Types Of Hardwood Flooring

When planning to install the hardwood flooring, there are factors that have to be considered. One of them is the type of wood. This is done based on your space and DIY abilities. There are three main types of hardwood floors. The first one is the solid wood flooring which also comes in three main types. They are strip flooring which is determined by the thickness and width of wood planks. It has a set width though the thickness usually varies. Plank flooring on the other hand, comes in two thicknesses but the widths can vary. Parquet flooring looks different … Read the rest

How to Reduce Your Hardwood Flooring Prices

Calculating the correct amount of hardwood flooring you need is a good start to keeping hardwood flooring prices to a minimum.

Whether its a solid hardwood floor or engineered hardwood flooring your first step is to calculate the actual square footage required to cover the floor area.

Measure the width and the length of the room in feet and inches rounding up each dimension to the nearest one quarter foot (3, 6, 9, 12 inches) then convert to a decimal number.

For example if the width of a room was 16′ 1? the dimension would be rounded up to 16′ … Read the rest