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Hardwood

Hardwood floors add a beauty and warmth to any home that is hard to match by any other type of floor covering.  Never out of fashion, hardwood floors add real value to the home.  With proper maintenance, these floors can last a lifetime! This can make the price over the life of the product very economical.

Manufacturing of hardwood floors has improved dramatically over the years and today's hardwood floors are more durable and adaptable to different types of living areas within the home. Today's hardwood floors come in a much wider selection of colors, wood species, and widths. Besides the classic North American hardwoods (like red oak, white oak, maple and ash) many manufacturers now offer exotic hardwood species from all over the world. Exotic hardwoods allow homeowners the chance to better express their own personal decorating tastes with a more unique looking floor.

Doolittle's Carpet & Paints can help you pick a hardwood floor that meets your needs!

Types of Hardwood

Wood floors come in 3 basic types of construction:
  • 3/4" solid wood floors
    • unfinished, or pre-finished
    • installed over wood subfloors
    • use on, or above ground level
    • nail, or staple down
  • engineered wood floors
    • unfinished, or pre-finished
    • installed over dry concrete slabs, or wood subfloors
    • use above, on or below ground level
    • glue-down, staple, or float
  • longstrip, engineered wood floors
    • unfinished, or pre-finished
    • installed over dry concrete slabs, or wood subfloors
    • use above, on or below ground level
    • glue-down, staple, or float
types of wood floor

The engineered and longstrip hardwood floors can be installed on any level of the home, including in the basement if moisture isn't present. They can also be glued down, floated over, or nailed down to most the subfloors. While the 3/4" solid hardwood floors are generally recommended for above grade installation only, and have to be nailed to the subfloor. Any of these floors can be refinished if they become severely scratched, or dull from normal wear and tear.

Choosing a hardwood floor can be confusing, so let our expert staff help you decide which wood floor is right for your home.

 

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