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=Carlisle Wide Plank Floors=

Carlisle Wide Plank Floors, Inc. manufactures wide plank wood floors for worldwide distribution. The company was founded in 1966 by Dale Carlisle. Headquartered in Stoddard, NH, the company also operates showrooms throughout the US. Carlisle sells new, reclaimed and engineered wood flooring products.

History
Dale Carlisle, a chemistry teacher in Stoddard, NH, began milling wide plank floor boards as a hobby in 1966. Demand for his product grew quickly and by 1986 Carlisle had turned his part-time summer work into a full-time job, engaged to create and install wide plank floors for historic homes, museums, old government buildings and landmarks throughout New England.

Originally started as Carlisle Restoration Lumber, the company changed its name to Carlisle Wide Plank Floors in 1992. Today the company has 74 employees in six states. Carlisle won a Summit Award from the United Way in campaign 2004-2005 and again in campaign 2007-2008 for achieving the highest per capita giving in an established employee campaign.

Showrooms
Carlisle opened its first store in Stoddard, NH in 1994. It has since opened showrooms in, Chicago IL, Denver CO, Washington DC and West Hollywood CA. Carlisle opened an additional showroom in New York City in May of 2011. The opening featured a book signing by eco-designer Robin Wilson.

Products
Carlisle’s new and reclaimed wood floors are produced in strict adherence to Forest Stewardship Council guidelines. Carlisle is noted for offering some of the widest flooring planks in the industry. Carlisle floors are produced by hand – the company’s mills produce an average of 360 square feet per hour, where the average flooring mill produces 5000 square feet per hour.

Products include:
 * Hardwood floors, such as Ash, Birch, Cherry, Hickory, Maple and Oak.
 * Pine floors, such as Eastern White Pine and Longleaf Heart Pine.
 * Reclaimed floors, from timbers salvaged from old residential and commercial structures throughout the northern United States. In a 2004 study conducted by National Floor Trends, Carlisle was cited as the most requested supplier of reclaimed wood products.
 * Engineered floors.