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Select The Hardwood Timber For Your Home Floor

Choosing the floor for a home is quite a tricky task. With so many options available, it has become quite difficult for homeowners to decide which material to use as a flooring option. While every flooring material has its own merits and demerits, people, especially, the one remodeling or building a new home, go for hardwood timber flooring.  Every homeowner has the list of variety of things that they want.  
Maximum people want their hardwood timber floors to be durable with classy appearance and very easy to clean. Unlike soft wood or ceramics, hardwood timber is easy to place in this category. In addition to all these features, it is also anti-allergic and safe for toddlers. Here are a few things that might help you in selecting the timber for your home floor:
·         Select The Timber
If you want to give an au-naturel appearance of your timber floors, you should go for the standard grade hardwood timber. The smooth feel of basic standard grade is just otherworldly. However, you can make your floor creative and chic by using character grade hardwood timber.

·         Floor Colour
Selecting the floor colour is a bit easier than selecting the timber grade. Make sure that you choose the color that goes with the overall appearance of the home. The basic yet main colour themes are red, brown and cream that goes with all home styles. Make sure to select the one that pleases your aesthetics the most.

·         Technical Specifications
Just like every other thing, even timber has a few technical specifications that helps the timber merchants to identify the type of the hardwood timber. Though, you might not know all the specifications, you should be aware about them. Ask your timber merchants regarding all details about the technical specifications of the timber you are buying. With the specifications, you will be able to know whether the floors will stave off the humidity and bacterial assault.

·         Amount Of Timber Required
Whether softwood or hardwood timber, both need to be accordingly cut and modified. This leads to the wastage of the timber. Make sure that know how much timber is to be used in your home. So, that you can save on the extra wastage.

Choose the ideal boardsize
        Hardwood timber comes in a variety of board sizes and are classified on the basis of their thickness, width and various other features. Select the timber board just like you want according to your preferences. You can even get the professional timber merchants to help you out.

With these points, you’ll be able to save the money and get the wooden flooring that you want in your home.

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