No other type of flooring can rival the durability and beauty of a hardwood floor. By purchasing unfinished red oak hardwood flooring, you control the exact shade of the stain, matching or contrasting anything in your home. At the same time, you have created a floor that will remain low maintenance for years, and when other types of flooring need to be replaced, you can simply refinish yours to revive its beauty.
It may be hard to choose whether to buy prefinished or unfinished flooring, as they both have definite benefits, but it is strictly a personal choice. There are a lot of shades of stained prefinished floors, but there are an even greater number of shades of stain that you can buy to finish your own. After the floor is down, you are also able to sand out any small imperfections in the floor before you stain it, leaving you with a perfect finish.
The prefinished flooring is a lot faster to install, not to mention the added time it will take you to clean up from sanding and to allow the stain and urethane to dry. The urethane applied at the factory is also thought to be tougher and longer lasting than what you can use at home. But, if your prime concern is having total control over the exact shade of wood you want, as well as making sure it has no nicks, and you are talented at doing things like this, then unfinished flooring sounds like the perfect one for you.
Hardwood flooring has been designed especially for the DIY type of person in mind. A lot of them require no glue, nails or staples at all to install them and are relatively quick and easy to do, so they are perfect for beginners. Most of them do not require a special sub-floor and several say they can be laid over virtually any preexisting floor structure, which saves money as well as time. This does not mean; however, that you should put new flooring over a sub-floor that is not in good shape. Nails sticking up or warped boards, for instance, will create imperfections in your hardwood floor and cause it to wear out prematurely at the very least.
Be very careful when you do your measurements. You should always allow a little extra just in case you make a mistake while cutting a board. You also need to allow for the fact that hardwood flooring will shrink and expand with changes in both temperature and humidity.
When you are ready to buy your unfinished red oak hardwood floor, be sure to double check what exactly you are buying. There are so many different types that it can be very confusing. There are unfinished flooring, prefinished flooring, laminated flooring, engineered wood flooring, and wood plank flooring. Then, it branches out into hardwood flooring installation instructions, such as lock and fold, locking, etc. It seems like the hardest part is simply choosing which flooring you want to buy in the first place, after that everything gets easier.
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