Hardwood
Hardwood increases your homes value and marketability. Simply put you can not go wrong with selecting hardwood as your flooring choice.
We offer installations on pre-finished and site-finished hardwood, in the following types of construction: Solid, Engineered, and Floating. In addition to our installation services we also refinish hardwood floors.
We know that any home improvement project can be messy. The biggest issue with installation of a site finished floor or refinishing is excessive dust. GoodHouse Flooring uses a Dustless Sanding Technology so that you do not have to deal with the large volume of dust that accumulates during finishing.
At GoodHouse Flooring, we are hardwood flooring experts, we think it is important to share these important qualities about hardwood floors. It will help you to make the best decision in selecting a new hardwood floor for your home.
Hardwood floors options:
Solid: |
Is constructed from 100% hardwood milled from lumber. Solid hardwood floors are available in many different wood species. It is a natural material that reacts to changes in its environment over time, such as extreme temperatures and moisture. Solid hardwood can be sanded and refinished if needed. |
Engineered: |
Is constructed from multiple layers of wood that are glued together, resulting in a strong and durable product. The top layer is the decorative wood and the bottom layers are often composed of less expensive, stronger wood layers. Engineered flooring holds up better to changing environmental conditions than solid hardwood. Most engineered wood is pre-finished. |
| Pre-finished: | Comes from the factory already finished. Meaning the floor has already been coated with finish and does not have to be sanded and finished on-site. Pre-finished floors can often be installed in one day. If you are trying to match your new floor to an existing hardwood floor in your home pre-finished may not be the best option. |
GoodHouse Flooring Design Center is proud to carry the following hardwood brands:
The Janka scale:
The Janka scale is often referred to as the "wood hardness scale"; it ranks hardwood species by the hardness of the wood. The scale is a result of the Janka hardness test which measures the hardness of wood. The Janka test measures the force required to embed an 0.444 inch steel ball into wood to half the ball's diameter, leaving an indentation. This test is a good measurement technique to determine the ability of a type of wood to withstand denting and wear. 
| JANKA RATING | WOOD SPECIES (Hardest to Softest) |
| 3684 | Brazilian Walnut /Ipe |
| 3220 | Ebony |
| 2350 | Brazilian Cherry /Jatoba |
| 2345 | Mesquite |
| 2200 | Santos Mahogany |
| 1940 | Cameron |
| 1925 | Merbau |
| 1860 | Purpleheart |
| 1850 | Tigerwood |
| 1820 | Hickory and Pecan |
| 1780 | Rosewood |
| 1725 | African Padauk |
| 1700 | Locust |
| 1630 | Wenge |
| 1630 | Red Pine |
| 1575 | Zebrawood |
| 1570 | True Pine |
| 1470 | Sweet Birch |
| 1450 | Hard / Sugar Maple |
| 1390 | Kentucky Coffee Tree |
| 1380 | Natural Bamboo |
| 1375 | Australian Cypress |
| 1360 | White Oak |
| 1320 | White Ash |
| 1300 | American Beech |
| 1290 | Northern Red Oak |
| 1280 | Caribbean Heart Pine |
| 1260 | Yellow Birch |
| 1225 | Yellow Heart Pine |
| 1180 | Carbonized Bamboo |
| 1136 | Cocobolo |
| 1010 | American Walnut |
| 1000 | Teak |
| 950 | American Cherry |
| 950 | Soft and Ambrosia Maple |
| 910 | Paper Birch |
| 900 | Cedar |
| 870 | Southern Yellow Pine (Longleaf) |
| 860 | American Red Elm |
| 840 | Lacewood |
| 790 | Cumaru |
| 770 | Sycamore |
| 690 | S.Yellow Pine (Loblolly & Shortleaf) |
| 660 | Douglas Fir |
| 630 | Sassafras |
| 590 | Larch |
| 540 | Chestnut |
| 540 | Poplar |
| 500 | Hemlock |
| 420 | White Pine |
| 410 | Basswood |
| 380 | Eastern White Pine |
