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Wood Flooring Installers Hardwood floors are extremely popular choices for installation in homes and other buildings. There are many species of hardwood that are used in flooring, including oak, maple, walnut, Douglas fir, cherry, cypress, and ash. Customers like hardwood because it is attractive and durable. Hardwood comes in many colors. For example, white ash is light in color, while walnut is darker. There are several types of wood flooring. Hardwood flooring consists of a solid piece of wood. Engineered wood is real wood, but it is made out of multiple pieces of wood (from the same or different species) or wood composite veneers . Laminate flooring is another type of wood flooring material (although it is constructed of wood fibers, and it is not wood in the sense of being in its natural state like solid wood flooring or engineered wood). It is made out of sheets of synthetic pressed wood. It has a top layer that is created to mimic the look of hardwood or stone flooring. Hardwood, engi- neered, and laminate floors are installed throughout homes and other structures. Some installers lay softwood (pine, fir, cypress, cedar, spruce, hemlock, etc.) floors. This type of wood is less expensive than hardwood flooring, but more susceptible to dents and dings. Softwood floors are also more environmentally friendly than slower-growing

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