Hardwood flooring: bringing elegance and durability to your home

Hardwood species: find the perfect match for your style

Choosing the right wood species can change the entire look and feel of your room. Each wood species has its unique grain pattern, color, and hardness level. Here are some popular hardwood flooring options:

• Oak: Known for its warmth and durability, oak has a beautiful grain pattern that hides scratches well, making it a favorite for high-traffic areas.
• Maple: With its smooth grain and light color, maple brings a contemporary look to any room. It’s also highly durable and perfect for areas that see heavy foot traffic.
• Hickory: If you want a more rustic feel, hickory is your wood. With its bold grain and natural color variation, hickory is both stylish and highly durable.
• Walnut: For a darker, rich finish, walnut is an excellent choice. It’s softer than oak or maple, but its luxurious appearance makes it ideal for bedrooms and dining rooms.

The benefits of wood floors

Hardwood flooring has been popular for centuries for a reason—it offers so many advantages:

• Timeless beauty: Hardwood flooring adds natural elegance and character to your home. Unlike trends that come and go, wood floors look great in any era.
• Increased home value: Installing hardwood floors can boost your property’s value. Many buyers see hardwood as a premium feature, adding appeal and durability.
• Easy to maintain: Hardwood flooring is simple to clean. A quick sweep or light mop keeps it looking fresh, and it doesn’t trap dust or allergens, so it's a healthier choice for allergy-prone households.
• Long-lasting: With proper care, wood floors can last for generations. Solid wood can be refinished multiple times, restoring its original look, while engineered wood remains resilient for years.
• Eco-friendly options: Wood is a renewable resource, and many suppliers offer sustainably harvested options. Choosing hardwood can be an environmentally conscious decision.

Whether you’re looking for a traditional charm or a modern twist, hardwood flooring brings natural beauty and durability to any room. With so many types and finishes available, hardwood is versatile enough to match any decor style.

About Hardwood Floors

Nothing matches the warmth and beauty of hardwood flooring.

The rich colors and enduring quality of today’s hardwood floors make them one of the most popular flooring choices. Hardwood floors are more resistant to wear than ever before, and with countless styles and colors to choose from, we can transform any room in your home into an inviting place for family and friends. From the timeless appeal of a traditional smooth wood floor to the character and style of a handscraped and distressed, there is a hardwood floor to fit your space.

Engineered Hardwood flooring is real hardwood – the word “engineered” just refers to the way it is made. There are many benefits to choosing an engineered product over a solid product.

Here are the facts:

Engineered hardwoods are made of several layers, or ‘plies’ that are glued together in a cross-grain construction. This type of construction is far stronger than a single piece of solid wood; and it’s also more structurally sound. Most engineered hardwoods come with a structure warranty, solid wood floors do not.

Engineered hardwoods can be installed below grade and direct to concrete – solid wood floors can not.
The top face is crafted from the finest veneers (which are just an industry term for ‘top layer’) that provide the most uniform color and the most resistance to seasonal expansion.

From an environmental responsibility standpoint:

Engineered wood floors use half as many trees as solid wood floors
Faster growing, renewable wood used for inner plies
Mannington’s wood facility reuses its mill waste for energy
Mannington uses only water-based finishes that contain no VOCs
Mannington uses a formaldehyde free adhesive system that meets or beats the most stringent indoor air quality standards.

Exotic Species – Today wood flooring is also offered in a variety of hardwood species that are not always found in North America. Exotic floors offer many unique and visually striking appearances that are distinctly different from the North American hardwoods.

Mohawk Hardwood Flooring Collections include some of the finest hardwoods from all over the world.

Jezard Flooring has a wide variety of hardwoods from many different manufacturers.

Schedule a Free in home estimate and have a Jezard Flooring sales associate bring hardwood flooring samples to your home.