What Kind of Wood Are You Looking For? The answer to this question requires a few more questions for you to answer. Are you confused yet?

The following questions need to be answered to arrive at the correct answer for you:

  1. Is the floor you are looking to put in, going to be installed above grade?
  2. Is the floor going to be installed below grade?
  3. Do you have Radiant heat in the floor?
  4. Do you or anyone in your family have allergies?
  5. Are you looking for a Domestic or Exotic Wood Specie?

These are the first questions that you need to answer before choosing your wood floor. How you answer these questions will help us to determine what “Wood Floor” is best for your application.

There are different types of wood flooring and each one fits different applications. The different types of Wood Flooring are:

  1. Solid Wood Flooring
  2. Engineered Wood Flooring

Solid & Engineered Wood Flooring is available Unfinished or Prefinished.

The main difference between Unfinished & Prefinished Solid wood Flooring is that with Solid Unfinished Wood Flooring, the boards are square cut and knock up tight to each other. Unfinished Flooring is sanded and finished on site after installation.

Prefinished Solid Flooring comes with a Micro Beveled edge and is finished in a controlled environment. Solid Wood Flooring is designed to be installed at or above grade.

Prefinished flooring is a Plus for people that suffer from allergies, as you do not have to deal with the dust and smell from the sanding and finishing.

Engineered Flooring is designed to be installed at, above or below Grade. Engineered Flooring is designed to be installed over Radiant Heat. A good quality Engineered Floor can be Floated, Glued or Stapled. Engineered flooring is available with or without the Micro Beveled edge depending on which product line you purchase.

As you can see, there are several questions that need to be answered for you to choose the proper flooring for your application.

Blue Ribbon Flooring Co. Inc. is here to help you answer these and many more questions. Please check in with us for your flooring needs. We are ready to help you answer these questions and any others that you might have.