| A Walnut hardwood floor is one of those truly beautiful | | | | other options. This is a reality! |
| wood products not only to install, but in the whole | | | | Many manufacturers only apply a satin finish for the |
| aesthetics when the job is done. The colour is so rich | | | | top coat to make the eventual dings and dents |
| and being a natural not a stained tone each board | | | | somewhat less noticeable. This does help. The reality |
| takes on it own appeal. That being said walnut wood | | | | is that you need accept that a walnut hardwood floor |
| floors do have one downfall, at least when we talk | | | | will get its share of dents BUT the big advantage is |
| about functionality. | | | | that because the colour is natural you never have to |
| Typically a customer really only wants to have an | | | | worry about scrapping off a deep stained top layer |
| intense conversation about decorating, while in the | | | | and exposing a lighter, natural finish of the wood below. |
| process of selecting a floor. What hardwood flooring, | | | | Walnut is a deep chocolate-purple tone throughout the |
| paint and railing will make the home look like a million | | | | entire thickness of the wood. Scratches can be easily |
| bucks. But having been in the business for 25 years, | | | | repaired with a touch-up polyurethane pen. |
| I've come to realize that they all start talking about | | | | Thus where the softness may be a concern in high |
| wear ability after the first date, the first dent or the first | | | | traffic applications the fact that a walnut hardwood |
| disaster. | | | | floor is colour consistent throughout its thickness kind |
| Young Johnny drops a soup tin on your new walnut | | | | of counter balances this downside. As with all life, |
| hardwood floor and panic sets in. This is somewhat | | | | purchasing hardwood flooring is full of tradeoffs. Just |
| justifiable, since walnut only ranks 1,010 on the Janka | | | | make sure you understand the balance sheet. |
| hardness scale. If you are familiar with the latter your | | | | For lots of information on how to buy the right floor |
| know that the higher the number the harder the wood. | | | | and specifically what other characteristics of a walnut |
| Maple, for instance is over 1400 and exotic woods like | | | | hardwood floor your may want to know visit us on line |
| Brazilian Cherry are over 2500, so that American black | | | | at We've been doing this for 30 years, so we know |
| walnut hardwood flooring is significantly softer than | | | | our stuff! |