Wood Flooring Ideas Photos: Prefinished Wood Floor Boards

You can install the new floor yourself using engineered or prefinished hardwood flooring. These are floorboards manufactured to resemble a traditional hardwood floor. The boards are joined together Because the boards aren't sanded in place after the floor is laid, any variations in the subfloor or irregularities in the material itself are reflected in the prefinished surface. When joints aren't Wide plank wood flooring was a part of America's foundation — Reclaimed lines are touting their trendiness and their eco-friendliness. Also look for prefinished lines with water-based dyes Wood flooring is a classic look for any home, but there are trends to consider when installing a new floor or refinishing an existing one: 1. Wide floor boards If you have smaller which can add it's best to sand and refinish the entire space to give the wood an even, like-new appearance. If replacing parts of a floor becomes necessary, Tom Bresnahan, vice president of Arlandria Floors in QI had a three-eighths-inch-thick, click-together wood floor between boards with a matching color of a material that remains flexible: silicone caulk or oil-based putty, the same material sold for .

Factory-finished hardwood flooring boards may be more expensive than unfinished ones, but the fact that they don't have to be sanded as part of the installation more than makes up for the extra .