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Shop For Hardwood Flooring
About Hardwood Flooring Hardwood Flooring comes as engineered, solid, or a floating floor. Engineered flooring is constructed of multiple layers of cross grain hardwood. Engineered wood floors are dimensionally stable. This eliminates the natural expansion and contraction of wood. Engineered flooring can be installed above, on, or below grade. This type of flooring can be glued to foundations and sub floors or in some cases, stapled down to the sub floor. Solid hardwood flooring can be sanded and refinished after being installed years before. Solid hardwood flooring is installed on ground level or above ground level and nailed to the sub floor. Floating floors float above the sub floor with no direct attachment to the sub floor. Floating floors are made in larger pre-assembled wood panels. This makes for an easier and faster installation. They can also be glued directly to the sub floor. Hardwood flooring comes in many different species. It can be imported from other countries or come domestically. The look of hardwood flooring determines how the wood is graded. Most hardwoods are graded by clear, select, and common grades. Clear grade hardwood flooring is free of defects or will have some minor imperfections. Select grade hardwood flooring is close to clear grade, but will contain some color variation and knots. Common grades generally are numbered 1 and 2. They have more natural characteristics than select and clear grade. Number 1 Common will have light and dark colors, knots, and worm holes. Number 2 Common has a rustic appearance and allows all characteristics of hardwood. Hard Maple, Beech, Birch and Pecan are graded as first, second, and third. First grade is best in appearance. It has natural color variations and limited characteristics. Second grade has varying wood characteristics. Third grade is rustic in appearance. Hardwood flooring can be cut different ways to give it a different appearance. Hardwood can be plainsawn, quartersawn, or riftsawn. Plainsawn is the most common and contains more variation than the other two cuts. Quartersawing has less cupping and wears more evenly. Quartersawing produces less finished flooring and is therefore more expensive than plainsawn. Riftsawn is similiar to qaurter sawing. The boards are cut at a different angle.
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