Making the Elegant Choice: Types of Hardwood Floors

Looking at a catalogue of types of hardwood floors and choosing the most appealing ones may seem easy, but always be wary of your choices and their characteristics beyond the physical aspects. Many vary in specifications like grain, availability, ease of handling, and properties other than appearance alone. To give you a head start, here are some types of hardwood floors and their descriptions:

Ash

• Shade ranging from light tan to dark brown • Grain is slightly wavy with straight properties • Excellent elasticity, hardness, and impact resistance • No finishing complications, good nailing properties and splitting resistance • Moderately available

Birch

• Shade can range from yellows to red browns • Grain has occasional curls, straight • Excellent hardness and stiffness • Compatible with ease of use in machine tools, not in hand tools; good finishing properties • Moderately available

Red Oak

• Shade has red tones distinguishable from white • Grain is open and coarse • Excellent stiffness and density • Good finishing and nailing properties • Widely available

White Oak

• Shade ranges from light brown to gray to pinkish toning • Grain is open with occasional swirling • Excellent durability • More even absorption of finishing • Widely available

More types of hardwood floors are available for your speculation. Some examples are pine, mahogany, spruce, walnut, maple, elm, cypress, cherry, and all other sub-varieties available under some species. The table above is a guide for listing down important properties to take note of in choosing wood types for your flooring. Make the most out of your wood species choice’s assets to create your desired interior appearance.

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