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At Your Door Floor Store
Hardwood Flooring
Hardwood, the premium choice
Buying a hardwood floor is an important decision and a significant
investment. In order to choose the type of flooring that’s right for
you, it’s important to know your needs and preferences in terms of
design, species, durability, technologies and maintenance.
You will probably purchase a hardwood floor once in your
life......make the right choice!
Choosing a hardwood
Hardwood offers many well-known advantages. It’s natural, beautiful,
warm, and easy to maintain. The cost is equivalent to other high
quality floor coverings, but it will last for decades. It also creates
a healthy environment, minimizing the risk of dust allergies.
Available in many styles with a wide variety of features, hardwood
flooring can complement any decor. Hardwood enhances a home’s interior
and can add equity to the home’s value.
Three ways wood is manufactured
Solid products are most commonly used in the majority of
installations. They are not made for high moisture areas, such as
basements. These floors can generally be refinished several times.
Commonly they are made in ¾” or ½” thickness and have widths that
range from 2” all the way to 15”.
Engineered products are usually glued to the substrate, normally
plywood or concrete, but with the advancements in manufacturing
technologies, some of these products can also be installed using
staples or even a “floating” method. These products are used more
commonly in the basement or over any other concrete substrates. The
engineered products can handle more moisture, due to the way they are
manufactured, then a normal ¾” solid hardwood. This style of wood is
usually 3-, 5-, or 7-ply backing with a solid top. Some of which can
even be refinished!
Floating Hardwood is generally an engineered wood that is made to
interlock with one another and is not fastened to any permanent
structure, such as the subfloor. This style of hardwood is great for
covering old vinyl floors and is generally less expensive than the
other styles of wood. These products are normally 3” to 5” in width.
When designing your room with hardwood floors, keep in mind that not
only are there many species and colors to choose from, there are also
many board widths to select from. Hardwood floors are considered
strips when they are made in 2 ¼” wide and planks when they are made
wider. Standard planks come in 3”, 5”, or 7” widths; however, with
such a variety in wood, there are other widths available in specialty
products.
The installation of hardwood floors can be done in many different
ways. We can install on a diagonal, insert a border, or as many people
choose, we can customize a pattern for you. Our goal is to give you a
distinctive look that you will be happy with for years to come.
Have
more questions? Use this
link to contact us about your hardwood flooring question or your next
project.
"There is nothing that I could even begin to complain about! At Your
Door Floor Store is the best flooring company I have ever dealt with."
-Ben M. - Ellicott City, MD
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