed to order another box, of which almost a quarter of that box was unfit for use. I have used BRUCE hardwood in the past (7-10 years ago) and was always satisfied with the quality. The shipping process was also very frustrating. Of the original 21 boxes I had to reject 5 boxes for obvious shipping damage (forklift damage, open cartoons, etc). These should have been rejected long before they got to the customer. Of the 5 reordered boxes I had to reject 2 more boxes for simialr damage. Finally, the last 2 boxes were questionable but I was in need to get the project done, so I accepted them. When looking for flooring at a local flooring store the salesman/installer said that he would not recommend BRUCE because of quality issues, but I thought he was pushing his product line. I should have listened.
Date published: 2015-04-06
Rated 4 out of
5
by
Shirley from
Overall the finish is good, but with few pieces' color...Overall the finish is good, but with few pieces' color not acceptable and low % of long pieces, it's still good for the price cause I bought when it was on sale.
Date published: 2018-06-06
Rated 5 out of
5
by
Bobbi from
Looks awesome!...Looks awesome!
Date published: 2018-06-12
Rated 5 out of
5
by
CMU from
Thanks to the very knowledgeable and helpful Chris Canzonetti in the Ithaca store, I was able to ...Thanks to the very knowledgeable and helpful Chris Canzonetti in the Ithaca store, I was able to look at samples, including a returnable box of the product, in order to make the right choice. I was covering a concrete floor in a small apartment. The 3 1/4 inch width was perfect for the size of the space, and the variable grain on the wood absolutely gorgeous. I wasn't sure I wanted the glossier Bruce over the nonglossy Heritage Mill in natural red oak, but the slight gloss (described as "high gloss") picks up light and brings the grain to life. I moved furniture and boxes galore over the floor, most of the time with slides, and no scratches. Seems pretty durable. The click-lock, floating floor is ingenious. My friend who installed it was learning from scratch and did a fantastic job, likely partly due to the fairly easy design of the product. It transformed my place! Chris patiently and informatively spent several days talking to me about engineered hardwood vs. wood vs other flooring. He is a beyond-the-bar customer service person and absolutely indispensable!
Date published: 2018-02-20
Rated 3 out of
5
by
Art from
My American Originals Brown Earth 3 1/4 Flooring Experience If you are a DIY'er like I've been fo...My American Originals Brown Earth 3 1/4 Flooring Experience
If you are a DIY'er like I've been forever, you can likely get away with 5% extra material if you are willing to make some extra cuts - a "pro" will want 10% to save his time at your expense.
Here's what I found to be consistent from the 15 boxes used to cover 2 bedrooms:
1. Be sure to have a good large screwdriver and hammer nearby since many boards longer than 22" are
bowed/warped to some degree. You'll need to remove the bend with the screwdriver impaled into the floor at a slight angle in the center of the bend, then pull the joint tight and nail on both sides of the screwdriver before releasing it. I'm not sure if this is less prevalent with 2 1/4 strips though I tend to think the mallet and nailer can fix most of those on the narrower size.
2. As others reported, there are some REALLY BAD milling issues. Expect to see many ends that don't butt together across the entire joint (one side touches, the other side leaves a small gap) - you can't fix those. You also encounter boards where either the entire tongue or partial tongue was cut off in the milling process. If it's partial, you can cut off the bad section and use the good section to start or end a row, being mindful of whether the male or female end is required to install the board (always have the cut end against the wall). Use boards cut on both ends in closet corners where no milled end is required. If the entire tongue was cut off, use those for ripping the last row of the installation.
These extra cuts should enable you to use only 5% extra not 10%. Extra unopened boxes can be returned to HD.
Be sure to examine the bottom of each board to determine if the groove has been partially cut off. Also watch for boards where the last several inches of the flat finished surface is narrower than the remainder of the board, which will leave a noticeable gap when the next row is installed. Place a straight board across the joint in that area before nailing if it looks narrow on the end - it will highlight the issue.
3. Damaged wood - there are boards that look like something was dropped on it already, scratched, or it has a gash so deep there is no finish color (these will be obvious). If most of the board is good otherwise, cut for use as a starter or end board.
Have a bottle of Old English wood touchup on hand to tint edges where the stain did not apply at Bruce's facility - easier to do before installing the board. It's also easier to remove the crayon marks on the face or edge of boards before installing.
With considerable work, it turned out beautiful to the untrained eye and is "acceptable" to the trained eye aware of the imperfections noted above. I would suggest pulling wood from 2-3 boxes at a time, inspecting each piece, and stacking them by size, having other piles for badly milled pieces to use as noted above. I placed a small piece of blue painters tape next to the problem on each board while stacking making those boards easily identified.
There is an obvious quality control issue at Armstrong/Bruce and it seems they choose to ignore it since the issues noted above have been called out by customers for several years (see older reviews) and nothing has changed. These problems were found on factory sealed/banded boxes, not customer returns (don't accept previously opened boxes). Box contents are rather inconsistent in the amount of bad wood and appearance (wood grain). It's very dis-heartening when you pull out a very long, beautiful board from the box only to find there is not tongue on it - I had several.....and how many sq ft is that 82" board, and how much per square foot ?
