We all dream of owning a great looking home. We strive to make it perfect from all aspects. Flooring is one such aspect. Now how to choose the right floor for your house? Well, choice of floors will depend on many factors like location and climate. Whether you are looking for a floor for bedroom, living room or the pent house, it should set the respective tone and should also be be soothing, refreshing and nice looking. The flooring should also be easy to clean, anti-slippery and be in character with the décor of the house. There are many types of floors. Let us look at those options in details.
You have loads of options at your disposal when flooring is concerned. But among the varied options Mohawk floor and hardwood flooring have been the most preferred and popular choice. Hardwood floorings add style, class and comfort to one’s home. Hardwood flooring can be crafted out of various types of wood. Each type of hardwood floor is unique in its own way and capable of discharging a unique aesthetic quality and comfort. All the woods have their own distinct colors, level of strength and different styles of graining. Some of the varied types of hardwood flooring are solid oak flooring, solid wood flooring, bamboo floors etc.
Out of these solid oak flooring is one of the most popular choices. If you happen to come across one oak floor, don’t conclude that you have seen all them. Solid oak flooring is available in different designs, colors and price ranges. Solid oak flooring generally comes in vivid color shades of red and white. The white oak flooring runs from soothing creamy white color to light brown and medium brown. On the other hand red oak flooring is always in shades of red and brown. White oak flooring is much harder than red oak flooring and bears a uniform appearance. The wood is hard and heavy coupled with low stiffness and medium bending strengths. It can very well resist wear and tear. Red oak flooring is much more porous than white has it has number of open grains. This is also quite heavy and hard but possesses medium stiffness and bending strengths.
Bamboo floors are regarded as hardwood flooring most of the times, but technically bamboo is a grass and not wood. They possess many qualities similar to that of wood and are much more environment friendly. They are suitable in humid climates as they can resist moisture well. Bamboo floors have striped grain effect which imparts an exotic effect.
Mohawk floorings are laminate floorings that have appearance of wooden floors. Off lately Mohawk floorings have faced cut throat competition due to the rising popularity of Earthwerks luxury vinyl flooring. Vinyl floor covering that makes use of vinyl material which is made from a mixture of plasticizers and polyvinyl chloride. Vinyl floor covering is very much flexible, relatively non porous and fine textured. Various pigments are added to it to get varied vivid colors.
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Bluewater Flooring Inc. is the author of this article on Floor Covering Dealers .
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