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Wood floors have always been the ultimate status and style statement. Around the world they have been recognized as the superior material for flooring. Over here we will be discussing the manufacturing of the different types of the wooden flooring. Solid wood can be cut into three different styles: flat-sawn, quarter-sawn, and rift-sawn. However, as we know that only one side of the wood is able to be seen on flooring, "quarter-sawn" and "rift-sawn" will have the same appearance. Most of the solid woods come with "absorption strips" - grooves cut into the back of the wood that runs the length of each plank. They are used to reduce cupping. Solid wood floors are mostly manufactured with a tongue-and-groove for installation. Wood ply construction uses multiple thin plies of wood joint together. The wood crumb of each ply runs vertical to the ply below it. It maintains stability by using thin layers of wood. These have a least reaction to the climatic change. Then the wood is further stabilized as equal pressure is being exerted lengthwise and widthwise from the plies running vertical to each other. Finger core engineered wood floors are made of small pieces of powdered timber that run upright to the top layer (lamella) of wood. Depending on the intended use their can be 2-ply or 3-ply. If it is three ply, the third ply is mostly plywood that runs parallel to the lamella. Stability is gained when the grains running upright to each other, and there is reduction in the expansion & contraction of the wood relegated to the middle ply, which assists in stopping the floor from gapping or cupping. In Fiberboard the core is made up of medium or high density fiberboard. Floors with such a fiberboard core are hygroscopic and should not be out in the open to large amounts of water or very high humidity - the expansion caused from gripping water along with the density of the fiberboard, will cause it to lose its form. Fiberboard not environment friendly but it is cheaper than the timber. An engineered flooring construction is one of the most popular in parts of Europe is the hardwood lamella, softwood core laid at right angles to the lamella, and a final backing layer of the same decent wood used for the lamella. Other noble hardwoods are sometimes used for the back layer but must be well-matched. This is thought by many to be the most stable of engineered floors. Rotary-peel is the process involves treating the wood is boiled in water at a certain temperature for a certain amount of time & then the wood is peeled by a blade. Starting it up from the outside of the log and working toward the center, the wood veneer is created. Later the veneer is then pressed flat with high pressure. Sliced-peel is the process begins with the same treatment process as the rotary peel method uses. However, instead of being sliced like rotary fashion, in this technique the wood is sliced from the end of a log, making a disc shaped veneers. The veneers then go through the same manufacturing process as rotary peeled veneers. Visit Hardwood Flooring Austin
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