I don't know anyone that purchased other brands costing as much as $9 sq ft - so I don't know if higher cost would improve quality. FWIW, I have seen the same issues with Bruce Dundee at $7 sq ft.
Note this color (American Originals Brown Earth 3 1/4") appears significantly lighter or darker depending on the amount of light shed on it (see my pics of the medium beige room for an example)
Hope this helps some folks !!!
Date published: 2018-06-26
Rated 4 out of
5
by
BKLDIY from
After all the floor looks great. Out of 9 boxes there is about 2/3rd box left - pretty much all d...After all the floor looks great. Out of 9 boxes there is about 2/3rd box left - pretty much all defective boards. Cracked, damaged, or made if really bad wood. I say unusable. For this reason the product does not deserve 5 stars; I buy extra for the cuts, not for the defects. Also, some of the boards not milled square, particularly the shorter pieces. That leaves visible gaps.
I would still recommend this product for DYI. Beware, in real life the color is darker than on the stock picture where is it shown at bright light.
Date published: 2017-04-18
Rated 5 out of
5
by
WintersDay from
VERY Nice flooringI finally decided to buy some already-stained-finished flooring to save me time effort & stress while rehabbing this house I just bought. I had my heart set on some beautiful black hand scraped bamboo flooring (black mamba from Lumber Liquidators) but after reading bad reviews about how bamboo flooring is easily scratched/gouged/destroyed, I decided not to. After buying several cases of other types & returning them, I found this one. This flooring, like a lot of Home Depot items, is only sold online so I had to buy an entire case as a sample. Well, this time, I was NOT disappointed. This is REALLY nice flooring! Looks just like the black mamba minus the hand-scraped-waves. I'll update my review with photos after I install.
Date published: 2014-10-18
Rated 1 out of
5
by
Steve from
Poorly MilledI installed around 1,100 square feet of this flooring into our dining room, living room, kitchen, a sitting area, two halls, and two bedrooms.
We wanted a wood floor that was dark, but not too dark as very dark floors, as per numerous reviews, are very hard to keep looking clean. We came across this on an end-cap at Home Depot. We liked that the tone is a bit more “cool” than warm (or reddish).
The color of this is Brown Earth or Saddle (it goes under both names). I will say that now that it is complete, the finished floor looks very nice, and I get a lot of compliments on it; however….there are two big issues with this product:
1. It fairly easily scratches and dents. Our dog was scratching the floor badly. My wife (bless her) found a product (Soft Paws) where she glues these rubbery covers on her nails, and they work well. With that said, this floor scratches easily with all kinds of stuff. Perhaps in the long run it’ll just look acceptable and weathered/worn. This to be determined. Maybe this is just the deal with hardwood floor. I will say I’m disappointed that the coating isn’t more scratch-resistant (not just the wood).
2. This is the big one. This floor is very, very, very poorly milled. The tongues and grooves are not tight or consistent. The quality control is just flat embarrassing. So our finished floor has a number (a couple of dozen) of very bad creaks and squeaks in the floor…
Take a look at the picture below. These are the “cast off” pieces for just a single 12 ft x 11 ft bedroom. Even tossing out this many pieces of poorly milled/inspected pieces, I still have 2 bad creaks/squeaks in that room. It’s a joke.
I find it very disappointing. Frankly I’m at a loss as to how to fix all these creaks and squeaks. These are NOT subfloor related. These are situations where a single board has a creak.
Some people will blame this on me and on my installation. I really have to dispute this. I’m an experienced woodworker of 15 years. I’ve redone a kitchen, done plumbing, electric, drywall, put in tiled floors, laminate floors…all without issue.
If you look at my floor, the direction is straight as an arrow. Down a 35-foot hall...dead on. 15 feet to one wall….parallel to wall. 25 feet out to other wall…parallel within ¼”. I put in integrated floor grates (see picture) that I stained and polyed myself. The base and shoe are cut, caulked, and painted very nicely. As part of this flooring, I for all intents and purposes I did over 50% of a kitchen remodel as all base cabinets and electric and plumbing and gas and cabinets were taken out and put back. All of my transitions look great….to carpet, to tile, around two fireplaces, to a stairway.
In other words, I have very good DIY and woodworking skills. I just don’t buy that this is my fault. I can’t imagine this not happening even had I paid to have it installed.
So, what was my alternative here? Did I inspect each piece before laying it? Yes I did. This flooring is poorly milled. Period. This is NOT due to the normal cupping, bending, and movement of wood. I get that. Those things cannot by avoided. This is something different. Just sloppy tongues and/or grooves. The killer is there’s really no way to always know this unless you go over every single piece with a caliper? What is that? What kind of product do you have to verify so closely because the quality is so poor and the size varies so much?
Anyhow, I’m very disappointed. Would I buy this floor again? NO. I would not.
I wish I would of gone with something engineered and more consistent. I guess the question now is, can I salvage this? Can I fix the creaks and squeaks without making it worse?
I hope this was helpful. If you do install this floor, I would be very, very, very careful to make certain to inspect all pieces to probably a ridiculous level.
Date published: 2014-04-09
