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Wood Floors a Smart Buyer’S Guide for Selecting the Right Flooring Wood Floors A Smart Buyer’s Guide for Selecting the Right Flooring To Find Lasting Beauty, Look Below the Surface Picking out new wood flooring can be both exciting and a bit daunting. After all, a beautiful new wood floor can add to the value of your home and provide the foundation of style for every room. At the same time, there are so many choices in styles, species, designs, finishes, quality, costs and more that it can seem almost impossible to reach a decision. Fortunately, this guide can help narrow down the choices until you find exactly the right wood flooring for your needs. The key is to look beneath the surface of those lovely samples in the dealer showroom and examine each type of flooring based on the style, usage, wear, environmental factors, stability, durability, room and value. This is where the true, long-term beauty of your wood floor is determined. Table of Contents Comparing Hardwood Flooring Types 1 Know what’s underfoot before taking the next step Environmentally Smart 2 The natural value of solid wood Not all Wood is Alike 3 The hard facts on solid wood flooring Wide Plank Floors 5 Adding a different dimension to flooring design Wood Species 7 From ash to white oak, the beauty’s ingrained Grades, Textures, Stains & Finishes 9 The top options for the best looking floor Pattern Floors 14 Look at flooring design from a different angle Installation 15 Lay it down right to stand the test of time Solid or Engineered Floors 16 It’s about options not restrictions © Carlisle Wide Plank Floors 800.595.9663 wideplankflooring.com Comparing Hardwood Flooring Types 1 Know what’s underfoot before taking the next step While every type of flooring material As you can see, when you look closely, A study conducted by the has certain advantages and the only real decision to make in disadvantages relative to your specific flooring types is to choose between National Wood Flooring needs and usage, real wood holds a solid wood and engineered wood. Association (NWFA) strong comparative edge in virtually Here’s a quick overview of the pros every case. and cons of each. revealed that 99 percent Compared to carpet, vinyl or laminate, SOLID WOOD of U.S. real estate agents which may be cheaper to buy and install, sustainable wood delivers Pros: Wear-resistant; long-lasting; adds asserted that homes with a warm look to any room; can more long-term value with its superior hardwood flooring are strength, exceptional durability and be refinished multiple times; natural beauty. Plus, unlike carpet, it natural and sustainable easier to sell; 90 percent doesn’t harbor dust or other allergens Cons: Must be acclimated to said that homes with so people with allergies or respiratory moisture levels of home before problems can breathe easier. installation; changes in moisture hardwood flooring sell content in the home will cause When considered versus natural for more money—up to stone or tile, wood comes out on shrinkage and expansion; need top because it has more give so it’s to avoid pooling water 10 percent more in fact. more comfortable to stand on for ENGINEERED WOOD long periods. In addition, it’s warmer … both literally and figuratively, than Pros: Natural wood layered for stone or tile. increased stability (generally shrinks and expands less than Solid wood is the best return on investment Finally, relative to other flooring types, solid wood); can help reduce/ wood can be refinished to re-discover resist movement and gapping; its natural beauty and remove some “clickable” versions may scratches or dents if desired. Other be easier for DIY installation than flooring types generally have to be solid wood replaced because they’re difficult to repair and can’t be refinished. Cons: Typically can only be refinished once or twice; susceptible to “Solid wood floors don’t issues in very dry conditions; only a few companies craft only add value in the engineered floors that equal the appearance of solid; need to eyes of a property avoid pooling water. appraiser, but are also often highly sought after by home buyers.” WiseGeek.com © Carlisle Wide Plank Floors 800.595.9663 wideplankflooring.com Environmentally Smart 2 The Natural Value of Wood In addition to providing you with a While this would be enough for many Beautiful, durable and sustainable… beautiful floor and increasing the value companies, only a select few take it’s easy to see the natural value of of your home, choosing a wood floor their environmental stewardship to wood floors. offers natural environmental benefits. the next level. Carlisle Wide Plank Here are some additional Floors, for instance, is renowned for its According to a recent environmental facts compiled by the commitment to sustainable operations. National Wood Flooring Association: Chris Sy, their national sales director, Forest Service