Excess hardwood flooring storage/disposition?

[Jenn]

Alright guys, I paid for it (since they swapped out a lot of warped wood for better stuff after they did one room, more with time and inconvenience than extra money), it's beautiful, what do I do with a few hundred sq ft of hardwood flooring left over from doing my house?

DD says give the younger one's tree house nice floors. I've thought of storing it in my BR as the platform for my new bed (not gonna put the 25 year old waterbed back on my new floor). Can I safely store it outside the house? Garage? Attic?

Mom says put wainscoting in somewhere... This house is too flimsy to do that to the walls without major carpentry.

No, my floor isn't quite done yet (6 weeks since original delivery and house turned inside out, and counting- should be done next week) but I'm getting happier and happier- just need a plan for these boxes of wood before the muscle men depart from the job. I'm not gonna be able to move these boxes between me and DD16 not even with her beau's begrudging help.

[glenn amolenaar]

You may find putting it in attic or garage will ruin it. As it will dryout and possibly twist and warp, depending on how long you plan to store it. Sometimes under the right storage it will not effect it, I would sell it if not using it within a reasonable time frame.
Glenn

[WisJim]

I store my extra hardwood flooring (enough for a house or more, mostly maple) in the pole shed, plastic on the floor, then some 6x6's, then stacked flooring covered with a tarp. This is flooring taking from an old house that was torn down. Looks fine after 10+ years--my son used some last year to do repairs/remodeling in the 90 year old house he bought, and it is all straight and fine.

[nc_mtn]

Depends on the climate of the garage, You could keep it there but after some time moisture could cause some problems. If you do sell it, keep a few good pieces for any repairs down the road. If its prefinished, keep more then a few. They will discontinue that color pretty soon and you'll need it when you drop that water bed gets a hole and leaks. (ok not to say it will, just keep things like this and that ice maker h2o line in mind)

[nc_mtn]

a few hundred feet is a lot of extra "waste". Did they leave out a closet or some other spot that was supposed to be done?

[Bearfootfarm]

a few hundred feet is a lot of extra "waste"

It wasnt "left over" from the job
It was to replace some that was warped

[Jenn]

we'll see next week how much is actually left over, but they did one BR with wood from the prior batch then brought the whole order out again without holding back the amount used for that room

[nc_mtn]

Originally Posted by Jenn

we'll see next week how much is actually left over, but they did one BR with wood from the prior batch then brought the whole order out again without holding back the amount used for that room

I hope they let the "new" acclimate and didn't just bring it off the truck and start mixing it in.

BF: In my line of work (wood floors) "left over wood" = "waste that I used wisely". The replacement wood is to cover what was in the estimate to be used on the floor OR as cut off pieces.
I tell people to count for 15% if its something like a prefinished or other material that can't be matched very easy. If a homeowner buys the wood, I still ask for the 15% unless I know where and what it is... if its Bella Wood, you may need more...

[Alice In TX/MO]

I have a house full stored in the corner of my garage, but it's an insulated garage, and the boxes are up off the floor on pallets, too.

I got an incredible deal on enough to do three homes, and I've only done two of the three.

Maybe I'll get mine done next year.

[beaglebiz]

We made frames, a desk top for our computer room, some step stools, boyscout "Arrow of Light"'s, oak spoons and spatulas (our was from the mill, not finished). DH still has some stacked up in the basement. we had random width mixed oak, so there are all different widths and wood colors.