Bruce Hardwood Flooring

 Real Hardwood, Enduring Beauty

* Luxurious hardwood at an affordable price.

* Offers range from traditional species to exotic foreign woods.

* Beautiful, yet practical and durable.

Hardwood floors  provide warmth and beauty to your home. There are many other benefits of hardwood floors as well, such as the value they add to your home, easy care and cleaning, great style coupled with durability and as always, theyre natural and safe for the environment. Give your room a makeover with Bruce Hardwood flooring !

• Appearance Improves with Age
  Hardwood improves with age because it acquires a desirable patina over time.

• Long Lasting
  Hardwood is among the longest lasting of all flooring types.

• Great Investment
  Although hardwood can initially cost more than some other flooring options, its an investment that pays off, increasing the value of your home.

• Can Be Recoated
  All hardwood can be recoated, allowing you to refresh your floor to its original look.

• Easy Care & Maintenance
  Hardwood is as easy to care for as most other floors –waxing is not necessary for urethane finishes.

What is Hardwood?    

Solid Solid wood is just that – one piece that is milled from lumber. It comes in a variety of widths, from 2-1/4" to 5" wide. It also comes in different thicknesses: 3/4" is standard, but you can also find "thin profile" solid that is 5/16" thick. Keep In Mind:
	Moisture and extreme temperature changes can cause solid wood to shrink and expand, potentially causing gaps between boards during colder or dryer seasons. 5/16" thin profile solid wood can be installed directly over concrete; 3/4" cant. All solid hardwood can be sanded and refinished if needed (required every 15-20 years). All urethane coated floors can be recoated as needed to renew the surface of the floor. This is more economical than sanding and refinishing.

Engineered Engineered wood is real wood, but instead of one solid piece it consists of three to 10 thin layers of wood, called plies, that are assembled and glued in a cross-ply construction. The top layer of wood can range from 1/16" to 1/6" thick. Overall board thickness ranges from 1/4" to 3/4". Due to its multi-ply structure, engineered wood is much more stable than solid wood and is less susceptible to shrinking and expanding with changes in temperatures and humidity. Keep In Mind:
	Engineered wood can be installed directly over concrete and can also be installed below ground level. Engineered wood with a top layer thinner than 1/10" cannot be refinished; however, it can be recoated to renew the surface of the floor.

Warranty: Residential Application

Bruce hardwood floors are protected by state-of-the-art finishes designed to preserve their natural wood beauty for years. If your active family is tough on floors, select our BEST high-performance finish that offers warranty protection for up to 25 years. Select BEST products feature Bruce Permion® finish for an even higher level of protection. Permion is so tough, it’s approved for the punishing demands of commercial application.

In less severe traffic and wear environments, the quality-crafted durability of Bruce hardwood floors protected by our BETTER rated 15- and 10-year finish will provide all the performance protection you need.

Warranty: Commercial Application

Hardwood Species    

Species influences appearance. Traditional oak has pronounced variations in grain and shade, while maples grain is cleaner and more understated. Today, there are many exotic hardwood species available, such as lapacho, tigerwood, and Brazilian cherry, that have a distinctive combination of origin, color and surface characteristics.

Keep In Mind:

Different hardwood species have different hardnesses that affect durability. If your floor is likely to take a lot of abuse, consider oak, maple, ash or Brazilian cherry for extra resistance to indentation.

Traditional Species – Natural color with no stain
Ash	Birch	Cherry	Maple	Oak	Pecan	Walnut
Exotic Species – Natural color with no stain
Merbau	Kona	Jatoba	Pradoo	Kempass	Brazilian	Cabreuva
					Cherry

Many species of hardwood change color over time, after exposure to sunlight. The degree of change depends upon the species of the wood: for example, cherry changes color quickly and dramatically when exposed to ultraviolet (UV) light. 

Style & Texture   

Whether your taste is rustic, traditional or contemporary, todays hardwood flooring manufacturers offer a wide variety of styles and surface textures to meet your needs.

Before making your final selection, explore the many looks available from a smooth surface that provides a sleek, sophisticated more contemporary look, to a hand-scraped surface that creates a more rustic and casual look.

Exotic	Handscraped	Color Washed	Distressed

Gloss  

The gloss level of hardwood flooring does not affect its durability or performance, so your choice of high gloss or low gloss is a matter of personal preference.

Low gloss floors tend to hide the appearance of minor surface scratches that occur over time. Conversely, higher gloss floors can make scratches look more obvious.