Deciding On Hardwood Flooring For Your Home
Hardwood flooring has many advantages. It looks lovely. It will increase your home’s value. It will always be trendy and popular. It will last as long as you own your home. There are a huge number of selections. Making a choice can be extremely difficult.
What species of wood shall you use? How about using cherry wood? Perhaps you rather have ash? Maybe you want an exotic wood like Brazilian cypress. You will find a very long list of choices. These floors will come in two construction types.
Solid Wood Flooring
There are three types of solid wood flooring available. You will find, plank, strip, and parquet. This type of flooring is one solid piece of wood. It will usually be nailed to the sub floor.
Strip: This material is made from strips of wood. They come in three width sizes. They are 1 1/2 inch, 2 inch, and 2 1/4 inch. They thickness of this wood is available as thin as 5/16 inch. You can get it as thick as 3/4 inch. Strip flooring may take a lot of time and effort to install.
Plank: You can get plank flooring as wide as eight inches. It comes as thin as three inches. It should either be 1/2 or 3/4 inch thick. You will see plank flooring in many older homes. It is installed with large planks of wood attached directly to the floor joists. This usually requires a contractor. The planks have to be custom cut for each individual installation.
Parquet hardwood floors: You may see parquet floors in many older houses. Many different sizes of wood are put together to from distinct patterns. Some are mosaic. Parquet floors are usually kept and refinished, when found in older houses.
Engineered hardwood floors
Engineered flooring is made in layers similar to plywood. There may be softwoods in the layers. You may also find plastic laminate. The top layer will be made of hardwood. The structure of engineered floors makes them very strong. They resist humidity well, also. They are more suitable flooring material than laminate. Laminate flooring contains no wood.
Price
It is not simple to estimate cost of hardwood floors. Many people will use ten dollars a square foot for a good estimate. It would be seven dollars per square foot, if you do the work yourself. To get a better estimate talk to a professional. They can go over the particulars with you.
Final thoughts
It is not easy to estimate hard wood flooring cost. Work with a professional to get an accurate estimate. Your floor will be lovely and last you a long time.
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