When it
comes to constructing a new house or renovating the old one, there are people
who don’t bother considering flooring material, style and design a priority.
The prime beauty of any home comes out from the floors and walls. Every homeowner
should carefully choose the flooring material to match or to make a contrast
with the walls. Wooden flooring is in trend since long because of its classy
look, durability and vast variety of color and designs.
Acrylic-impregnated
Wood Flooring
This type of
wooden flooring is thoroughly filled with color and sealant. Basically, the
surface side which we see is finished while in fact the complete wood is
finished. This kind of hardwood floor
can easily be seen in commercial places and people avoid using it for
residential projects. The floor made up of this is resistant to scratch,
moisture and stays enough hard.
Engineered
Wood Flooring
The
engineered wood flooring is produced by joining a number of layers of veneer
including real wood; veneer in this is already plastic laminated and the layers
are joined with the help of strong adhesive for the purpose of installing a stable hardwood floor in Rolling Meadows.
However, laminate wood flooring is very different from engineered wood as the
biggest difference is laminate wood flooring does not contain actual wood.
Solid
Wooden Flooring
Wood
flooring is a common choice, in which the wood is manufactured from timber and
then cut and converted into different styles, shapes and designs. There are
three types of Solid wood flooring available in the market. Each type comes
with both pre-finished and unfinished version. Unfinished flooring tends to be
sanded on the site and finished post installation. As it itself says ‘Pre-finished
flooring’ which is sanded and finished at the workshop only, workers would just
need to install it.
Three main types of solid wood flooring:
Strip flooring - This type of
flooring consists of long wooden strips and fixed with tongue and groove
method, purpose to provide texture kind of design on the floor. The thickness
may vary from 5/16 of an inch to 3/4 and widths of 1+1/2 inches, 2 inches and
2+1/4 inches only.
Parquet flooring - Parquet floors
consists of wood that is cut in geometrical patterns which are all the
way very different from typical wooden flooring. Multiple wood slats are placed
and fixed on the floor using long lasting adhesives.
Plank flooring – It comes in
small planks which are then fixed on the floor, this comes in only two
thicknesses - 1/2 inch or 3/4 inch and the widths can vary from 3 to 8 inches.
There is a
unique variety of hardwood floors
which makes it very difficult to choose one from them. One may choose the color
and shape of the wooden flooring as per the color and texture of the walls to
make it best suitable at your place. Sometimes, it is possibly better to match
the flooring with the furniture. However, the most commonly used wooden floor is
solid wood strip floor while engineered flooring is becoming people’s favorite
due to its comparatively lower cost.
