Our hardwood flooring is a four-sided tongue-and-groove product that can be nailed directly to a wood subfloor. A hardwood floor cannot be floated. Refer to our engineered floors at www.onlinewoodfloor.com for flooring that may be floated over radiant heating or below grade.

The bamboo flooring is a four-sided tongue and groove product that can be nailed to a wood sub-floor or glued directly to a concrete sub-floor. A floating installation is not recommended.

Solid 3/4" Hardwood flooring cannot be installed below grade (below the soil line) or over concrete. When a solid product encounters moisture it reacts very negatively. Therefore, a laminate or engineered flooring must be used. Laminate flooring is constructed by fusing 4-plys of material together to form a product with unprecedented strength and durability. An engineered product is very similar with the exception that they usually have a real wood layer on top of the constructed core.

Hardwood flooring can be installed almost anywhere in your home. Solid wood, such as site-finished and pre finished flooring, can be installed on or above ground. It is not recommended to install hardwood flooring in moisture prone areas of your home, such as the wet areas of a bathroom.

No wax, no mess. Mohawk Hardwood Floors are very easy to maintain. Simply use Mohawk Floor Care Essentials Hard Surface Cleaner and a specialty terry cloth flooring mop available from your local Mohawk flooring store. See the Store Locator for a Mohawk flooring dealer nearest you.

You should never wet mop a hardwood floor, this will raise the grain and may permanently damage the wood's surface. Use Mohawk Floor Care Essentials Hard Surface Products to clean and protect your hardwood floor. Always apply the Mohawk Floor Care Essentials Hard Surface Cleaner directly to the terry cloth flooring mop, not the floor.

If your hardwood floor's finish becomes dull and scratched you can restore the finish by a light screening and recoat of the urethane.

Everwood Hardwood flooring is scratch resistant. However, no flooring is completely scratch proof. To help minimize damage to your floor, proper floor maintenance such as using felt pads, sweeping your floor regularly etc. will help prolong the life and beauty of your floors. Minimize water exposure to your hardwood flooring. Wipe up spills as soon as possible. Wood flooring is a natural product, which expands and contracts as moisture levels change.

The squeak is probably in the subfloor over a floor joist. Best way is to run screws into the subfloor through the joint nearest the squeak. If this is awkward, first screw a 2 x 2 to the side of the joint tight to the subfloor, then screw up through the 2 x 2 into the subfloor.

Most people install a polyurethane hardwood floor. These floors are easy to clean and maintain as long as you follow a few simple steps. First of all you will want to use a vacuum or broom to get rid of grit and dust. Make sure to use a vacuum with a floor attachment or an upright vacuum with a hardwood floor setting. A vacuum with a beater bar could harm your floors. You may then want to use a dry untreated dust mop.

Let the flooring acclimate for 5 to7 days, with boxes opened and laid flat in the room where the flooring is to be installed. If you are in an area with high humidity, you may need to install some humidity controls like a humidifier or dehumidifier.

Our hardwood floors are treated with up to 10 coats of an aluminum oxide finish. While this will certainly help the durability of the floor, it is the hardness of the floor that will give the best indication of durability. Refer to the Janka Hardness rating for a true indication of hardness for a selected species:

All species used for hardwood flooring are durable enough to withstand the wear and tear of daily life. However, this does not mean wood will not dent. As a natural material, wood is made of thousands of cells. When the tree is in the forest, these cells are filled with water. Once that tree becomes lumber, the moisture in those cells is replaced with air. Therefore, if you drop a heavy object on the floor, the floor will compress, forming a dent or gash.

Hardwood floor installation is a skilled trade that requires talented hands to produce the best possible results. Wood Flooring International’s dealers use highly skilled craftsmen who install our floors day in and day out. They not only do it right, they know how to avoid the headaches and hassles even the handiest of homeowners can run into.

Answer: For ¾” thick strip flooring an average price is $8.50 CDN per sq./ft. installed excluding removal and preparation costs (Canadian dollars for those surfing from afar) plus applicable taxes is a good budget figure.

