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    NORM’S Tricks of the Trade

    Feb 05, 2021 1 minute

    I’d like to install solid white oak flooring in our living and dining rooms. The flooring will come from trees harvested on our property and then kiln-dried. Can I mix flatsawn and quartersawn pieces?

    —CHARLES RUDDUCK, DECKERVILLE, MI

    You can, but I’d

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