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 Solid Hardwood Flooring in Los Angeles

Solid wood floors are milled from one piece of wood, solid wood floor boards are generally three-quarters of an inch (3/4") thick. Solid hardwood can be installed above or on grade, but you don’t want to install this type of wood below grade, since moisture makes it expand and contract. Remember: if even part of the area you’re finishing is underground (like a walk-out basement) it is considered below grade. Hardwood flooring is not suited to install below grade level or in other areas where it may be exposed to moisture.

One of the most important fact we all need to consider while purchasing our new wood floor is that the plant has been taken, harvested, possessed, transported, sold or exported legally in any foreign country or the U.S. "Lacey Act" banning commerce in illegally sourced plants and their wood products. The following are "Lacey Act" plant violation:

*Theft of plants
*Taking plants from an officially protected area, such as park or reserve,
*Taking plants without, or contrary to, the required authorization
*Failure to pay appropriate royalties, taxes or fees associated with the plant's harvest, transport or commerce
*Laws governing export or trans-shipment such as a log-export ban

Let's be responsible and buy our hardwood floor and any other wood products from a reputable manufacturer and retailer. Carpet Floor & More, Inc. is proud to be the authorized hardwood dealer for most those reputable manufacturers.

For fine hardwood floors, hardwood design ideas and hardwood installation consultation, visit our Los Angeles floor covering showroom where we carry high-end commercial hardwood floors and residential hardwood floors with many choices and patterns to choose from. Bring the natural beauty to your home decor with our designer choice of the latest stylish wood flooring, from strip solid & engineered hardwood to wide planks, long lengths and long strips wood floor. Experience how design, technology and sustainability work inunison across our selective products.

Hardwood Flooring Installation in Los Angeles

Carpet Floor & More has been installing hardwood flooring in Los Angeles and North America since 1987 and completed numerous hardwood floor projects with %100 satisfaction. Carpet Floor & More also sells hardwood floors in Los Angeles and other parts of North America. Our installation services are available in many cities of USA and CANADA.

Some Facts about Expansion and Contraction of Hardwood

Wood is hygroscopic material and, it will absorb or release moisture until in equilibrium of its surroundings.

*Gaps may occur due to change in seasons and/or changes in humidity.

*Wood will not swell or shrink equally; this may cause gaps in some areas of the floor and not in others.

*Gaps may be more excessive around vents or above the home’s heating system.

*Excessive moisture may cause cupping of a wood floor, although a small amount of cupping can be accepted as normal, especially in wider widths.

*Plank floors (3”-8” width) will expand and contract to greater degrees than strip flooring (1 ½”-2 ¼ “).

*Some species of wood may expand and contract more or less depending on the “stability” of the wood.

*All species of wood differ in stability characteristics and hardness. The Janka Scale is a measurement to determine the hardness of woods.

*With the normal expansion and contraction of wood, over time squeaks may occur from the nails and staples slowly becoming loose, however, most squeaks come from loose sub-floors rather than the actual hardwood.

In new installations, Carpet Floor & More your flooring store in Los Angeles, takes as many steps as possible to secure the existing sub-floor to prepare it for a good installation; however in existing floors, squeaks may be difficult or not possible to fix.

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