Although many homeowners have pets, hardwood flooring is not designed for the abuse a dog or cat can cause on a floor. Urine may permanently discolor the finish of the wood floor and large dogs' claws will probably leave scratches in the finish. The type of wood floor you buy, the color and the finish will also be factor in how much punishment the floor's finish can withstand before showing scratches and excessive wear.

You should purchase a Keystone Hardwood Floor for two reasons. First, the milling is superior to any in the industry. Our quality controls in conjunction with our state-of-the-art equipment produce the best milled flooring in the market. The second aspect of a high quality floor is the wood used to produce the flooring. With over 30 years in the procurement of lumber we have recognized the best regions for each of the many species of wood we manufacture.

The cream colored, curved- cornered pad is used with the Hardwood Floor Refinisher (do not mistake for our new Hardwood Floor Dusting Pad which is white and rectangular).

Any time you use an adhesive based product (Floor Protection) on hardwood, you run the risk of damaging the finish.

Use a touch-up marker, a wax pencil or colored putty to minimize the damage. View our hardwood installation and warranty page for more information.

Hardwood floors are environmentally friendly and they add to the value of a home. A recent survey of real estate agents estimates that hardwood flooring can add as much as $7,000 to $10,000 to a home's resale value. STRIP flooring accounts for the majority of installations. Strips usually are 2-1/4 inches wide, but also come in widths ranging from 1-1/2 inches to 3-1/4 inches. They are installed by nailing to the subfloor. PLANK flooring boards are at least 3 inches wide.

When it comes to hardwood flooring, the term "grading" is sure to come up. Grading refers to the system used by manufacturers to assess the appearance of hardwood floors. NOFMA: The Wood Flooring Manufacturers Association grades emphasize color, grain pattern and other markings that occur in wood. Color is determined by what part of the tree the wood comes from, and the grain pattern is determined by species and how the wood is cut.

These are the most popular choice and involve applying a stain to achieve a particular color, followed by a top coat of polyurethane or varnish to give a protective coat. Surface finishes are durable, they resist moisture, and are easy to maintain. There are four options for the top coat, and each has its own benefits: OIL-BASED URETHANE is the most commonly used floor finish.

Yes, however, Armstrong is not in the refinishing business, therefore, we do not have specifications on how this should be done. We'd suggest that you contact your local Bruce retailer to discuss who in your area refinishes hardwood floors, or, you may look in the yellow pages of your phone book for a list of hardwood refinishing companies in your area.

Typically, hardwood installers use one nail that will allow for the most use in the most variety of applications. However, this single nail tends to penetrate the lower surface of the subfloor, placing the radiant heat tubing in jeopardy. To eliminate this threat, ask the hardwood installers to use a shorter nail, one that will not penetrate the subfloor. And, if possible, ask them to try to keep the nails around the joists below.

This depends on how tame or active your pets are. Most of our floors have extra abrasion free coating in aluminum oxide which help to prevent scratches from larger pets. Even though this material helps in protecting the floor from scratches and abrasions; scratches aren't really avoidable. The best to do would be to groom the pets (nail trimming, bladder training). The simple reality is that any floor can be adversely affected by a pet, through either scratches or stains from urine.

Unfinished hardwood floors do not require waxing, most often just a light damp mopping will clean your floor. Some cleaners can be used infrequently to maintain the floors. For more information go to the NWFA website. For prefinished floors, use only floor cleaners with no residue or abrasives. Do not wax, polish, or buff. Occasionally clean the floor with a professional floor cleaner.

The cause is from direct or indirect ultra-violet sunlight rays. You will notice the difference mostly in areas of the floor covered with a rug. It’s best to move the rugs in your home around from time to time in order to minimize this. By using our water-based finishes, which have built in UV inhibiters, you can greatly delay this natural occurrence.

Yes! FreshCoat is compatible with every type of hardwood floor and every type of hardwood floor finish.