Patrick BurkePatrick Burke is owner at St. Louis-based Burke Floor Inspections.RecoatingGaps Appear in this Wood Floor After a Fire RestorationI was called to do an inspection on a 3-inch solid prefinished Brazilian cherry wood floor installed over OSB. The homeowner said there were gaps left all over her floor.February 1, 2012FinishingA Look at the Dying Craft of Sanding & Finishing Bowling AlleysGrowing up in the bowling alley business as a young boy was an experience I still cherish to this day. My grandfather owned a bowling establishment, and my father worked for Brunswick Corporation early in his career, sanding and finishing the alleys in the 1950s. My father advanced and became a service representative; later in the early 1960s, Brunswick stopped contracting the sanding and finishing of existing lanes and only did sanding and finishing of new lanes when installing. In the summer at the age of 15, my father would send me out to work in the bowling alleys. When working with the older mechanics, I learned no matter how young you are, you had to work hard, or you would be sent home.RELATED: Wood Floor Finish 101: The Low-Down on Today’s FinishesAugust 1, 2011Page 1 of 1Top StoriesSubfloor PrepHow We Flatten Wood and Concrete SubfloorsWood floor pro Angelo DeSanto takes subfloor prep seriously; here he shows some actual jobs and how they handled making sure the subfloors were ready for the wood flooring.DesignExquisite Parquet for a Floridian ‘Italian Castle’InspectionsWhat I’ve Learned as an Inspector for ‘Luxury Vinyl’ FlooringTroubleshootingQ&A: What Are These Strange Raised Areas in this Wood Floor?TechniquesTop-Nail 5/16-Inch Strip: How We Did (and Still Do) These Floors
