If you’re searching for hardwood near you in Modesto, CA, visit Ray’s Carpet One Floor & Home! As the region’s foremost hardwood flooring experts. With our expansive selection spanning all the hottest hardwood flooring brands, let us be your first and final stop when it’s time for a flooring upgrade.

Hardwood flooring offers lasting benefits and enduring beauty. If you’re looking to enhance your space with hardwood, here’s a guideline for hardwood flooring and the options that may work best for you.

Style, Brand, & Species: Choose Your Flooring!

We know the choice of style is always changing. And while plenty of homeowners follow HGTV or Pinterest flooring trends, the look you wish to achieve can be done with just about any type of hardwood. With trendy styles and classic cuts, hardwood floors are sold in every shade, finish, and color.

Some Carpet One exclusive hardwood brands include:

• Provenza Hardwood

• California Classics Hardwood

• Grand Pacific Hardwood

Choosing hardwood flooring is like touring the world’s forests. You can choose from planks of varying widths for a customized installation.

Some of our Hardwood flooring species include:

• Ash

• Hickory

• White Oak

Solid vs. Engineered Hardwood: Which Type Is Best For Me?

As posh as it is practical, modern hardwood flooring is available in just about every style. More importantly, however, there are two types of hardwood to keep in mind when choosing your style: engineered and solid hardwood. Here’s a closer look at these two types of hardwood.

Solid

Solid hardwood flooring is an enduring tradition spanning centuries. Then and now, hardwood planks are made using solid lumber. These thick, resilient planks are remarkable insulators.

Things to consider with solid hardwood flooring include:

• ROI: Your solid hardwood floor is a lifelong investment.

• Sanding & Refinishing: Solid hardwood can be refinished multiple times.

• Installation: Solid hardwood flooring should only be installed in dry, level-grade areas.

Engineered

While engineered hardwood is made of multiple layers of composite wood, the top veneer is made of real wood. This leads to an extremely durable and moisture-resistant plank.

Benefits of engineered hardwood include:

• Resistance to expanding and cooling with temperature changes.

• Water-resistance and a resilient veneer that can handle heavy traffic, pets, and kids.

• Versatile installation options, including areas below grade.

Where Can My Hardwood Flooring Be Installed?

We always recommend that all hardwood flooring be installed in a dry, interior area.

This includes:

• Living Rooms

• Hallways

• Bedrooms

• Finished basements (Engineered Hardwood)

Keep in mind the following when installing your hardwoods:

• All hardwood flooring options should be installed by a professional.

• For bathrooms and kitchens, we recommend waterproof hardwood. Check out our waterproof options!

• Choose an engineered hardwood for heavier traffic or rooms frequented by children and pets.

• Prepare your space prior to a hardwood installation: Make sure the subfloor is level and clean.

Did you know? We offer professional hardwood flooring installations and select warranties on most of our products.

Our Hardwood Floor Selection

Ray’s Carpet One Floor & Home is proud to be part of North America's best-loved flooring cooperative. We offer the industry’s finest hardwood flooring innovations and have products to fit any budget or installation plan. Ready to invest in your flooring? Sisit our showroom at 200 Kiernan Avenue, Suite A, in Modesto, CA today; or browse our hardwood selection online!

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