Solid Wood Flooring
Solid wood is one piece of wood all the way through from top to bottom, regardless of width or length. It can be bought unfinished (without lacquers or oils) or pre-finished. An unfinished floor will need to be sanded after it has been installed, to bring the surface of the floor to a level of smoothness that will accept a lacquer or oil. A pre-finished floor will normally have been treated in the factory with several coats of lacquer or oil. It can come in various lengths, shapes, dimensions, etc.
Industry standards state that a solid floor should be no more than 130mm wide (with no restrictions on length) unless face fixing is used to prevent the board from bowing or cupping. However, this is rarely adhered to by most companies, as the current trends are for long and wide planks. Clooney Wooden Floors can supply a variety of species of solid wood floors, with lengths up to 4 metres, and widths up to 150mm.
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