Photo courtesy of armstrong flooring.
Hardwood floors length or width.
Diagonal flooring adds visual interest to a floor and can make the space seem larger.
To achieve this pattern hardwood flooring planks are installed parallel to each other along with the length or width of your room.
Use a wider width plank in let s say the living room to make it feel more grand and use narrow planks in an alcove or reading nook to make it feel cozier and more intimate.
The eye is drawn across the room creating the illusion of greater width and length.
The most common floor pattern is straight also called vertical.
When looking for new hardwood floors a multitude of style options are available.
While the tendency for all hardwood flooring is now toward wider planks up to 4 inches wide true wide plank flooring is a relatively small subset of the hardwood flooring market with boards that range from 6 to 20 inches in width.
The only width option available used to be 2 3 inch widths.
Classic narrow strip floors of 2 1.
In truth this is not just about the width of your floor but the overall dimensions of your entire floor widths and lengths.
The correct direction for laying hardwood floors.
With the popular open concept floor plans we live in today creating patterns with flooring can help to define each space.
The broad width of boards used in plank flooring makes it ideal for use in a rustic.
And one of the decisions you ll face when shopping for your hardwood floors is what width to buy.
Do you want narrow planks wide planks or something in between.
It really comes down to choosing what you like most.
These categories often come in what are known as random widths some ranging from 4 6 inches and 6 10 inches.
Larger logs are needed to make wider boards this can increase the costs to produce this fashionable width.
We are continuing our flooring 101 series this week and discussing one of the most critical aspects of your wood flooring design the width of the planks.
Shaw hard surface design manager sandi ownby has this to say.
While personal preference is a factor the direction in which you run hardwood flooring boards is governed by visual and structural guidelines.
This orientation works very well in tiny rooms where both length and width are an issue.
This is not the case anymore as many manufacturers also offer widths of 6 10 inches.