What species is this wood floor? (hardwood, engineered, laminate, plank)
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Normally people use hardwood for a floor and will either stain or varnish for long wear depending on taste...looks real nice in photos. I would just re-varnish or just apply a good coat of wax and polish for lustre.
It looks like cherry to me. It's a laminate floor, at least I think it's a laminate floor, so it's fake wood. made to look like cherry. Is that the question?
A person might use Douglas fir...Redwood...Oak...Birch...but never Pine. Who knows. Cannot really tell cause it shows by the colour two different shades...like two different kinds of wood...light and dark. One kind of wood being used, the colour would be consistent and not two shades. Looking at the grain says a lot. A good question would be as to what part of the country your in...and the wood available. Different strokes for different folks. Sorry, I would have to eyeball it close. Wood stain and varnish will make wood look different. Steve
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With that much grain, I'd guess its red oak with a cherry stain. That is, unless its in a very high end house where they might have put in exotic hardwoods.
Okay here is the deal: It was kind of a loaded question.
This is my house...we are building it new.
At the design studio we chose 5" engineered hardwoods in Brazilian Cherry. The sample looked like this, as does the image on the design studio website:
They put the floors down this past Thursday and we were surprised to go by and see them looking the way they do. Now, I understand there is obviously going to be variation in grain from piece to piece in any natural product...but this doesn't even look close...my first thought was "did they give us oak floors?"
So, I am looking for the thoughts of y'all to see if I am crazy or not - I am going to grab the sample from the design studio today and compare them in person as well.
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