Solid Wood Flooring Thickness

Solid wood flooring comes in a variety of thicknesses.

Solid wood flooring thickness. If you re shopping for solid hardwood floors you ll find three thicknesses of boards. So making a floor 1 2 thick actually produces more waste than making a floor that is 3 4. The thicker the board the more it costs but the longer it will last. This select red oak 3 4 in.

5 8 inch 15 88 mm 3 4 inch 19 mm 7 8 inch 22 23 mm the best and most common thickness of solid hardwood is 3 4 inch 19 mm. Because solid floors expand more when exposed to moisture than engineered floors you can only install them over a plywood subfloor at or above ground level. Thick x this select red oak 3 4 in. Solid hardwood flooring also adds structural strength to a floor system due to its 3 4 thickness and interlocking tongue and groove milling.

Wide x random length solid hardwood flooring can lend a beautiful traditional ambience to residential or commercial interiors. Thick x 2 1 4 in. There is very little difference in cost between 1 2 thick and 3 4 thick because you start with the same raw material when you make the flooring. When choosing the thickness of engineered wood flooring there are two different considerations to be taken into account.

Solid wood floor is most commonly found in 15 to 20mm thickness. 3 4 inch solid this is a 3 4 inch thick solid piece of hardwood floor and what you might typically think of for hardwood floors. It is recommended for at or above grade nail down installation over plywood or osb subfloors.