Wood Products Reviews & Articles

From energy generation to automobiles, Green is the current buzzword. It is no different when it comes to flooring. Cork is a 100% renewable, eco-friendly material sourced from the bark of cork trees. Cork trees in southern Europe and North Africa produce most of the global supply of cork. Cork is soft yet durable, stain...
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Everyone can agree that hardwood flooring looks great and adds value to any property. But solid hardwood flooring does have its share of limitations. Expensive material and installation costs, susceptibility to moisture damage, and sensitivity to humidity are only some of the problems with solid hardwood flooring.

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When you have decided to install hardwood flooring in your home, you also, in one way or another, commit yourself to cleaning and maintaining it as well. But don’t be afraid of the care and cleaning it will require. Hardwood flooring...
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Pine flooring is actually classified as a softwood, not a hardwood. Pine is still commonly used as a flooring material because it is hard enough to withstand the day-to-day wear that a floor receives.

But because it is a softwood, Pine will generally not last as long as other hardwood floors...
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Wood is a flooring material that adds economic value to any property. Wood flooring imparts grace and character to any room. Wood flooring is often maligned for being responsible for rampant logging. But for the ecologically conscious there are several sustainable wood flooring options available now. Wood flooring may be obtained from used railway sleepers, demolished houses or from...
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If you want hardwood flooring for your home, Oak Flooring is without doubt a great choice. Oak comes in two basic varieties- Red oak (Querqus ruba) and White Oak (Querqus alba). Red Oak has always been more popular in the US and Canada. It has open and coarser grain. Therefore, it is more porous. White oak...
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Hickory Dickory Dock, the mouse ran up the clock. The clock struck one, the mouse ran down! Hickory Dickory Dock.

Hickory is such a catchy word that it is even used in a famous nursery rhyme. In the world of flooring and furniture, hickory wood is just as popular as the famous nursery rhyme. Just by looking at its distinctive grains, pattern, and texture, you’ll...
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Ever wonder what is the hype about hardwood flooring is that makes it one of the most sought-after flooring products? The #1 reason may be due to the elegant and warm look it provides.

Hardwood floors add such great value that they are a wonderful investment for homes. If you have ever...
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One of the common misconceptions about hardwood flooring is that solid hardwood is better than engineered hardwood.  People think that because a floor is engineered that it is inferior and made from less desired parts of the wood.  The fact is that both solid...
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