{"id":197,"date":"2016-08-22T20:18:41","date_gmt":"2016-08-22T20:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/blog\/?p=197"},"modified":"2016-09-20T19:32:50","modified_gmt":"2016-09-20T19:32:50","slug":"wood-flooring-options-in-new-jersey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/blog\/2016\/08\/22\/wood-flooring-options-in-new-jersey\/","title":{"rendered":"Wood Flooring Options in New Jersey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\"><strong>Flooring Company NJ<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>New Jersey is over whelmed with different <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">flooring<\/a> options. Finding the best flooring company in New Jersey can be very tricky. There are so many options to choose from. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">Floors<\/a> are generally the best way to decorate your residential or commercial space.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">Flooring companies in New Jersey<\/a>\u00a0offer variety of different options of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">wood floors<\/a>. Every different type of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">wood flooring<\/a> comes in different shapes and characteristics. Here are the different types of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">wood flooring<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">Solid hardwood Flooring<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong>Solid <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">wood flooring<\/a> can be classified in to three main types. Each type is found in unfinished and prefinished format. The main difference between unfinished and prefinished flooring is that unfinished flooring must be sanded and finished after the installation whereas on the other hand prefinished <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">wood flooring<\/a> is sanded and finished at the factory so it requires only installation at the job site. Following are the most commonly used <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">solid hardwood<\/a> types:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Strip Flooring<br \/>\n<\/strong>Strip <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">flooring <\/a>can be determined by its thickness. This type of flooring comes in specified width but the thickness can be variable. This type of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">wood flooring<\/a> is laid out with solid pieces of wood in parallel rows.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Plank Flooring<br \/>\n<\/strong>Just like the name indicates\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">Plank flooring<\/a>\u00a0is made up of solid wooden planks. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">Wide plank floors<\/a> can be up to a foot wide. These types of floors add completely different aesthetics to your home or business space. Wide plank gives a rustic or a country look to the floors.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Parquet Flooring<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">Parquet flooring<\/a>\u00a0is different from usual <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">hardwood floor<\/a> because it uses small boxes or strips of wood which are laid together in decorative pattern giving out mosaic effect on the floor. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">Parquet floors<\/a> are laid out in different shapes, such as triangles, squares etc. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">Parquet flooring<\/a> is originally mad from solid wood but these days it comes in engineered wood as well. Solid wood <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">parquet flooring<\/a> comes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Engineered hardwood Flooring<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">Engineered wood flooring<\/a> is often times confused with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">laminate wood flooring<\/a>. This type of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">wood flooring<\/a> consists of two or more layers. The top layer is wood veneer and the lower layers often consist of plywood or solid wood. \u00a0To produce <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">engineered wood flooring<\/a>, these multiple layers are bonded together under pressure. The difference between engineered and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">laminate flooring<\/a> is the presence of real wood. In <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">laminate flooring<\/a> there is no actual wood.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Laminate hardwood flooring<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">Laminate flooring<\/a>\u00a0makes your home or office space look beautiful. As compared to hardwood laminate flooring is lower in cost and offer variety of designs, shapes and finish. Laminate flooring comes in different thickness and forms. Laminate planks are lighter in weight and easy to cut.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/gallery.html\">Click here to view wood Flooring Gallery<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sanding and\u00a0Refinishing<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">Hardwood floors<\/a> are long lasting but they get dull and lose the original look with time. The dull and faded look of the flooring can be fixed by the means of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">sanding\u00a0and\u00a0refinishing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Removing warn out surfaces from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">wood floors<\/a> is the sanding process. Floor sanding equipment and experience is required to undergo this process. The process compromises of following steps:\u00a0preparation, coating and sanding. For each step there are different tools and equipment required. The first step preparation requires finding all nails popping out of the floor.\u00a0So that they can be pulled out or penetrated in the floor to avoid damage to the sanding machine. This also ensures the floor is smooth. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">Wood floors<\/a> have a protective coating, which gets scratched of scuffed with time but the floor underneath is intact. To get back the luster of your topcoat, floor buffering tool is used. This is called screening of the floor. Screening process can get difficult if there is a use of wax or oil soap product. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">Sanding<\/a> is a dusty process and it can get very messy. Finer grit sandpaper is used to produce a smooth surface. If you are a fan of natural wooden look in floors, you can leave the floor as is or it can be coated with varnish and layers can be used to achieve a finish of your choice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flooring Company NJ New Jersey is over whelmed with different flooring options. Finding the best flooring company in New Jersey can be very tricky. 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