Sunny Pettis Lutz send some photos of her gorgeous, hand-made cordwood floor. The following is a detailed list of how they made their floor with legal pickings from the state forest. “Go out to the forest and harvest dead trees. In our area that means Juniper and Pine. We are using Shaggy Bark Juniper and Alligator Bark Juniper.”
Run each piece through the chop saw set at 1″.
Prepare surface by sweeping and mopping clean. We are gluing directly onto our concreet slab. Sand both sides using a belt sander.Begin to layout disks on the floor. Try to get them as close as possible. Work in 2′ sections.
Glue the pieces down and firmly tamp them. We’re using Loctite PL Premium Construction Adhesive.
Apply a light coat of polyurethane to the surface of the disks. (this is to prevent the grout from adhering to the tops)
Grout the spaces…
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