Time has proven that hardwood floors continue to hold the top spot for the most desirable flooring for both homes and businesses. In this blog, we will explain why they remain the best choice for your flooring installation project.
Hardwood Floors Are Timeless
Flooring trends come and go, presenting a risk that your space could quickly feel outdated. However, hardwood floors are timeless, allowing you to find a range of flooring options perfectly suited to your space.
Although we do see trends in hardwood floors, such as hardwood floor wood type, stains, and board size, it’s easy to find a classic look that will maintain its appeal and value regardless of the interior trends of the day.
Hardwood Floors Increase ROI
Hardwood floors don’t just hold their value; they increase in value. This is because buyers view hardwood floors as a premium feature. From a business perspective, they elevate your space to appeal to customers willing to pay a premium for the goods and services you offer.
According to home improvement guru Bob Vila, this home renovation feature will see an average ROI of 118 percent. Despite having a higher upfront cost than other flooring options, their value is seen as soon as you list your home.
Hardwood Floor Stains Are Customizable
From a style perspective, nothing compares to the versatility and design appeal of hardwood. Hardwood floor installations offer a wide variety of style choices, including customizable stains perfectly matched to your exact tone preference.
We only offer on-site staining, a process unique to hardwood floors. As a result, you’ll find incomparable versatility in hardwood flooring designs based on critical aspects of a space, such as light, wall colours, and other wood features in the room.
Hardwood Floors Offer Long-Term Savings
No doubt, affordable new flooring trends such as laminate and vinyl plank flooring (VPF) are giving hardwood floors a run for their money. However, there are many different hardwood floor options available that could be more affordable than you might think.
A perfect example is engineered hardwood floors that use a thin layer of natural wood to get the look and feel of hardwood. We offer the opportunity to use antique reclaimed wood for a completely bespoke look for engineered floors. It’s always worth discussing your flooring options with a hardwood expert to get a realistic picture of hardwood floor pricing.
As mentioned, you also need to consider the ROI that instantly pays for itself when you sell your home. Sellers can often experience losses by choosing a lower-quality floor, so looking at the long-term value is important.
Hardwood Floors Are One-of-a-Kind
Engineered flooring options such as laminate and VPF are designed to mimic the look of natural hardwood floors. However, as appealing as some higher-quality options might be, they can never match the one-of-a-kind appeal of hardwood.
Manufacturers have done a good job of mimicking the natural knots and characteristics of wood. Still, where they fall short is that they can only produce a limited number of unique board designs.
Hardwood floors guarantee unique characteristics in every board, with knots, grains, dents, and more. This creates an unmatched uniqueness that other flooring options can’t achieve.
Hardwood Floors Are Consistent
When you choose to have your floors stained on-site, you ensure a consistency in the tone of your floorboards.
While we sang the praises of one-of-a-kind floors above, where you don’t want to see uniqueness, is in the tone of your hardwood floors. Since the floorboards are stained on-site, the entire space sees a consistency in wood stain colour for a cohesive, calming effect.
When installing other hard surface flooring options, you can experience undesirable colour discrepancies from box to box. An old trick that works well is alternating floorboards from different boxes to avoid noticeable colour blocking. However, you can still see a patchy look that can be unpleasant to the eye.
Hardwood Floors Can Be Refinished
Unlike laminate and VPF, hardwood floors can be refinished and repaired. Sanding and refinishing allow you to maintain your floors or change the look without the need for a costly complete replacement.
Years of wear and tear can cause tiny imperfections that can dull any type of flooring. When severe damage occurs, hardwood floor boards can be removed and replaced. Minor repairs can be made without the need to remove the floorboards. The repairs can also be colour-matched so they don’t stand out.
Hardwood Floors Are Heritage-Home Friendly
When you’re restoring a heritage home, hardwood floors are available in both new and antique wood options.
You can find the ideal wood floors to match the original floors in your home, or completely replace flooring beyond repair. Installing other flooring options will lose the original character of the home, while also feeling out of place and inauthentic.
Hardwood Floors Are Available in Eco-Friendly Reclaimed Wood
Reclaimed wood is an eco-friendly option that reduces materials sent to local landfill sites. The wood is also remarkably strong and durable as a result of perfect seasoning achieved over decades.
Customized Hardwood Installations
Customized hardwood installations aren’t limited to your choice of stains. While you can have floor installations customized for other flooring options, hardwood floors can be customized in endless ways, including the following:
- Hardwood floor boards: You can choose the floor board length and width to achieve the look you desire and to suit the scale of the room.
- Hardwood floor tiles: Customized parquet hardwood floor tiles are a throwback to a centuries-old installation process, creating squares out of narrow floorboard slats.
- Hardwood floor wood type: We offer a range of wood species, including white oak, grey elm, walnut, ash, red pine, and red maple.
- Reclaimed options: Reclaimed hardwood floors provide a unique opportunity to install perfectly seasoned antique wood, including rare wood species such as reclaimed rock elm and hemlock.
- Mixed stains: We can create unique patterns using different stains, including whimsical checkerboard floors, intricate borders, and completely bespoke inset designs.
- Texture: Hardwood floor boards can be customized with texture, whether you want a rustic look or simply want to reduce signs of wear and tear. We also offer live-edge planks.
Contact the Professionals at Revival Flooring
At Revival Flooring, our hardwood floors are the best choice for ROI, durability, customization and visual appeal. To learn more about our hardwood floors, call us at 705-990-0548 or contact us online with any questions you might have.