With the economy in the doldrums and money tight you may be looking for new hardwood flooring but don't want to pay those higher retail prices. Attractive options exist with cabin grade floors. They may not look as nice as a premium floor, but do provide functionality. Maybe you're seeking a character type appearance without paying through the nose on today's high priced character grade flooring?
What Is Cabin Grade?
For the most part cabin grade refers more to appearance and is sold prefinished and unfinished. To keep costs down unfinished may be ruled out for those seeking price because once the floor is installed it has to be sanded and finished. Costs can increase by two to five dollars a square foot depending on where you live. Shown below is an unfinished product sold by Lumber Liquidators for as low as $ 1.00 per square foot.
Most prefinished hardwood manufacturers offer a cabin grade floor. It's their way of utilizing all the lumber they mill, because not all the hardwood that comes from the tree is uniform in appearance. If you've ever seen the cross section of a log there are branches that extend from the tree creating knots. Certain portions of the log also provide off color. With prefinished cabin grade you will generally not see the large number of knots in the example above.
Shown above is the Bruce Timberland Cabin Grade prefinished engineered product offered online at $ 1.99 each square foot by Hoskinghardwood.com. Cabin grade products will vary from one manufacturer to the next. Other characterstics and/or what to look out for are included in this article on cabin grade hardwood floors.
Friday, November 21, 2008
Cabin Grade Wood Floors
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