The major difference between unfinished and prefinished is the prefinished come already finished usually 7 coats of polyurethane and a big variety of colors.
The time frame for the process to be finished depends on the area to be installed with one advantage once the installation is done the floor is ready to be used.
If you need a floor to be ready fast this is one of the best options in the market, Our crew is specialized on those kind of installation and most of the time it's done in one or two days..
Prefinished wood floors are manufactured in almost any width. Some of the most popular styles are strip, plank and parquet. Each style is available in a variety of species, colors, and widths, so choosing the right one is a matter of preference. Strip flooring is less than 3” wide and often makes a room appear larger.
Plank flooring is equal to or greater than 3” wide and often creates a more casual look. Parquet flooring varies in size and generates a geometric, non-linear look.
Wood flooring is made from hardwoods, softwoods, domestic lumber, and a variety of imported lumber. Each wood species has unique visual characteristics and maintenance needs. Here is some of the most commons wood species.
Heartwood is creamy white to light reddish brown; sapwood is pale to creamy white.
Closed, subdued grain, with medium figuring and uniform texture. Occasionally shows quilted, fiddleback, curly or bird's-eye figuring. Figured boards often culled during grading and sold at a premium.
Heartwood ranges from a deep, rich dark brown to a purplish black. Sapwood is nearly white to tan. Difference between heartwood and sapwood color is great; some flooring manufacturers steam lumber to bleed the darker heartwood color into the sapwood.
Mostly straight and open, but some boards have burled or curly grain. Arrangements of pores is similar to hickories and persimmon, but pores are smaller in size.
Heartwood and sapwood are similar, with sapwood lighter in color; most pieces have a reddish tone. Slightly redder than white oak.
Open, slightly coarser (more porous) than white oak. Plainsawn boards have a plumed or flared grain appearance; riftsawn has a tighter grain pattern, low figuring; quartersawn has a flake pattern, sometimes called tiger rays or butterflies.
Heartwood is light brown; some boards may have a pinkish tint or a slight grayish cast. Sapwood is white to cream.
Open, with longer rays than red oak. Occasional crotches, swirls and burls. Plainsawn boards have a plumed or flared grain appearance; riftsawn has a tighter grain pattern, low figuring; quartersawn has a flake pattern, sometimes called tiger rays or butt.
Pecan heartwood is reddish brown with darkbrown stripes; sapwood is white or creamy white withpinkish tones. Hickory heartwood is tan or reddish;sapwood is white to cream, with fine brown lines.
Pecan is open, occasionally wavy or irregular.Hickory is closed, with moderate definition; somewhatrough-textured.
Sapwood is gray-white; heartwood is salmonred to orange-brown when fresh and becomes russetor reddish brown when seasoned; often marked withdark streaks.
Mostly interlocked; texture is medium torather coarse.
Heartwood is light tan to dark brown; sapwoodis creamy white. Similar in appearance to white oak,but frequently more yellow.
Bold, straight, moderately open grain withoccasional wavy figuring. Can have strong contrastin grain in plainsawn boards.
In yellow birch (B. alleghaniensis), sapwood iscreamy yellow or pale white; heartwood is light red-dish brown tinged with red. In sweet birch (B. lenta),sapwood is light colored and heartwood is dark browntinged with red.
Medium figuring, straight, closed grain, eventexture. Occasional curly grain or wavy figure insome boards.
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