Everyone has a dream to enhance the quality and beauty of his home. There are many things that you can choose to complete your new home attractiveness. Choose the right Hardwood Floor for Your New Home is a stunning process. But after my explanation, you feel easy to select excellent and right hardwood for your home. Hardwood is a type of wood that has an origin from trees having flowers. These trees grow in rocky land and stony place. Hardwood floors increase the durability and flashness of your home by increasing the wealth of your new home. The choice of the right hardwood floor for your new home is also dependent on the environment. Different types of hardwood floors have structures according to home locations and the environment. Now I will tell you about the right choice of hardwood floor for your new home.

Methods to choose the right hardwood floor:

Two main kinds of hardwood floors are in use in our daily life. These two kinds are solid and engineered hardwood floors.

• Solid hardwood floor: 

This type of floor has a healthy piece of wood. This wood can be from different species. In this type of floor, planks and strips are available in different widths and thicknesses. Generally, the thickness of the plank is about 0.75 inches. You can select the floor type according to your budget and will.

Solid hardwood is durable for your floor. The lifespan of this type of floor is up to several years. Scratch and dents cannot produce on them because the upper layer of solid hardwood is thick enough. Solid hardwood is not suitable if you live near a beach. This type of wood is spongy-like and, moisture does not affect it. The cost of solid hardwood is about 3$ to 20$.

• Engineered hardwood floor:

In this type of floor, planks and strips are manufactures using layers of hardwood. It can be plywood. This type of wood is flexible. This wood is preferable in moisturized places. It is not spongy. The cost of this wood is less than solid hardwood.

The disadvantage of engineered wood is that the upper layer of wood is thinner than the lower. The chances of damage are high. Cuts and scrapes can produce in no time.

I can tell you about the two types of wood which are solid and engineered wood. Both have advantages and disadvantages according to the place and requirements. You can choose any wood for the flooring of a new home.

After choosing the right hardwood type, I will tell you about the process for selecting the right hardwood according to the properties of hardwood.

• Finishing: 

It is the look of wood that you use in your home flooring. This property increases and enhances the beauty of your home. Before buying planks, check the finishing of the upper surface of the wood. If you purchase a block of raw wood from a market, do finishing from an expert on this work. I prefer that you have to buy any Raw wood from the market and then do the process of finishing from an expert according to your desire.

The level of planks is adjustable by finishing. Many colors are available for the finishing process. You can select them according to your home colors. The matching of colors is essential to enhance the beauty of your home. By doing these steps, the maintenance of the floor is easy.

• Grain size and pattern:

Grain size and pattern of grain are important for floor decoration and beauty. There is a different pattern of grain that has a use in flooring. A mainly linear design is preferable. Semicircle and radial patterns are also in the selection of some people. Grain size and structure do not affect the strength of hardwood. It is about your interest and desire that what you want.

• Thickness and width of planks:

Its inevitable parameters have checking criteria while choosing the right hardwood for your new home floor. In previous days, most people used small thickness planks. Now, the way of residence changes. Most people prefer thicker planks. Thicker planks have strength and durability. It has resistance against moisture. The probability of producing dents and scratches decreases due to it. If you choose planks and strips with small width, they will wrap. The lifespan of wood will reduce. The chances of producing dents and scratches will increase.

Wood with small thickness has cracks in it. These cracks increase with time and disturb the beauty of your new home floor. If you have enough budget, prefer wood with enough thickness and width.  

Advantages:

For choosing the right hardwood floor, you must know about the advantages and disadvantages of hardwood floors.

• Hardwood floors increase the attraction and charm of your home.

• The maintenance of hardwood floors is easy and less expensive.

• It is easy to clean the hardwood floor.

• The hardwood floor is healthy and durable.

• The lifespan of hardwood depends on the type of hardwood including, solid and engineered hardwood. Generally, solid wood has a higher lifespan.

• If you use good wood for your home flooring, it will increase the value of your home.

• There are no unmannered particles induced into hardwood floors like a carpet. There is no moisture and dents production.

• Hardwood floors cannot get damaged in a short period. The air quality is good in hardwood floor homes.

• Due to the passage of time, carpets and other flooring sheets lose their lush and colors. But hardwood floor does not lose its lush and colors.

• If the finishing of the hardwood floor is damaged, you can refinish it.

• Hardwood floors can reduce noise and vibration because wood is one of the best absorbents of vibration.

Disadvantages:

All things have some disadvantages with advantages. So, some of the disadvantages of hardwood flooring are following.

• The main disadvantages are that wood is porous. Due to this process, moisture will produce into the wood. This moisture damages the wood quality and beauty.

• There is difficulty in preparing the hardwood floor. It’s a time taking process.

• Hardwood floors are not soft.

• It is an economical process to make a hardwood floor.

Conclusion:

After explaining all the features of choosing a hardwood floor, I concluded that you have to prefer a durable and strong wood that resists any scratches, dents, and cracks. If you have enough budget, prefer a hardwood floor. It increases the beauty and value of your new home