Systems Used In Hardwood Flooring Installation Process

Hardwood Flooring Installation

There are few different ways currently exists in terms of hardwood flooring installation in Toronto.
Here are main systems used by professional wood flooring installers:

• Tongue and groove system: One plank of wood material has a groove on its one side and end the other side and end of the wooden plank has a tongue i.e a wooden extend along an edge center

Further, the planks could be glued down to the sub floors or nailed down ( which is not recommended for the most engineered flooring material).

• Click or lock Flooring installation system. In this case, two planks made of solid wood ( or engineered or laminated) are simply clicked together like a puzzle. Such system is perfect for self flooring installation. Minimal tools required and less construction mess is produced during the installation. This system is also beneficial for replacement flooring process as well as renovation. Limited solid hardwood flooring are design for the click system ( mostly used for the laminated and engineered flooring material).
• Glue-down method is widely used within the flooring installation industry, especially for parquet type of wood flooring. It is also popular due to the fact that parquet floors could be glue-down to the concrete sub floors. However, glue-down method is not limited strictly to the parquet hardwood flooring and could be effectively used for engineered hardwood flooring installation as well.

There are many factors that could affect the system or method being used for flooring installation.  Additional research and knowledge about different installation systems will enable you to make an informative choice.

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