Pre-Finished Or Unfinished Hardwood Flooring- Which Is Better?

by Alex M. Worked as a Business Development Manager

Many homeowners wonder whether prefinished or unfinished hardwood flooring is better. From an aesthetic perspective, it is our opinion that there’s no beauty and warmth of unfinished hardwood flooring that’s sanded and finished on-site by flooring experts.

When considering hardwood floor installation Los Angeles, you must have a clear idea between prefinished and unfinished hardwood.

Now, the hardwood that you choose is something that you’ll see, live with and appreciate each day.

The extra days required for on-site sanding and finishing is of minimal inconvenience when compared with several years that you’ll enjoy your new hardwood floors!

So, what are the main differences?

Prefinished Hardwood Flooring

Prefinished hardwood flooring has been finished- sanded, stained and coated with polyurethane- in a factory.

All you need to do is install it and it’s done.

Prefinished flooring is factory-finished and thus each board has been finished individually with sprayed on coats of polyurethane.

Unfinished Hardwood Flooring

Unfinished flooring is raw hardwood that must first be installed and then sanded and refinished on site.

Unfinished flooring that has been treated with a water-based or oil-based polyurethane can be buffed and recoated every few years to revitalize the topcoat of poly and remove surface scratches.

Benefits Of Prefinished Hardwood Floor

Time: prefinished flooring is a faster process. Once prefinished flooring gets installed, you can walk on it and put furniture on it immediately.

With unfinished hardwood floors, the sanding process may take several days and then you’ll have to wait several days to put back on the floor.

Less Mess: when opting for hardwood floor installation Los Angeles know that it is less of a mess. There’s no chemical smell because there are no chemicals being applied.

The flooring has already been treated in the factory where it’s made. It’s true that the smell from refinishing and applying an OIL BASED polyurethane is intense, difficult to deal with and not healthy to inhale.

But with green products being available, you no longer have to deal with harsh smells and or chemicals of an oil-based poly.

Cost: prefinished flooring actually costs less overall than unfinished flooring.

Though prefinished flooring may cost more for the actual material, with the reduced labor costs of only an installation, prefinished flooring ends up being less expensive than unfinished hardwood flooring.

Benefits Of Unfinished Flooring

Appearance: Unfinished flooring appears like real wood. Even though solid prefinished flooring is real hardwood, it may appear somewhat plastic-like with less noticeable grain pattern.

Matching existing flooring: if you have existing hardwood flooring in your home, adding unfinished wood flooring is the best option.

You’ll be able to exactly match the species of wood, and an expert hardwood floor refinisher can play with stains and colors in the unfinished wood to exactly match the existing floor.

When considering hardwood floor installation Los Angeles, the call is yours between prefinished and unfinished hardwood. Your flooring expert can help you get started.

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