Whether your home is traditional or contemporary brand new or centuries old wood floors offer endless design possibilities and make it easy to fit your home s needs and personal style.
Old style wood flooring.
Gleaming tongue and groove hardwood floors might seem like the standard for old houses but that wasn t always the case as a trip through wood flooring history illustrates.
Many homeowners may have existing 1 1 2 hardwood flooring and they want to add an addition that requires buying more of the same flooring.
To help you identify the real thing the nwfa recently developed a formal definition of wood flooring.
Mar 12 2013 explore darci landers s board old wood floors on pinterest.
What are some of the key characteristics of old wood flooring.
The restoration of older homes to their original states has had the attention of weekend warriors for years and original authentic hardwood flooring certainly falls within the restoration concept.
Grandpa s floor our most unique and rustic antique wood flooring comes from the old floor boards and structural floor joists of old buildings.
The widest boards up to 24 were used to sheath broad surfaces because they required fewer joints and fasteners says mark thibeau of craftsman lumber.
Early wood floors tended to be wide with planks averaging between 6 and 12 or more.