Solid hardwood flooring

Solid hardwood floors have continued on in popularity for centuries because of the natural elegance they provide to a home. Solid hardwood flooring has become so popular that some technology based rivals have appeared, such as engineered wood floors and acrylic floors. Yet solid wood floors continue to be a popular option among those who value natural quality and natural elegance in the spaces in which they live and work.

Solid hardwood flooring is exactly what its name implies. It is solid hardwood flooring. The floor panels are made up of milled hardwood that fit together to form your floor.

Solid wood flooring is not a matter of one-type fits all. You can install floor panels in either a finished or unfinished form. The wood can range from 1/4 inch to 25/32 inch hardwood panels. The panels basically come in three different forms for installation. You can choose either strip, plank, or parquet hardwood floors.

Strip Hardwood Floors - A strip floor installation is very easy to accomplish. It is also relatively easy to remove the floor if you install them using the floating hardwood floor method. Strip floor panels hook together by having a tongue on one panel go into the groove on another panel. Each floor panel is around 2" wide.

Strip floors are very well suited for people who like to do the installation themselves, rather than hiring expensive professional floor installers. Anyone who has assembled a 100-piece puzzle and has ever used a circular saw ought to be able handle installing solid hardwood flooring using strip panels.

Additionally, being easy to install and coming in square strips makes this floor more tolerant to weather conditions, such as humidity and temperature that can cause your hardwood floor to expand and contract over time.