| "But why would someone want to purchase | | | | elements in your home. |
| something 'unfinished?'" homeowners often ask. They | | | | If you choose to go with an unfinished wood floor, |
| want something to be completed and put together | | | | you have the option to purchase an unfinished solid |
| prior to purchase. But what those unfamiliar with | | | | or an unfinished engineered hard wood floor. It is |
| hardwood flooring fail to realize - Unfinished | | | | best to go an unfinished engineered floor because |
| Engineered Hard wood Flooring is the ultimate way to | | | | you can keep it consistent throughout your home. |
| customize a floor for your home. | | | | Solid hardwood floors can't be used in areas of |
| What is unfinished wood flooring? "Unfinished," or | | | | moisture such as bathrooms and kitchens, making an |
| site-finish hardwood floors, are hardwood floors that | | | | unfinished solid hard wood somewhat impractical. Still, |
| do not have a top layer coat over the wood's | | | | it's up to you, as a homeowner, to choose whether |
| surface prior to installation. Unlike prefinished | | | | you want a solid or engineered hardwood floor. |
| hardwood floors, unfinished hard wood floors' top | | | | Unfinished engineered floors are available in a variety |
| coat to seal the floor is not applied until after the | | | | of domestic and exotic wood species - Ash, Cherry, |
| floor has been installed. | | | | Birch, Hickory, Maple, Red and White Oak, Walnut, |
| The reason for site-finish floors? Customization. Each | | | | and Pecan. All of these species look beautiful left as |
| plank can be sanded down and cut to perfectly fit | | | | is, or with deep pigments to accentuate their |
| your home. Adhesion of individual planks will be that | | | | character lines. |
| much greater. Then there's staining. Often times | | | | Installing unfinished engineered hard wood floors isn't |
| people aren't sure what staining they want for their | | | | something you want to take on yourself. It's so |
| floors, especially if it's a new home just being built. | | | | highly-custom and dependent on so many factors |
| Homes take on a character, but that character can't | | | | that it's best to leave that type of job to a |
| be realized if the home is still in its development | | | | professional. A professional hardwood installation |
| stages - if furniture is still being purchased and walls | | | | specialist can guide you from step one, all the way to |
| have yet to be painted. By using an unfinished hard | | | | the finish line when selecting and installing a hardwood |
| wood floor, you can select the staining colors or a | | | | floor for your home. Plus they can usually find you |
| combination of colors to create a floor that perfectly | | | | some great deals on discount floors too! |
| compliments and doesn't clash with the other | | | | |