In my experience the carpet or hardwood question isn t an either or issue.
Hardwood floors or carpet.
Design your floor to your unique tastes with a variety of width and color options.
If you re going for an antique feel consider hand scraped or distressed.
Wide traditional smooth faced hardwood.
Opt for smooth if you prefer a clean modern look.
Wide scraped solid hardwood and 3 additional popular colors available in 2 1 4 in 3 1 4 in.
One is an entirely synthetic soft quiet inexpensive material with a relatively short lifespan while the other is a natural hard and expensive flooring material that is likely to last longer than.
Order hardwood samples and see how they look in your.
It s a nasty job especially if the carpeting you remove was glued to the underlying hardwood floor which was the case in one of my flooring jobs.
I ve also had the pleasure of redoing hardwood floors on several occasions.
Hardwood floors also come in different textures including smooth hand scraped and distressed.
Still need help deciding on the best hardwood option for your project.
Prefinished hardwood floors have a coating that protects them and they re ready to install right out of the box.
Unfinished hardwoods allow you to apply your own stain color.
Installing hardwood floors can cost between 9 and 12 per square foot compared with about 3 to 5 per square foot for carpet so some homeowners opt to install hardwood floors only in some.
Engineered hardwood floors have a solid wood top and bottom but the middle or core layers are made of plywood.