Engineered wood flooring vs solid wood flooring, which is best? The answer has and continues to be an ongoing battle, among many experts! On it's face solid wood and engineered wood may look the same. Regardless, there are differences that you should be aware of. Both solid and engineered …
Wood Flooring Grades the Beauty and Ugly
Solid Wood Flooring Grades There are different wood flooring grades offering a variety of characteristics. There is beauty and there is ugly in wood flooring. These perceptions can be the same grade and the same pieces of wood within. With wood flooring, what one person sees as ugly another …
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Wood Floor Cupping Cause and Effect
Wood floor cupping is a common problem that occurs with both solid and engineered wood floors. If you think you can escape cupping by installing a bamboo or laminate floor you can't for they can also cup. What is Cupping and How Does it Occur? A cupped floor has a concave shape across the …
Bamboo Flooring Performance
Bamboo flooring performance is much like that of a hardwood floor. Like wood, bamboo flooring performance will not be the same with every installation. You could install the same product from the same shipment in two houses sitting side-by-side with different performance results. Bamboo …
Wood Flooring Problems Moisture Related
Wood flooring problems are usually unexpected, most often preventable. Wood flooring is the real thing, unlike laminate which is a photograph of wood. Being a product of nature there will be occasional wood flooring problems. Wood flooring problems will usually be prevented through proper milling, …
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Decorating with Bamboo Flooring
Decorating with bamboo flooring is a popular way to update a home with a fresh new look and elegant style. As you begin to update the look and feel of your home, you can make the right selection to add the right look to your home with wood. This can be with a sophisticated appeal of bamboo …
Refinishing Hardwood Floors on Your Own
Refinishing hardwood floors is an adventure that some avid do-it-your-self individuals will take up on their own. If your hardwood floors are in dire need of refinishing, get a few estimates from professionals. You may be surprised at the figures. You may want to sit down when they tell you it …
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Bamboo Flooring Problem ID and Resolution
As with any product, a bamboo flooring problem could occur. A bamboo flooring problem may be as a dinged plank, discovery of several blemishes or a moisture related concern. Listed is an overview as to the types of bamboo flooring problem seen by inspection companies such as The Weinheimer Group. …
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Bamboo Flooring Colors
For years the two most common bamboo flooring colors were natural and a dark brown color. Created through carbonizing the bamboo. Today, colors are practically unlimited. Colors from off white to gold, tan, ash, oak, orange, pecan, chestnut. Just about any other color you might imagine. Creating …
Bamboo Flooring Care
Bamboo flooring care not only includes proper cleaning and maintenance, it includes the prevention of problems such as controlling moisture, the number one cause of complaints with bamboo, wood and laminate flooring. In this article we discuss bamboo flooring care and prevention of problems through …