Are you looking for new floor for you home? Then don’t waste your time looking for various solutions, decide on wood flooring. Yes wooden flooring has been gaining popularity over the years when compared to carpets or tiles. For those who are looking for style, durability and great value for money, then wood flooring is the perfect solution.

There are various types of wood flooring available in the market. The three basic wood flooring are:
- Solid Wood Flooring
- Hardwood Flooring
- Engineered wood Flooring 
- Laminate Flooring

As the name suggests, the hard wood flooring is done with large planks of hard wood. The major type of hard wood used for flooring purposes is Oak. Oak flooring is the most popular among the hard wood floors. It comes in two varieties, red and white. White oak floor is harder than red oak floor. The white oak carries a more uniform appearance than its red counterpart. White oak is heavy and has medium bending strength and low stiffness.

Engineered wood flooring serves as an excellent alternative to its hard wood counterpart. The engineered wood floor is sand which of finished wood and ply wood. The ply wood is laid below just above the floor and it is covered with the finished one. The surface which you walk over is the finished wood surface. Engineered wood serves as the best solution for flooring areas with moisture like bathrooms and cleaning spaces. The ply wood is laid perpendicular to the adjacent plywood. This gives dimensional strength to the wood sandwich.

Laminate floors are not real wood floors, but just a thin sheet which feels like wood. Laminate floors are the best choice if you have pets and children at home. Laminate floors are available in a wide variety of colors, styles and designs. It is suitable for most modern interior design concepts. Laminate floors are very economical and are very easy to install. It can be installed over an existing floor, sub-floor, or concrete.

This entry was posted on Thursday, May 22nd, 2008 at 1:53 pm and is filed under General.