RB-24-STL · Floor covering spec · Saint Louis
Retail floor coverings · Est. 2024
RUG BURN LLC retails premium and specialty floors for homes and commercial rooms from 2758 Bacon Street. The 2024 shop stocks natural parquet, engineered wood, SPC vinyl, designer laminate, carpet, and the prep materials under them. We specify the floor after the room is measured, then install it with one warranty on material and labor.
Sheet 02 · Substrate protocol
A floor fails at the substrate, not at the showroom sample. Before a plank leaves Bacon Street we audit moisture, flatness, and the room’s climate. Those readings decide the product family and the prep. The result is a short spec — wear class, thickness, underlayment — so buyer and installer share one sheet.
Pin or pinless meter on the slab and, where needed, in the timber. High readings mean a primer or a pause, not thicker vinyl on a wet base.
A long straightedge and a gap gauge. Hollows get compound; ridges get ground. Click-lock does not hide a wave in the slab.
Temperature and relative humidity at survey. Wood moves; SPC is more stable. The reading says which family can live in that room.
Sheet 03 · The shop
RUG BURN LLC opened in 2024 as a retail counter for premium and specialized flooring, not a warehouse aisle of leftover boxes. Bacon Street is where boards are compared under the same light and where the audit notes are filed.
Homes and commercial floors use the same method: match abrasion class and microclimate, then install with certified craftsmen. Primers, compounds, underlayments, and transitions leave on the same ticket as the covering.
Sheet 04 · Spec library
Each line is stocked as a finished surface and as a system — underlayment, adhesive, and transitions on the same ticket as the board.
Solid wood blocks and boards in oak and related species, laid as herringbone, chevron, or a straight field. The grain is the surface, not a print.
Parquet belongs in rooms with stable heating and a dry substrate. Species, block size, and finish follow that moisture reading.
A real-wood wear layer on a plywood or HDF core. It holds a straighter line than a solid board through seasonal humidity swings.
Widths and finishes cover living rooms, corridors, and quiet offices, each paired with the underlayment the core requires.
Stone-plastic composite planks with a closed wear layer. They take kitchens, entries, and light commercial rooms where water and carts are routine.
Underlayment, reducers, and moisture primer leave on the same ticket so the click joint is not sitting on a raw slab.
A printed décor under a wear overlay rated by AC class. Laminate is the clean joint for rentals, upstairs bedrooms, and offices that want a wood look without a wood moisture budget.
We specify AC3, AC4, or AC5 against the room’s traffic, not against a box photo.
Broadloom and carpet tile for bedrooms, hotels, and quieter offices. Fiber and density follow the wear expectation of the room.
Gripper, adhesive, and underlay leave with the goods so the install is not a second shopping trip.
Sheet 05 · Wear × climate
Wear class on one axis, room climate on the other. We place the covering where both agree. The grid is the method, not a catalog of every SKU.
| Room | Climate / load | Wear class | Families we open first |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bedroom, study | Stable HVAC, light footfall | AC3 / residential wood | Parquet, engineered wood, carpet |
| Kitchen, entry | Spills, wet shoes, daily abrasion | Closed wear layer | SPC vinyl, sealed laminate |
| Corridor, office | Rolling loads, mixed traffic | AC4–AC5 | Laminate, SPC, engineered wood |
| Shop floor, clinic | Commercial traffic, carts | Commercial wear | SPC, carpet tile |
AC ratings apply to laminate. Wood is judged by species, finish, and the moisture reading. Carpet by fiber, density, and residential vs commercial use. The grid does not replace the three instruments on Sheet 02.
Sheet 06 · Crew and warranty
Installation is sold with the material. Certified craftsmen lay the floor to the audit spec. Primers, compounds, and underlayments come from the same counter, so the joint is not waiting on a third vendor.
The warranty covers covering and work as one ticket. A failed joint is not a debate between a shop and a contractor — it comes back to Bacon Street.
The covering as specified — species, AC class, or commercial grade.
Install against the audit sheet, including prep and transitions.
If something fails under specified use, you call us once.
Sheet 07 · Notes
Yes. You can collect boards from Bacon Street. Install is scheduled after the audit so the crew works from the same spec as the sale.
Moisture, flatness, and room climate are recorded on site. You receive a short spec: product family, wear class, and prep. No covering is ordered until those numbers exist.
The shop is at 2758 Bacon Street, Saint Louis, Missouri. Homes and commercial rooms are both in the book. Call with the address and the room type.
Material and labor sit on one guarantee. If a joint or board fails under normal use as specified, you talk to us, not to two desks. The term is written on the ticket, not invented here.
