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Hardwood Remains a Flooring Popular Trend in 2023, Sustainability Takes Center Stage

Hardwood Remains a Flooring Popular Trend in 2023, Sustainability Takes Center Stage.

Get inspired with Herringbone Hardwood Floors

This Herringbone pattern is trending right now, especially when you are combining this pattern with the hardwood plank, you’ll get a lovely and gorgeous home design.

The history of Herringbone is a design inspired by (of all things) a fish or the skeleton of a fish, it seems unattractive but it quite eye-catching. With the zig-zag pattern, this specific design Herringbone pattern takes a bit of work and craftmanship.

Herringbone flooring is also timeless, with the historical design and blends seamlessly with traditional and retro-style spaces, but you can also get a modern design touch with this kind of pattern that makes Herringbone popularity continues growing year-by-year.

Featuring “Timbertop Herringbone Collection” by Urban Floor, European Oak Lucca Herringbone is one of the most popular colors from this collection, with the reactive stain and smoked finishes.

This collection steeped in rich history and abounding in old-world charm, Lucca is one of the most beloved cities in the region of Tuscany, Inspired by the charming culture of its namesake, the European Oak Lucca Herringbone brims with character and style. Each 4-3/4” wide plank is carefully brushed to accentuate the natural wood grain and complemented with a modern matte finish.

For all your hardwood flooring needs, feel free to contact Evergreen Hardwood Floors, Inc for free estimate and free consultation by contacting (408) 333-9771 or visit www.evergreenhardwoodfloors.com

From Carpet to Hardwood Floors

When it's time to decide and choose what kind of flooring type for your house, the first thing is you need to research about the advantage and disadvantage of each flooring types. Beside the function, you need to make sure about the durability, maintenance of the floors, and all other factors.

Carpet flooring was becoming on trend many years ago, but nowadays the carpet is not the best flooring choice especially if you suffer from asthma or allergies. Carpet tends to trap dust and skin cells in their synthetic fibers. It is crucial to routinely get your carpet cleaned if you have it in your home and you're suffering from allergies.

Hardwood floors are the ideal flooring type for those who suffer from allergies and asthma; the smooth surface doesn’t trap dust, mold, or other allergens and also it's effortless to maintain. With so many advantages of the Hardwood floors, that's why they prefer to choose Hardwood floors for their flooring surface option. Besides, the natural beauty and the elegance of Hardwood floors, it can be a good investment for the homeowner.

If you have any questions about hardwood floors and the installation as well, feel free to contact us at (408) 333-9771.

Hardwood Floors For Sports' Courts

The hardwood floors are well known and used in sports courts, so if you plan to make a basketball court, volleyball, squash. If you are going to put a bowling alley or a dance hall, and it has cost you to find a company with experience in the installation of your hardwood floors. We recommend you to contact Evergreen Hardwood Floors as a licensed flooring installer. 

Why is the wooden floor used in this type of sports already mentioned?

Basketball, squash, and volleyball are a game that requires a lot of movement and fright on the part of the players and the ball itself, so they compete on wooden courts. Is packaged under pressure which makes the surface smooth, no cracks and counteracts accidents at the time of a union that provides a flat surface and without obstacles, other benefits are, for example:

- A decrease in force/impact.

- Control of information.

- bounced ball

- Decrease before uncontrolled displacement

- Behavior before rotation

A covered basketball court uses a maple wood floor or hard maple, this type of wood is what we can usually find in the stadiums of the NBA. For being a dense wood with fine fibers, so it is resistant and does not splinter, so it is durable and requires little maintenance. But hard maple is not recommended on outdoor courts.

Dancing on a hardwood floor

In artistic dances or ballet, Hardwood Floors are an option because they are soft, light and the acoustics are very good, for example, they have a tap, the wooden floor helps to have better acoustics, a better grip, and softness to avoid any injury. Floating wooden floors are ideal because they are placed without nailing, screwing and without touching the ground, so it is entirely smooth and ready to use. We give you options of finishes, for this type of flooring we usually give a semi-gloss or gloss finish, for its shiny finish but they are not the only options.

If you have any questions about commercial hardwood flooring product and installation, call us at (408) 509-8627 or (408) 333-9771.