There are many types of wood to choose from, but mainly there are two types, the hardwoods and the softwoods. For the hardwoods, it is heavy, hard and strong with outstanding wear-resistance. Very resistant to impact and wear. For the softwoods, usually medium to low weight, low shock resistance and stiffness, and generally low strength properties. Mainly the hardwoods were from North America and Europe, and the softwood was mainly from Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.

Generally, hardwood is mostly is build for something that can resist wear ness over a period of time and still remain its own original form. Therefore, for flooring, hardwood is considering one of the most abundant materials to construct the flooring for most of the homes in North America. There are mainly five most common types of wood to choose from: Red Oak, Maple, Birch, Ash, Cherry, and Beech. Red Oak, also known as Northern red oak, Eastern red

oak, gray oak, American red oak, Canadian red oak, and mountain red oak. It has a straight grained with a coarse texture and prominent rays. Maple, also known as soft maple, scarlet maple, swamp maple, and water maple. It is a straight, close grain with a fine, even texture. Wide, creamy white sapwood and beige or tan-colored heartwood. Birch, also known as canoe birch, red birch, silver birch, white birch, Canadian white birch and Kenai birch. It has a straight grained with a fine, even texture and a Pale-brown heartwood and creamy white sapwood. Ash is also known as American ash, Biltmore ash, and cane ash and generally straight grained with a coarse texture. Cherry is also known as cherry, wild cherry, gean, mazzard, merisier, and kers. It has straight grained with a fairly uniform texture and a rich luster. And finally, Beech is also known as red beech, white beech, stone beech, and winter beech. It has a straight or sometimes interlocked grain with a fine, even texture on the surface.

Technology is keep on improving, same as wood manufacturing. New innovation from prefinished protective coating to a floor limit glue on concrete base engineered flooring. Those innovations that give the modern architect a even more freedom to disobey natures' restriction and to create a better living environment.

Both, hardwood and Bamboo floors have almost the same procedures for installation. First of all, to ensure the sub floor is dry and level. Measure the moisture content of the sub floo

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