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WOOD FLOORING
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Wood flooring is a type of flooring made from the timber of hardwoods, or of spruce or hard pine. Wood flooring comes unfinished; it is sanded after installation, and then finished on site. More modernly, the product is pre-finished in a factory. The products that are pre-finished are often a polyurethane finish that has added aluminum oxide; however some companies use titanium dioxide or other oxides instead. These metal oxide finishes are used in various types of floor coverings and can increase the wear a hardwood floor can handle. |
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Solid hardwoods are normally available in 3/4" or 19mm thick planks, although some do come in 3/8" (10mm) or 5/16" (8mm) thicknesses. This type of hardwood flooring can be installed with a nail-down installation method over wood sub floors. This type of hardwood is also very susceptible to the effects of moisture and temperature, because hardwoods expand and contract with moisture and temperature changes in the atmosphere.
Since hardwoods expand and contract in the width of the grain, this type of hardwood flooring is not recommended to be installed over a concrete slab, unless otherwise stated by the manufacturer. For more information on wood flooring, please check out Flooring-Materials.net. |
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