Frequently Asked Questions: Unfinished, or Prefinished?

Q: I am remodeling my house and am considering refinishing parts of my hardwood floor. Should I use prefinished or unfinished hardwood flooring?

A: Both prefinished and unfinished hardwood flooring have their advantages and disadvantages. The answer to this question really depends on what kind of flooring you currently have in your home and how much access you want in the room(s) being remodeled.

If you are trying to match an existing hardwood floor, your best bet is unfinished. This allows you to stain the new boards to match the current floor exactly. However, onsite finishing results in a lot of dust, dirt, and noise, and you may not have access to that area of your home during the finishing process.

Choosing prefinished flooring means you get to avoid the hassles that come from onsite finishing. However, it also means your new boards are less likely to match your current floor. This isn't a big deal if you are only replacing a few boards, but if you need to replace half a room the mismatch could be distracting.

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Frequently Asked Questions: When Should I Install New Hardwood Floors?

When building a new home or remodeling an existing one, there is a certain order your project must take in order to be successful. After all, you wouldn't want to put up the walls before you pour the foundation, would you? Well, installing hardwood flooring also has a place in the construction or remodeling process.

Unfortunately, builders or contractors will often rush through the hardwood flooring installation process without regard to the negative consequences the homeowner could face in the future. If you're a regular reader of this blog, you'll know that hardwood flooring has to be installed correctly to avoid such future problems as bending, warping, end checking, and others. If installed too early in a construction process, flooring can be exposed to moisture, dents, scrapes, stains, and other project-related problems. Hardwood flooring installation should be saved for the end of a construction project to minimize these risks. 

Hardwood flooring installation should be one of the last home building
or remodeling projects you complete.

Visit Fantastic-Floor.com to learn more about hardwood flooring installation, or give us a call at 888-448-9663.