Thanks for your vivid account of your own 2″ hardwood flooring debacle! Sorry about the patch and scary carpeting. I say don’t give up hope! Did you try contacting Tom Duffy (http://www.tomduffy.com/), and sweet talking them into a solution (maybe having them put you in touch with one of their flooring installer clients that might be willing to buy for you and then sell to you for a little mark-up?) I know for a fact that the store in San Diego carried the two inch flooring for the trade. I don’t want you to experience the pain that I did (finding a source right after you opt for a non perfect match). Plus, getting the old flooring out of the closets without damaging it can be a challenge too. The two inch wide hardwood flooring is definitely made and sold throughout the US, but I think your best bet is going to be to find a source that generally works with installers and finishers. Lastly, the 60′s are not vintage unless you’re discussing clothes, furniture or scary carpet! ; ) Good luck, and let us know how it goes!

Regardless, my plight has been a 15′x4′ patch of flooring that was removed by the previous owner (dry rot repairs I think), and replaced by…gulp, plywood, then covered with scary carpeting. I pulled up said scary carpeting and did a premature happy dance when I discovered hardwood flooring, albeit clearly very mistreated and in need of significant TLC, only to discover the gaping/glaring/gross missing patch.

I’m at the point wherein I’m thinking of pulling up the flooring from the closets to use to replace the plywood patch and replacing the closet flooring with the dreaded 2″+ planks – think this the wrong path?

Thanks for taking the time to share your trials and tribulations – much appreciated.

Try contacting some of the folks at Tom Duffy (also linked in the original post). They primarily sell to the flooring installer folks, but they might be able to point you to a retail source, or can maybe even get a small quantity for you. If they stick to their “trade only” guns, see if they can recommend a local installer that might be willing to buy for you for a little extra for the installer? Let me know how you make out. I know first hand, 2″ wide vintage style hardwood flooring can be elusive! Grrrrr!