BDU Hardwood College™

Hardwood Flooring 101

What you will learn: advantages of hardwood flooring; varieties of hardwood flooring including engineered hardwood; varieties of surface appearance including hand-scraped hardwood flooring.

What you will learn: advantages of pre-finished hardwood floors; advantages of unfinished hardwood floors; limitations of both unfinished and pre-finished hardwood floors.

What you will learn: how solid hardwood flooring is installed on a subfloor; unsuitable subfloors for solid hardwood flooring; installation "grades" (on grade, above grade, below grade); engineered hardwood as an alternative to solid hardwood.

What you will learn: what engineered hardwood flooring is; advantages of engineered hardwood flooring; how engineered hardwood flooring is installed.

What you will learn: environmental factors affecting your hardwood floor; what to think about before installing your hardwood floor; why hiring a professional hardwood floor contractor is a good idea.

What you will learn: History of hardwood flooring board species; modern uses of hardwood flooring board species; color and appearance of hardwood flooring board varieties.

What you will learn: How to be vigilant when owning pets and hardwood flooring, why pet urine can be damaging to a hardwood floor, controlling moisture caused by pet water dishes, where to seek advice on controlling moisture on hardwood caused by pets.