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Wood Flooring OverviewPlanning & Design If you're like most Americans, chances are you're considering it would flooring as part of your remodeling in place of vinyl flooring, carpeting or stone or ceramic tiles. Wood flooring is made from the timber of hardwoods like oak or black walnut, or out of spruce or hard pine. This type of flooring can be installed either professionally or by the do-it-your selfer willing to take a little extra time. Hardwood is manufactured in two basic ways. It comes unfinished, and once installed in the home is sanded then finished on site by staining and/or adding a durable topcoat. In more recent times, it is pre-finished in a factory, and comes with a polyurethane finish that has added aluminum oxide, although some companies prefer to use titanium dioxide or some other oxides instead. These metal oxide finishes increase the wear a hardwood floor can handle. Solid hardwoods are typically sold in planks of 3/4 inch or 19mm thickness, although some do come in planks that are 3/8 inch (10mm) or 5/16 inch (8mm) thick. This type of hardwood flooring can be installed using a nail-down installation method over a wooden sub flooring. One drawback is that although very popular, this type of hardwood is also very susceptible to the effects of moisture and temperature. Hardwoods like oak expand and contract due to moisture and temperature changes, expanding and contracting alone the width of the grain. Most experts recommend that this particular type of hardwood flooring not be installed over a concrete slab, unless otherwise approved for that purpose by the manufacturer. There are some instances where solid hardwood that is 3/8" thick can be installed on a concrete slab, but product recommendations should be consulted before attempting it. Hardwood Flooring Ideas 
123 Remodelings Flooring WarrantyThe look of your hardwood floor is not likely the only consideration which is why many floors are simple to install with locking technology and carry 25 year residential warranties for guaranteed durability. 
The Perfect Selection of Hardwood FlooringOur selection of Hardwood floor and bamboo plywood is matched by no other. Our warehouse is stocked with every kind of bamboo plywood including bamboo veneers and various types of plywood, plyboo, tambour bamboo paneling, woven veneer, thatch and more. This beautiful building material is ideal for cabinet making, furniture making, trim details, countertops, wall paneling and more. 
Bamboo Hardwood Flooring123 Remodeling provides the largest variety and best quality of bamboo products in America. Stocking everything from bamboo floors, bamboo plywoods, bamboo fences, bamboo poles, bamboo wall coverings, to bamboo design materials, bamboo decor items and much more. We believe in bamboo because it is an amazing rapidly renewable resource, and by supporting the use of this beautiful and versatile material as a complete wood replacement, we are all helping to keep the world a greener place!
There are two types of hardwood flooring:Engineered flooring is manufactured in a manner similar to plywood, where three or five thin sheets (plies) of wood are laminated (glued) together in a crisscross formation for strength. A top layer (veneer) of hardwood is added as a finished top layer. Engineered flooring is available as strips or planks. Strips are 3" or less in width. Planks are over 3" wide. Engineered floors are very stable and can be installed on any grade level. Although engineered wood floors are manufactured through a laminating process, they are not the same as a laminate floor.
Solid floors are cut from solid pieces of wood and milled to standard specifications. The flooring can be installed as planks or strips.
Some wood flooring is pre-finished, others will require finishing and sealing. Many wood floors can also be refinished. A surfacePenetrating stains have in essence become part of the wood and are permanent. Check the manufacturer’s specifications about refinishing. stain can be removed and re-stained. Whichever wood floor you choose, you install it using one of these methods:
Installing a wood floor can be a larger investment than other flooring options. With proper care, a quality wood floor lasts the life of the house and adds to resale value.
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