study of explained the Carlisle philosophy. • Average annual net growth for lifecycle analysis, it was hardwoods is greater than average “We’re focused on building beautiful annual removals floors that last forever without causing determined that using any detriment to our forests. Therefore, (Source: US Department of Agriculture Forest wood yielded lower air Service) we never contract with clear-cutters. Instead, we work exclusively with • Wood is a carbon neutral product emissions, including a small, carefully selected group that produces oxygen during its of timber growers who uphold the greenhouse gases, growth cycle and stores carbon highest standards of sustainability. Plus, during its service life (35 to 75+ years) than the processes of due to our exacting standards, only (Source: University of Wisconsin Wood Products using other traditional Program Solid Wood Flooring Life Cycle one tree in every five acres passes Analysis) our inspection, which ensures that building materials. • Wood floors use less water and we’ll never clear a whole tree stand, –www.fs.fed.us energy to produce than other allowing younger trees to mature.” flooring options (Source: University of Wisconsin Wood Products Program Solid Wood Flooring Life Cycle Analysis) • Wood floors last hundreds of years, so won’t need to be replaced as often as other flooring options (Source: National Association of Home Builders) • While it takes most hardwood trees 40-60 years to mature, the inventory planted today won’t be needed for 100-plus years (Source: National Wood Flooring Association) Choosing a wood floor offers natural environmental benefits © Carlisle Wide Plank Floors 800.595.9663 wideplankflooring.com Not all Wood is Alike 3 The hard facts on wood flooring You Have to Know Its Roots All solid wood flooring comes from trees, but that’s where the similarity ends and the differences begin. While many tree species are widely distributed throughout the country, certain geographic areas offer optimum growing conditions for each species. For example, the best hickory is found in the upper regions of the Appalachian forests, where the short summers and cool climate provide for its substantial heartwood content. Under these conditions, the trees age patiently and reach a richer level of maturity, which provides the wood with tighter, tougher grain lines. “This makes the wood more durable than others of the same species,” says Carlisle’s Chris Sy. “That’s why we select only mature trees from the optimum growing areas Heartwood is the older, harder nonliving central wood of trees for each species.” The Best Wood Comes From Very few floors today are comprised It’s Not Ready If It’s Wet the Heart of heartwood. However Carlisle Behind the Ears … Or Wide Plank Floors are an exception. Anywhere Else Earlier, we mentioned a tree’s In his top-rated Building Blox Blog, Natural wood is organic. It breathes heartwood content. Heartwood is the contractor Todd Vendituoli notes on and has the ability to absorb or older, harder nonliving central wood Bob Vila Nation, “Just as the early give off moisture depending on the of trees. Usually darker, denser, less settlers used the heart of the tree for environment. As it seeks to achieve its permeable, and more durable than their flooring, so too does Carlisle. As a equilibrium moisture content, wood the surrounding sapwood, it has long result, the boards are less likely to curl with higher moisture content is subject been known for its superior beauty, and warp and will stand up to years of to significant shrinkage, which can strength and long-term stability. constant use.” also lead to splitting, cracking and The early New England settlers, for “Floors made with a substantial warping. That’s why wood that’s green instance, cut boards from the center, heartwood content will display or improperly dried should be avoided, or heart, of the tree because they more of the rich color and original especially when it comes to installing would be less likely to warp or shrink. character of the species, while over radiant heat systems or concrete Floors made from these boards would lasting longer than other floors,” adds surfaces. also be harder and more durable to Carlisle’s Sy. “They become works stand up to heavy use with large, busy of art that can be passed from one families of that era. generation to the next.” © Carlisle Wide Plank Floors 800.595.9663 wideplankflooring.com Not all Wood is Alike 4 While every floor manufacturer has Take your flooring, for instance. You’re Maybe that’s why Carlisle Wide Plank its own approach to eliminating going to be walking on it, looking at it Floors is a Storybook Homes preferred moisture issues, there are few, if any, and living with it for a long time, so you vendor and recommended by Affluent that come close to Carlisle’s three- want it to be as beautiful as possible— Homes magazine.
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