For centuries, wood floors have been featured in the upper echelon of architecture and design. Palaces, castles, cathedrals, and estates from around the world showcase some of the more articulately designed wooden floors. Tracing its roots to medieval times and further back in some instances, a solid plank of hardwood flooring has a proven longevity and an unmatched beauty. Using the largest trees and hand machining long and wide planks of solid hardwood, these floors are still in some of the oldest edifices in the world.
With the introduction of the industrial revolution, hardwood flooring became available to the masses. It was no longer a perk of the rich, or a showpiece in a centuries-old university, hardwood flooring was available to everybody. However, this newfound availability did not detract from the status of hardwood flooring. The unique natural beauty of solid hardwood cannot be duplicated and is within itself a trove of splendor.
The many different grades and species make hardwood flooring more difficult to truly replicate, and when you add in the use of reclaimed hardwoods, you can easily have your own distinctive tastes amplified within your walls due to your hardwood flooring choices.
Reclaimed hardwood flooring has become one of the most popular choices for exclusive home décor. Taking the old and repurposing these products to breath new life into your own space adds warmth and a wizened aura within your walls. Nothing says enduring quite as much as hardwood that has been repurposed within either your aging walls or a brand-new home…
If you plan to eventually sell your home, installing wood floors can increase the appeal and market value. If you are planning to stay, you will save money that would have been required for the eventual replacement of other types of flooring. Remember that carpet, laminate, vinyl, linoleum and tile are all throw-away floors, once they are used up, they’re destined for the dump. Meanwhile a hardwood floor can go ten to fifteen years or more on it’s original factory finish, and then you just sand and finish it again and it’s like regaining a new floor. Meaning that after the initial purchase and installation costs, you have a floor that will last a lifetime.
Solid hardwood flooring is most commonly milled at ¾” thickness and can range in length and width from one and a half inches wide to over twelve inches wide or more. These ultra-wide floors should be of the finest quality and fully acclimated to the dry Rocky Mountain climate during the milling process. Even after these steps are taken, the floor should be acclimated to jobsite conditions before installation. This will ensure that your floor will stay as stable as possible after the job is done.
After all, everyone wants to limit those unsightly gaps we all start to see when the weather turns cold.
