Hardwood Flooring
Modern Brothers Construction is guaranteed to add elegance and charm to any room by radiating an aura of warmth and friendliness in your home. From traditional to contemporary, hardwood flooring offers timeless style, and allows homeowners the versatility of being able to re-decorate their home without having to perform costly floor-to-ceiling renovations for many years to come.
First, you will decide which type is best for your own personal needs. Your flooring specialist will help you make that choice, which will be based on the amount of traffic that goes through your home on a regular basis. Harder styles are better for those high-energy homes, while softer types are perfect for spaces that get very little traffic.
Solid Hardwood Flooring
Hardwood flooring, also referred to as solid wood flooring, is often made of a hardwood species. Popular species include maple, walnut, oak and cherry. Solid flooring comes from a solid piece of milled wood, hence the name. Hardwood flooring installation involves nailing the wood planks to the subfloor, a project that requires some skills. Because it is solid wood, it can easily be sanded and refinished several times over its lifespan to maintain its appearance.
- Solid Piece of Milled Wood
- Nailed the wood planks to the subfloor
- Sanded and Refinished
Engineered Flooring
On the surface, engineered wood flooring is made to look and feel identical to hardwood flooring. But, its construction only uses a thin layer of hardwood to achieve its appearance and has a plywood core. Engineered flooring installation is DIY-friendly and is available in glued or interlocking planks that make it easier to install. Because its top layer is just a thin layer of hardwood, it can’t be refinished as often as solid flooring, but it can still last up to 30 years and more with proper maintenance.
Unfinished Flooring
Unfinished flooring looks like real wood. Even though solid prefinished flooring is real hardwood, because of all the many factory sprayed-on coats of polyurethane and/or stain, it is our opinion that prefinished flooring looks plastic-y and factory-made, with a less noticeable grain pattern, and thus less warm. Unfinished hardwood that has been finished on site by an expert hardwood flooring professional looks like a work of art. There is nothing that compares to the natural warmth and beauty of a hardwood floor that has been sanded and treated by a real craftsman. Again, this is our opinion, and everyone has their own preferences.
- Appearance
- Finish Options
- Matching existing flooring in the home
- Uniform stain color
