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Daily Archives: 27/08/2011
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Hardwood Flooring of Orlando is a hardwood flooring installation, repair, and refinishing company based in Oviedo that serves Orange and Seminole Counties. That includes Winter Park, Downtown Orlando, Kissimmee, Celebration, Lake Nona, East Orlando, Oviedo, Longwood, Altamonte Springs and Tuskawilla. We’ve been in business for over fifteen years and are family owned and operated to this day.
When it comes to staining, wood is unpredictable. Before covering your entire floor, test the stain in an inconspicuous area or on a sample piece of wood to make sure you are satisfied with the color.
Ideal for basements and other areas where moisture might be an issue, engineered-wood flooring consists of a top layer of real wood attached to multiple, thin layers of plywood or fiberboard. Depending on the thickness of the veneer, engineered wood can be refinished once or twice.
If you plan to glue down your floor, the only preparation needed is to level the floor. But if you want to nail down your floor, you need to lay a subfloor. Be sure the total thickness of the flooring plus the plywood is enough to receive the nails.
Before installing any type of wood flooring, it’s important to make sure your subfloor is level. If there are voids underneath the floorboards, the floor will squeak. This floor was leveled with sand and topped with a rubber underlayment made from recycled materials.
For aesthetic reasons, many people choose to install their floorboards lengthwise across the room. But when you’re deciding which way to lay your floor, be sure to run it perpendicular to your joist. This will make your floor as strong as possible and will prevent warping or separating in those pieces in the long run.