Living With Unfinished Wood Floors

Just like solid hardwood floors engineered hardwood floors come in a wide variety of styles colors and wood species.

Living with unfinished wood floors.

This type of construction makes engineered hardwood less likely to expand and better suitable for installation over radiant heating systems concrete slabs and basements. Many choose to sand and then stain or seal the wood after. Unfinished wood flooring is a popular choice with certain people who prefer to retain wood in its completely natural state. How awful is it to have to move out of your house for a week or two while people sand your floors create a lot of dust and put down layers of a chemical that s basically a clear nail polish and unhealthy for animals and people.

A blend of cozy fabrics and contemporary accents this living room pairs a fusion of different styles with warm rugged hardwood floors. The floors have a soft golden tone mostly due to the solid fruit wood flooring and the light cream painted walls. There are no downsides in my mind to living with unvarnished wood floors and only benefits financially and physically. Unfinished hardwood floors are one of the least expensive and most common options people choose when they install hardwood flooring.

But when it comes to maintenance the absence of the likes of a lacquer or an oil finish does mean that you need to be more respectful of your floor than you might otherwise need to be. Engineered hardwood floors have a solid wood top and bottom but the middle or core layers are made of plywood.