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Pre-finished
or Site finished?
We know the decision
to install wood flooring in your home is a big decision, and
with so many options available, it can be a confusing
decision as well. Floor Medic is here to help.
One of the questions that comes up
often is whether prefinished wood flooring, or solid
unfinished flooring that is in house sand and finished
should be used.
Pre-finished hardwood flooring has its
benefits such as convenient Installation. Floor Medic
usually only needs a day depending on the floor size and
layout.
Pre-finished flooring already has
been coated, usually multiple times from the factory.
Pre-finished disadvantages to consider
as well.
Pre-finished flooring can be a dirt
trap and very hard to clean between the cracks sometimes
called micro-edge.
eased-edge. beveled-edge.
Although pre-finished floors are
convenient in that they install without sanding and
finishing most have a beveled edge on the wood strips which
some people find unsightly. A site finished hardwood floor has a
table-top appearance and is flat looking and much easier to
clean as well as maintain with a Screen and Coat of your
desired finish.
Pre-finished floors have to have a
next to perfect subfloor, Site finished flooring is sanded
flat, so is more forgiving of slight irregularities or
slight height variations in the subfloor.
If your pre-finished floor gets
scratched or damaged, it usually means removing a section of
flooring and completely replacing it to fix the problem,
where site-finished hardwood flooring can, in most cases, be
easily fixed with a quick sanding and finish or touch up
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