Getting to know hardwood flooring
When it comes to the question of natural elegance and durability, hardwood is often the material of choice for homeowners for their house flooring. Whether it be in your living room, dining room, study room, or bedroom, wood flooring is both beautiful and classy. There are two types of hardwood flooring available today. There are solid hardwood flooring and engineered ones.
Solid hardwood, when used on floors, comes in different dimensions and styles and each of them is a plank made of natural solid wood, milled from a single piece of timber.
Engineered wood flooring on the other hand, is made out of two or more layers of wood in the form of a plank. Engineered wood is the most common type of wood flooring used globally and is currently quickly catching up in market share.
Hardwood as flooring has become a choice for most homeowners because there is a great variety of wood materials, patterns, stains, and finishes to choose from. It is also natural, environmentally friendly and hypo-allergenic.
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