The first thing you should consider is the room in which you want to use hardwood flooring and if it is suitable for that application. The way the wood flooring, type of wood, color and even the type of wood finish are all important factors in when which to choose for your particular room. Also important is what the floor is going to be installed over. For starters, you should look at where you pl
an on installing your hardwood floor. There are limitations as to where some wood floors can be installed. This is especially true for 3/4" solid wood floors, because they are more vulnerable to moisture they are not recommended for basements or over concrete. Before choosing your floor, you need to know what type of sub-floor the room has. This will help decide which types of flooring you can use. For example: you might have a concrete slab, or a particle board sub-floor, or maybe you want to go right over the top of an existing floor. Some particle board sub-floors are only suitable for floating a hardwood floor over the top of the particle board. This would mean no nail down flooring could be used. Concrete has its own set of requirements in order to install hardwood flooring. People who want to use hardwood flooring in their homes have the option of choosing a solid, engineered, or long strip type wood floor. Some engineered wood floors require no glue to interlock the planks together and these floor are designed to float over the sub-floor. Other wood floors require special materials to secure the wood planks to the subfloor underneath. Although the end result may look very much the same, there are distinct reasons for using the different types of wood floors in different situations.
•Armstrong
•Mannington
•Lauzon
•Bamboo
•Reclaimed Wood
