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Hardwood Floors A beautiful hardwood floor can be the start of a clean, breathtaking setting for your new or current fabulous home. Enhance your lifestyle with an elegant impression, providing character and unique style to the ambiance of your rooms. Here at Kuhn Flooring Gallery we provide personal supervision with professional attention to detail with every project. Become inspired by the warmth of deep reds and the richness of lush browns in unique variations that add an exquisite touch to any apllication. Kuhn provides a wide array of hardwood surfaces to satisfy your needs. Come visit our showroom for specials on our wood products and one on one personal attention from our highly experienced representatives. Hardwood Manufacturers
Difference between Engineered Hardwood & Solid Hardwood Solid Hardwood: One piece of 100% natural solid hardwood milled from lumber. Can be nailed or stapled down on or above grade level only; wood subfloor is required Engineered Hardwood: Top Layer: 1/12” to 1/6” thick layer of wood. This is the grain and color species you see when the floor is installed. Supporting Layers: Multiple layers of wood that are assembled and glued in a cross-ply construction. This structure is more stable and less susceptible to shrinking and expanding than solid wood. Glue or staple down on, above, or below grade level, over wood and vinyl subfloors – even concrete. Styles and Types Color Variation Scale:
Since wood is a natural material it will react to any kind of light exposure. Especially any type of exotic wood will gain richness in color or may become darker / lighter over time. The most dramatic change in color will occur within the first six months following the installation. Board Width: Every wood product contains a board width. The board width you choose will affect the appearance of the wood along with the space in your room. For instance, you can visually expand a room’s appearance by using a 2-1/4” strip floor or you can create a larger room image by installing varying widths of 3” planks. Edge Treatments: Edge treatments come in different forms. Certain collections offer boards with a slight bevel to the edges and ends. If you use a slight bevel edge your individual planks will look more noticeable, in comparison a mico-beveling and eased edges will offer a subtle definition to your floors. If you are looking for a more unified floor appearance you would use planks with square edges. Surface Texture: There are a variety of surface textures when it comes to wood. 1. Hand sculpted: floors are created by hand sculpting each piece of wood by hand to create a unique one of a kind floor. The planks are cut into varying lengths and the edges are hand beveled. This type of floor is designed perfectly as if a craftsman had done it centuries ago. 2. Color Wash: This process takes the natural beauty of a hardwood floor and takes the finishing color to a step beyond your expectations. The surface of the wood is treated with a dark stain wash that accents the grain detail and texture. The natural color that exuberates off the floor contrasted with the darkened grain patterns creates a magnificent contrast. 3. Smooth Face: If you are looking for an elegant touch to your home with a feel of that classy piano style ambiance, a smooth face floor may work best for you. Hardness Scale: If you are expecting a lot of traffic on your floors such as children, pets or foot traffic ask about the hardness of the floor. Strong resilient oak is used as the industry benchmark when comparing wood to a scale from softer to harder. When extra-durability is needed consider a wood species as hard or harder than oak.
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