How to Choose Solid Hardwood Floor for Your Home?

Are you trying to remodel your house? Then you need to consider having solid hardwood floor in the house. It is a simple thing that will actually dramatically change the appearance of the space.

Of course, you need to be careful when choosing the hardwood flooring. There are a lot of things to consider besides the appearance of the flooring. It will highly impact the feeling that you get in the room so you need to consider it carefully. 

Reasons to Get Solid Hardwood Floor for Your Space

There are a lot of reasons why people use hardwood flooring on various rooms inside their house. This flooring is really attractive and you will get a lot of flexibility when decorating the space.

Of course, you should not use solid hardwood floor on area with a lot of moisture such as the laundry and bathroom. But besides those two rooms, you can use it in pretty much any other rooms you want in the house. 

There are a lot of benefits that you can get when using the hardwood floor inside the house such as

• Hardwood floor is soft and feels warm under the feet so it is comfortable to walk on even on bare feet. 
• If you take good care of the flooring, it will last for a long time as the material is very durable.
• Solid hardwood floor is a natural element that you can add to the space which actually give more character in the room.
• You have a lot of options to choose from so you can really insert your personality into the flooring.

With various benefits that you will get, it will surely encourage you to use the hardwood flooring. 

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Things to Consider When Choosing Hardwood Flooring

Since now you are convinced to use this flooring then the next thing that you need to know is how to choose it. Before shopping, try to think which rooms where you will use it on. Then you also need to think about the room function since it will highly affect your options later on. Here are some things that you need to consider when choosing solid hardwood floor:

Flooring types

There are more than 2 types of hardwood floor that you can choose. But, in this article we will tell you about two types. First is the engineered and second is the solid flooring. Of course, both has their own characteristic that differ them from one another. 

Traditionally solid hardwood floor is the one that people choose the most. They are made using solid wood that are thick that give the authentic feeling of hardwood floor. On either side of the plank there are groove and tongue which used to join the planks together. 

They are a good option if you looking for flooring that can be used for a long time. Because of they are thicker, you can actually refinish and sanding them multiple times along the usage time. 

Meanwhile, these days engineered wood flooring gain increase in popularity. They are made using plywood and composite materials that are layered on top of each other. Then on the very top they will be covered by hardwood veneer. 

Because of the way they are made with multiple layers, they would not shift over time. This means, you will not have to worry about shifting flooring which can happen when the season change. 

However, some engineered flooring comes with thin layer on the veneer part. This is why, you cannot actually refinish and sanding them too often. At max, you will only able to do it once or sometimes two times depends on how thick the veneer is.

Wood Species

Species of the wood used for the flooring is another important thing that you need to consider. The solid hardwood floor can be made from various species of woods which can affect its appearance.

But you should also consider it beyond just the appearance since each of the species will have their own functions and benefits. Some of the species are harder than the other, so you need to carefully choose them if you want flooring that is more durable. It is especially useful if you choosing flooring for high traffic area such as the kitchen. 

Grain pattern

The pattern of the wood grain is created from the way the log is cut during the making of solid hardwood floor. This will highly affect the appearance of the flooring especially since it can be more obvious once the finishing is applied. All pattern are good so you just need to choose it based on your taste.

On-site finishing or Pre-finishing

You should know that you can actually purchase the solid hardwood floor in raw without any finishing on the surface. That way, you can have professional to finish it later on once it is installed.

There is also pre-finished option which means the planks will already come with the topcoat and stained beforehand. That way, you will be able to see what the solid hardwood Indonesia looked like from the start and you will be able to match the appearance with the room perfectly. 

Finishing type

There are various types of finishing that you can use for the hardwood flooring. But they are can be categorized into two types which are polyurethane finishing and oil-based finishing. 

Both have different advantage that will highly affect the appearance of the finished look of the solid hardwood floor. If you use oil-based finishing, then the finishing will be able to penetrate into the material. That way, you will get more natural look that appear soft with matte finish. 

Meanwhile if you use polyurethane finishing for the hardwood floor then it will create some kind of topcoat in the surface. The topcoat is hard and makes the hardwood flooring became more resilient to damage. You should consider this finishing if you use the flooring on high traffic area.

Those are the things that you need to consider when choosing hardwood flooring for your home. Each room might have different requirements so you need to consider each of them independently. 

Once you follow everything, then I want to tell you about a manufacturer from Indonesia that has been in operation for more than 45 years focusing in the wood flooring and wood component business. That manufacture is Jati Luhur Agung (PT Jati Luhur Agung). They provide a lot of different types of wood flooring materials with different market value that will fit into your market. So It will be easier to get solid hardwood floor that suit your need. Contact us if you need any help.