Timeless elegance
for your home.
Hardwood is easy to clean and maintain. It gives any space
a natural beauty which will last for generations.
The choice is yours.
Browse our hardwood types and get to know the benefits and considerations of each.
Genuine hardwood is real wood, through and through. It adds beauty, quality and value to your home.
Ideal Rooms
Family rooms, dining rooms, living rooms, bedrooms and kitchens
Benefits
Lasts a lifetime – With proper care, hardwood can last forever. Solid hardwood can be sanded and refinished numerous times.
Easy to maintain – Hardwood flooring is easy to clean. Just sweep, vacuum or wipe. Use manufacturer recommended products, that’s all you need to keep your floor looking great.
Considerations
Colour change – All hardwood floors fade, darken or change shades over time.
Location – You cannot use solid hardwood in a basement. You can, however, use engineered hardwood in this space.
Humidity – Hardwood flooring in bathrooms, laundry rooms, mudrooms or homes where the humidity levels are not controlled is not recommended. Wood floors will be affected by two distinct humidity seasons: heating and non-heating. Care should be taken to control humidity levels. Solid hardwood is not recommended for a basement, due to the humidity levels that could compromise its stability.
Engineered hardwood is real hardwood manufactured in multiple layers using veneers. It provides beauty, quality and value to your home.
Ideal Rooms
Family rooms, dining rooms, living rooms, bedrooms and kitchens, including basements (below grade).
Benefits
Versatile – Engineered hardwood can be used in basements, unlike solid hardwood. It can also be installed over concrete.
Easy to maintain – Hardwood flooring is easy to clean. Just sweep, vacuum or wipe. Use manufacturer recommended products, that’s all you need to keep your floor looking great.
Last a lifetime – With proper care, engineered hardwood can last forever.
Considerations
Refinishing – Engineered wood floors can be refinished at least once.
Noise – Hardwood flooring can be noisy when walking across. An area rug helps muffle the sound.
Humidity – Hardwood flooring in bathrooms, laundry rooms, mudrooms or homes where the humidity levels are not controlled is not recommended. Moisture is hardwood’s enemy. Wood floors will be affected by two distinct humidity seasons: heating and non-heating. Care should be taken to control humidity levels. It can be installed on any level of the house, including the basement, and can be installed on all types of subfloors, including those equipped with a radiant heating system.
Hybrid is the latest hardwood flooring innovation, combining the best attributes of both laminate and vinyl to create a rigid floating floor that can be installed throughout the entire home. Hybrid hardwood is made of multiple layers of materials pressed together for an extremely hard wearing floor that is water resistant.
Ideal Rooms
Family rooms, dining rooms, living rooms, bedrooms and kitchens, including basements and (below grade).
Benefits
Water resistant – The core structure makes Hybrid Hardwood the original 100% water resistant (resists water without damage to flooring), kid and pet proof. This flooring provides more rigidity, stability and comfort than glue down LVT, solid locking LVT, or laminate flooring.
Dimensionally stable – will not expand or contract.
Installation – installs over existing hard surface floors.
Considerations
Water Resistant – Enjoy the natural grown beauty of hardwood with engineered resilience. The hand formed mineral core gives you protection against exposure to moisture that will damage any other wood floor.
Reduces noise – Hybrid hardwood is a quieter floor.
