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Typical Types Of Wood Floors
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Wood Floors can be classified into several types by the type of wood.

1. Solid Wood Floor
Each piece of Solid Wood Floor is made of a single piece of timber . The
natural wood grains of Solid Wood Floor look beautiful . But Solid Wood
Floors are expensive. But Expansion and contraction of Solid Wood Floor from
moisture and temperature fluctuation may occur .

2. Engineered Floor
Engineered Floor is made of several layers (commonly 3 or 5 layers) of wood
veneers with grains alternating in opposite directions giving this product
more stability.

3. Laminate Floor
Laminate Floor is multi-layer composite floor . The surface is a thin, hard,
transparent wear layer; the second layer is photographic layer of wood
grain; the third layer is the core layer made of wood fibers glued together;
the bottom layer is a polymer backing paper for moisture proof .

4. Bamboo Floor
Bamboo Floor is made of bamboo . Bamboo Floor is durable because the
hardness of bamboo is much higher .

5. Cork Floor
Cork Floor is made of cork which is harvested from the bark of cork oak
tree. Cork Floor is probably the most comfortable floor because of its
softness, noise reduction, beautiful patterns and special textures.

We are floor importers . We import solid wood floors, bamboo floors, oak floors .