- Industry: Building materials
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Hardwood floors that are stained with color and sealed with a protective finish by the manufacturer prior to installation.
Industry:Building materials
Detail piece that finishes the space where wood or laminate flooring meets the wall.
Industry:Building materials
A type of finish used on hardwood to protect it from damage. Polyurethane finishes do not require waxing.
Industry:Building materials
Another word for a layer of wood, typically used to described engineered hardwood construction layers.
Industry:Building materials
A hardwood floor finish that contains a high level of aluminum oxide for superior resistance to surface wear-through.
Industry:Building materials
Inlaid woodwork in geometric forms, sometimes of contrasting woods, used in flooring. A common example is individual pickets of wood flooring, adhered together in groups of six pickets - then four picketed squares are alternately adhered to form a tile pattern.
Industry:Building materials
Pertaining to the location of a finished floor with no portion below ground, and with the floor and the ground in contact or separated by less than 18 inches of well-ventilated space.
Industry:Building materials
An installation method that connects engineered hardwood or laminate boards to each other without the need for glue on the edges or ends. The boards lock together via a tongue-and-groove system. Interlocking floors “float” over the subfloor (see "Floating Floors"
Industry:Building materials
Featured in select Premium floors, our Magnum Plus HDF™ Core is structured to give you the sound of real hardwood, along with excellent sound absorption. This innovative technology also offers superior resistance to surface spills and subfloor moisture.
Industry:Building materials
