What Is NWFA Certified? What It Means for Your Hardwood Floor
NWFA certified means a wood flooring professional has been certified by the National Wood Flooring Association (NWFA) in a specific part of the work, such as installing wood floors, sanding and finishing them, or helping homeowners choose a floor. Classy Flooring ATL installs and refinishes hardwood floors across metro Atlanta and North Georgia, from engineered […]
Refinishing Hardwood Floors: Cost, Cure Time, and Can You Stay in the House?
Refinishing sands a hardwood floor back to bare wood and applies a new finish system. When the boards are sound and enough wood remains above the tongue to sand, refinishing costs far less than replacement. At Classy Flooring ATL, refinishing starts at $6.00 per square foot. The starting rates to remove and replace a floor […]
Should Hardwood Floors Be Nailed or Glued?
Either, depending on the subfloor and on the flooring manufacturer’s approved methods, which NWFA defers to for engineered flooring. Over plywood, engineered flooring is nailed on its own NWFA schedule unless the manufacturer says otherwise. For boards under 5/8 inch thick, that means an 18- to 20-gauge cleat or a narrow-crown 18-gauge staple, at least […]
What Is Versailles Parquet Flooring?
Versailles parquet flooring is a wood floor laid in square panels, each made of diagonal and straight slats interwoven inside a square border. The pattern dates to 1684, when it replaced marble floors at the Palace of Versailles; the marble needed constant washing, which rotted the wood joists beneath it. Versailles panels are made two […]
What Is a Floor Medallion?
A floor medallion is a decorative inlay set flush into a floor to form its focal point. In a hardwood floor, the medallion is built from pieces of several wood species, fitted together into a pattern such as a star or compass, and set into an opening cut in the surrounding floor so both surfaces […]
How Is Brass Inlay Done?
Classy Flooring ATL installs brass and metal inlay in hardwood floors across metro Atlanta. Brass inlay sets a solid metal bar into the floor itself. The approach Classy Flooring ATL uses is a channel routed to the profile of the bar, the brass bedded in adhesive along that channel, and the metal brought level with […]
What Is Inlay Flooring?
Classy Flooring ATL installs inlay work in hardwood floors across metro Atlanta: brass and metal inlay, custom site-milled borders, and pattern fields. Inlay flooring is a floor with a second material set into a recess cut in the surface of the wood, finishing flush with the boards around it. The recess is cut to the […]
Should You Glue and Nail Engineered Hardwood — and How Is the Method Actually Decided?
When a homeowner is comparing installation quotes for a hardwood project, one of the most confusing places the quotes diverge is the installation method. One contractor proposes nail-down. Another proposes glue-down. A third proposes “both” — adhesive and fasteners — and a fourth proposal also says “both” but describes the work differently. The same wood, […]
How to Update Orange Oak Paneling Without Painting It
Solid oak wall paneling installed between the 1960s and the 1990s was typically finished in a warm amber or orange-toned stain. In many homes, the wood itself is still in excellent condition. It’s the color that reads dated, not the paneling. Most homeowners are offered two options: paint the paneling or remove it and replace […]
Will New Hardwood Floors Fix a Squeaky Subfloor?
On a replacement project, squeaks in the existing floor are resolved during preparation. On a refinishing project, the floor stays in place and squeaks remain. Two different scopes, two different answers.