Madera Floors specializes in the custom installation
and finishing of hardwood floors.

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I Want Wood:

Wood flooring will add classic beauty and charm to any room in your home. Today's finishes enhance the natural beauty of wood flooring while making it long lasting and easy to care for.

Madera Floors Inc. can help you carefully plan you installation to ensure that it will complement your decor. The following information is a basic guide to help you learn more about our wood flooring products and help you make the right choices for your home.

Types of wood flooring
Wood flooring can be made from solid wood or from wood veneers glued together. both are available with or without finish Unfinished flooring refers to a product that is first installed at the site without any finish. Pre finished flooring is sanded and finished at the factory. It only requires installation to be ready to use.

Solid wood flooring is made of solid lumber, It is available both unfinished and refinished, and comes several forms and sizes.

Engineered wood flooring is made by bonding thin layers of lumber with an attractive wood veneer on the surface. It also is available in both finished and unfinished, and comes in several forms and sizes.

Parquet and Borders
For centuries decorative hardwood flooring has been used to accentuate many homes. The warm colors and versatility of application from wood flooring species gives you an unlimited variety of choices.

Parquet
From the simplest of designs to elaborate patters, parquet reached its heyday in the early 1900's. Since then it has been used in homes of distinction worldwide.

Borders
These inlaid designs or stripes can make an ordinary room look "extraordinary". You can capture this old world art, and craftsmanship from over 20 stock patterns or a custom border of your own design. Madera Floors is proud to feature Historic Floors of of Oshkosh and Kentucky wood Floors, we also offer custom design for one-of-a-kind inlays.

Species and Grades of hardwood flooring  Species
There are many domestic and imported species of wood available to the consumer for use in the installation of hardwood flooring. The following table lists some of the more commonly used species for wood flooring.

Grades
The grade of a hardwood floor is determined only by the appearance. All grades of a species rate equally strong and serviceable.

Oak and Ash have 4 basic grades

• Clear - is free of defects though it may
  have some minor imperfections.
• Select - is almost clear, but contains more natural
  characteristics such as knots and color variations.
• Common - Grades (No.1 and No.2) have more markings than either clear or select and are often chosen because of these natural features, and the character they bring to a room.
  No.1 common has a variegated appearance, light and dark colors, knots flags and worm holes.
  No.2 common is rustic in appearance and allows
  all wood characteristics of the species.

Hard Maple, Beech, Birch and, Pecan have 3 basic grades  

• First - has the best appearance,  natural
  color variations and limited character marks.
• Second - is variegated in appearance with varying,
  sound wood characteristics of the species.
• Third - is rustic in appearance allowing all the
  wood characteristics of the species.

Most of the other species are either select, common, or character grade.
Ask your dealer for specific price, grade and availability of any species.