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December 26, 2019

All About Wide Plank Hardwood Flooring

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Wide plank hardwood flooring adds a classic, traditional feel to most homes. And if you couple this flooring with some contemporary furniture in a living room, the result is going to be delightful combination of rustic and refined. You can install the authentic reclaimed wide plank hardwood flooring, which is the rarest of all items or you can go with new wide plank wooden flooring. You can also get the wide plank flooring look in other easily available and cheaper luxury vinyl, tile, and laminate versions.

If you are planning to install wide plank hardwood flooring in your home and want to more about this flooring before you make a decision, then you’re at the right place. In this article, we have gathered all the information you need regarding wide plank wooden floors.

So let’s begin:

What is Wide Plank Hardwood Flooring?

The actual wide plank hardwood flooring is first sawn to a certain size at a sawmill and is then further planed or scraped by hand to smooth out its roughness. This process gives the flooring a roughhewn attractive texture that is missing from many of today’s wood flooring options. The real wide plank from barns and warehouses usually comes loaded with industrial-type problems: splintered, embedded with oil, too rough for houses.

If you’re a fan of wide plank floors, then a less rare and relatively cheaper option for you is the reclaimed wide plank hardwood flooring. Usually, this is wood that initially began as something else, and then was repurposed later form wide planks. The flooring manufacturers then use these planks to produce perfectly smooth, new plank flooring which is then manually or machine distressed to give it a rustic, beaten, and weathered look.

Reclaimed Wide Plank Flooring Options

Wide plank wooden floors do have imperfections, such as gaps, cracks and the texture. You will need to accept these imperfections as they are, because nothing can be done to eliminate them. In the end, the true wide plank wood flooring that originally began as flooring is the real showstopper. It’s look and feel is beyond compare. Authentic wide plank floors are definitely worth the investment if you’re planning for a architect-driven, ultra-premium home remodelling or construction work.

However, most reclaimed wooden flooring you find in the market has actually been repurposed. Homeowners looking for reclaimed wide plank wooden flooring often assume that the flooring planks they’ll be purchasing have been removed from some old building. Although the reclaimed product will most probably be old, it’s not important for it to be initially a flooring. Sometimes, other parts of buildings are also removed and cut into size to resemble wooden flooring planks.

New Wide Plank Flooring Options

Before you finally decide to purchase the old-growth wide plank wooden flooring, make sure you consider a few realities of installing authentic plank. Real wide plank flooring is a specialty product. You won’t find it on the shelves of local flooring depot.  Most of the local flooring retailers don’t even offer it as a special-order item.

So as a substitute, many people install residence-ready plank floors in their home. This flooring has gained a lot of popularity in recent years. It is made of smooth planks or planks that have been hand-scraped or mechanically distressed to give the look of an antique floor. Also, these floors have none of the industrial-type problems that come with real wide plank flooring. You can order long custom plank flooring (over 10 ft.) but it will take the manufacturers a long time to deliver it, and it’s also quite expensive. So if you can’t wait that long or have a limited budget, then it’s better to go for shorter planks (4-8 ft.) as the suppliers are going to take lesser time to process and deliver it.

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