subject: Hardwood Flooring - Types and Installation [print this page] Hardwood Flooring - Types and Installation
A solid hardwood flooring is always a vision of peaceful and beautiful ambience in the house. As you enter a room, it is always the matter of what floor there is. Some luxurious flooring type which might not look very tuff at the moment to you might turn out to really difficult later. With hardwood flooring, maintenance is much less required than other flooring types.
Hardwood flooring is probably is most popular flooring type. It is preferred by most people for its easy maintenance and elegant look. Among hardwood flooring types, engineered type is also a considerable option. It is composed of to or more layers of wood designed in a plank. They are made in way to provide it might life then a usual wooden flooring has. Mostly, laminate, vinyl and vender floors are fused to form a hardwood flooring by the engineer. This type of wood is the most common type of flooring used worldwide.
Hardwood flooring is available in several styles and dimensions. It requires finishing, refinishing and sanding as well. The maintain part becomes easy compared to other wooden flooring types because hardwood material is stronger than the usual wooden flooring material. This is reason why wooden flooring is more preferred in households worldwide. Choosing the installation system will require quite information about each type of installation system. Tongue and groove installation system is usually not recommended for most engineered wooden flooring. The wooden planks are installed by joining, aligning or gluing them together. They joints are not visible after final installation is complete.
Another type of installation system is click system, which is most preferred for engineered hardwood flooring. It is quite similar to tongue and groove installation. However, there is no adhesive used to joint the planks. They are well angled and designed to form a definite flooring structure. Thee is another types of installation system, Floor connection. It allows the installer to joint the wooden planks by applying different materials. These materials can be wood, rubber and plastic. Metal can used as well to create a solid joint and to beautify the floor look.
