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Highland Park, Illinois / No. 03

Installation

Considered below the surface.

A condominium floor, carefully coordinated.

A warm wood plank floor next to pale built-in cabinetry in the Highland Park condominium.
Highland Park, IllinoisFrom the Ace project archive

The brief, in detail

Setting
Highland Park condominium
Material
Prefinished engineered red oak
Underlayment
Glued cork over prepared concrete
Scope
Removal, preparation & installation

A beautiful floor begins long before the first board.

Condominium work brings its own considerations: elevators, parking, working hours and the layers beneath the floor. In this Highland Park project, Ace coordinated removal, preparation and installation around those practical realities, finishing with an engineered red-oak floor.

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Beyond the photograph

What made
the difference.

01

Prepare the home.

The published project story describes material delivery and acclimation, followed by removal of the existing flooring and cork underlayment. Building access was part of the planning.

02

Build the right foundation.

The concrete was cleaned and sealed before new cork underlayment was glued down. Each layer was considered as part of the complete flooring system.

03

Complete the room.

The new engineered wood flooring was installed using a glue-down method. Furniture was returned to the space at the end of the project.

Wood species samples from the Ace showroom, including white oak, maple and walnut.Showroom sample photography

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