A. No other flooring offers the warmth, beauty, and value of wood. Wood flooring enhances the d??cor of any room, and provides timeless beauty that will increase in value throughout the years.

Some quick reasons why you should choose real wood:

Natural, warm, authentic color.

Simple, yet decorative for any room in the house.

Rugged, yet charming.

Durable, yet easy to care for.

Beauty that's hard to tire of.

Lifetime guarantee.

Adds real value to a home.

A. Solid wood floors are one solid piece of wood that have tongue and groove sides and come in pre-finished styles. All Solid hardwood floors come with micro-bevels. Optional Sizes are available for the width, including 2 1/4", 3", 3 1/4" and wider. The strips (2 1/4") and the planks (3" or wider) are generally in random lengths from 15" ?C 60" by the thickness 3/4 ". The most common wood species used for solid floors are red oak, white oak, and maple.

A. Engineered hardwood flooring is flooring manufactured by using hardwood with a cross-directional laminated construction (usually 3 to 10 layers), with a top layer of premium hardwood. The layers are glued together by environment-protected glue with their grain running in opposite directions, which reduces the amount of expansion and contraction.

A. Carpeting is more economical, right Actually, carpeting lasts between seven and ten years under normal residential use. Hardwood floors can last a lifetime and are always in style.

Here's a 30-year comparison test you can use when trying to decide between carpeting or wood flooring. Say you installed a hardwood floor. It would typically last for 30 years. During that same period you probably would have to install new carpeting four or five times. At that rate, the hardwood flooring actually costs less than the cumulative cost of all the carpeting you would have to install.

Another thing you need to consider is the cleanliness of your home. A large American company that recycles old carpeting has stated that most used carpeting it receives for processing contains at least 35% of its weight in household dirt. The families who owned this old carpeting were actually walking, or crawling on dirt. Hardwood flooring is simply cleaner. If it is dirty, the dirt is plainly visible to the eye, not hidden within carpet fibers. Hardwood flooring my be your best buy and most solid investment.

A. It's a well-known fact within the flooring industry that engineered wood flooring is much more stable than solid wood flooring in environments where moisture is a concern. Wood and water, however, do not mix. Damp conditions undermine all types of floor coverings. Oak lumber floors, for instance, can have many problems in the presence of moisture, including gaps between planks, squeaking, cupping, buckling, and cracking. Hardwood Floors' Cross-Locked Engineered planks are eight times more stable than solid wood planks, so there is no need to worry about squeaks or buckles in normal indoor environments.

COMPARISON OF WOOD FLOORING?? IN SAME WOOD SPECIES??

A. Prefinished flooring has a great advantage over unfinished flooring. Both floors install exactly the same, however, once the prefinished floor is installed you're all done. The only thing you have left to do is move the furniture back into the room and enjoy. An unfinished floor requires sanding and then the application of urethane. This can take an extra couple of days labor with an incomparable amount of aggravation. Prefinished floors also have an incredible finish warranty usually consisting of 10-25 years depending on the brand of flooring.

A. Yes, you can glue engineered flooring directly to concrete: on, above or below grade. However, it is important to test the concrete for moisture before installing hardwood flooring, for below grade applications if moisture is present then a moisture barrier is recommended.

A. Engineered hardwood flooring is very versatile and more stable than solid flooring. For example, engineered hardwood flooring can be glued, stapled, or nailed to virtually any subfloor, concrete, wood, linoleum, or even over existing hardwood floors. The cross directional layup of the products counteracts the natural tendency of wood to expand and contract with seasonal changes in temperature and humidity, making engineered flooring inherently dimensionally more stable than solid products.

A. Solid 3/4" Hardwood flooring cannot be installed below grade (below the soil line) or over concrete. When a solid product encounters moisture it reacts very negatively. Therefore, engineered flooring must be used. Engineered flooring is constructed by fusing 3 - 7 or more plys of material together to form a product with unprecedented strength and durability. An engineered product is very similar with the exception that they usually have a real wood layer on top of the constructed core.

A. During the summer months of the year, there is a lot of humidity in the air. Your hardwood floor soaks up this humidity and expands. As the winter months roll around, and the heat is turned on, the floor dries out and starts to gap. There are a couple of tips we recommend to try and avoid this problem. Try to keep the room at a constant 45% humidity level using an air conditioner, humidifier, or a dehumidifier. Also, prior to installation, let your floor acclimate to its surroundings. Two weeks before the floor is to be laid, bring the flooring into the area where the floor is to be installed. Stack the flooring 3-4 bundles high leaving a 6"-7" space between the stacks. This will allow air to circulate between the stacks and for your flooring to properly acclimate.