Despite the ever increasing selection of hardwood flooring materials available oak continues to be the standard.
Installing unfinished wood flooring without sanding.
Today you can get solid hardwood flooring prefinished in a variety of stain colors with a durable long lasting factory warranted finish.
Not sanding a freshly laid hardwood floor and finishing it as is makes the installation less messy and time consuming but it would be a mistake.
How to install unfinished oak hardwood flooring.
But once you factor in finishing costs prefinished ends up.
Tech install 12 4 19 flooring 101 home solid hardwood flooring installation unfinished solid hardwood installation instructions.
At dave s we have 40 years of installing hardwood flooring and generally we have noticed this decision comes down to these main factors.
Once you are on the specifications tab scroll to the bottom of the page and there is pdf that says install guide and one that says warranty.
It is one of the most abundant.
With unfinished you have the ability to refinish easily as well as enjoy the natural imperfections of the wood and with prefinished you appreciate the convenience of being able to choose a perfectly.