Author: Mary Hull
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Prefinished Wide Plank Wood Floors
Looking for prefinished wide plank flooring? Perhaps you don’t have the time or patience for a site-finished floor, but you want the durability and quality of a site-finished floor. All of our wood floors are available either unfinished or prefinished. We can accommodate wide board and long board orders and every floor is custom finished with…
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How to Choose a Wide Plank Wood Floor
Not sure what kind of wide plank wood floor you want? Flooring manufacturer Hull Forest Products recommends you ask yourself four questions to help determine your style when choosing wide plank flooring: 1. Do you prefer a clear floor or one with some knots or other natural markings? Clear floors, like the White Oak floor…
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What We Love About Oak Floors
1. Oak Takes Stain Really Well The pores in Oak are more open to receiving stains than those of other woods, so your Oak floors can easily be stained to match any color scheme– you can go natural, pickled white, dark espresso, or anything in between. 2. Oak is Plentiful, Durable, and Beautiful Renowned for their…
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Preserving May Brook Glen
October 2010- The Hull family has donated a 3.3 acre parcel in Holland, Massachusettts, comprising May Brook Glen to the Opacum Land Trust in order to see the parcel protected from development. May Brook Glen has over 1,000 feet of frontage on May Brook, which rushes and tumbles over rapids in May Brook Glen and…
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Big Bad Flooring Moulder
We are quite proud of our newest piece of equipment: a Weinig moulder. This thing makes it possible for us to bring you perfect floor planks, whether you want square edge tongue and groove floor planks or beaded edge paneling.
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Seven Tips For Stress-Free Flooring Installation
You’ve chosen plank flooring and love the look of a site-finished floor. If you’re building a new home or an addition, staying off the floor while it is being finished may not be an issue. But if you’re upgrading an existing floor while simultaneously living in the house, you’ll need to prepare for the installation…
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10 Reasons To Choose A Wood Floor
Top Ten Benefits of Wood Floors – And Why You Should Choose Them 1. Wood is the most abundant renewable flooring material available. Trees create wood by harnessing solar power. Trees are a renewable resource and sustainable forest management makes it possible to harvest wood over and over again without any negative impact on the…
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Quarter, Rift, or Plain Sawn Wide Plank Floors?
Have you ever wondered about the difference between quarter, rift and plain sawn floors? Well, here’s a primer for your reference. The way a log is cut by the saw will determine the orientation of the grain in the wood. This post discusses the difference between 1.) plain sawn floors – the default way of…
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Hull Forest Products Earns FSC Certification
August 2009- Hull Forest Products is now certified to Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) standards and we are pleased to offer our customers FSC-certified flooring and lumber from our sawmill. Nearly a decade ago, the Hull Forestlands were certified to Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) standards. Since then public concern about the state of the world’s forests…
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Why It’s Good to Use Wood
The increased use of wood is one of our most important forest conservation tools. If you’re reading this blog, you may already be aware that working (i.e. managed) forests are the key to forest conservation. But, for those unconvinced, read on. Increasing the use of wood benefits the environment, economy, and community. The…