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Hardwood Refinish Services

Hardwood Refinish Services


For a better look for your hardwood floor, you can refinish it by sand and restain it, but first, you need to know whether it's Solid Hardwood or Engineered Hardwood. You may or may not be able to refinish this type of floor, depending on how thick its top layer is.

In this process we first sand the existing hardwood, this ensures it's clean and smooth, then we can restain it with the selected color and apply either one or two coats of the floor finish, these are things like oil and water based polyurethane to protect the wood from damage. After this, we recommend waiting 24 hours until moving furniture into the space.

This process is an easy way to bring life back to your hardwood floors with a new look that you desire. Evergreen Hardwood Floors has a variety of shades ranging from naturals to rich darks, perfect for all your needs.

Call us for a FREE ESTIMATE on your hardwood floor at (408) 509-8627 or (408) 333-9771. You can also visit our website at www.evergreenhardwoodfloors.com. 
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From Carpet to Hardwood Floors

From Carpet to Hardwood Floors

When it's time to decide and choose what kind of flooring type for your house, the first thing is you need to research about the advantage and disadvantage of each flooring types. Beside the function, you need to make sure about the durability, maintenance of the floors, and all other factors.

Carpet flooring was becoming on trend many years ago, but nowadays the carpet is not the best flooring choice especially if you suffer from asthma or allergies. Carpet tends to trap dust and skin cells in their synthetic fibers. It is crucial to routinely get your carpet cleaned if you have it in your home and you're suffering from allergies.

Hardwood floors are the ideal flooring type for those who suffer from allergies and asthma; the smooth surface doesn’t trap dust, mold, or other allergens and also it's effortless to maintain. With so many advantages of the Hardwood floors, that's why they prefer to choose Hardwood floors for their flooring surface option. Besides, the natural beauty and the elegance of Hardwood floors, it can be a good investment for the homeowner.

If you have any questions about hardwood floors and the installation as well, feel free to contact us at (408) 333-9771.

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Janka Scale (Wood Hardness)

Janka Scale (Wood Hardness)

Below are some species samples for you to compare from each type of Hardwood Floors:

Brazilian family
The hardest wood is the species of the Brazilian: Cumuru (3540), Walnut (3680), cherry (2350), chestnut (3417) and koa (2160) according to the Janka scale. This type of wood is an exotic species each class has its distinctive color but in the range of browns.
Teakwood
Teakwood is a tropical wood, which has a hardness of 3330 according to the scale of Janka, it is resistant to water, so if you live in a wet place it would be ideal to have an adequate duration.
Red Oak and White Oak
We need to remember that either white or red oak is the most popular for the installation of hardwood floors, has a hardness of 1360 and 1290 respectively, has variety. This type of hardwood it’s used in any room of the house.
Hard Maple - Canadian Maple
The Hard maple and Canadian maple has a hardness of 1450, is easy to work, has a reddish or golden hue and it's used from basketball courts bowling floors and residential dance floors.
Bamboo
The bamboo strand it's used for its hardness (3789), Resistance and besides that, it is an ecological option. Do not confuse it with the natural bamboo that has a lower Resistance 1380 according to the Janka scale.
Santos Mahogany - Acacia
It has a hardness of 2200; the acacia has a hardness of 2250 has a very dynamic grain and knots which contribute to a house, they both give an optimistic attitude with excellent durability, as well as an elegant look.
The American Family (Hickory, Cherry, Walnut)
The Hickory American wood has a hardness of 1820. The American cherry and American walnut with a hardness of 950 and 1010 respectively are lower than the first, but that does not make them worse since they are also great options.
Sapele
It has a hardness of 1510; it used in residential and commercial places. The floor is durable enough to handle high traffic without showing too much wear.
Heart Pine - Birch
With a hardness of 12250 and 1260, it makes it ideal for an old look; it has whirlpools that makes it look like that and has long durability.

As you can see, there are many types of wood that we can work with, and we manage all of them to give you excellent quality wood for your hardwood floors.

Call us at (408) 509-8627 or (408) 333-9771 for any questions of Hardwood Floors products. 

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Hardwood Floors For Sports' Courts

Hardwood Floors For Sports' Courts

The hardwood floors are well known and used in sports courts, so if you plan to make a basketball court, volleyball, squash. If you are going to put a bowling alley or a dance hall, and it has cost you to find a company with experience in the installation of your hardwood floors. We recommend you to contact Evergreen Hardwood Floors as a licensed flooring installer. 

Why is the wooden floor used in this type of sports already mentioned?

Basketball, squash, and volleyball are a game that requires a lot of movement and fright on the part of the players and the ball itself, so they compete on wooden courts. Is packaged under pressure which makes the surface smooth, no cracks and counteracts accidents at the time of a union that provides a flat surface and without obstacles, other benefits are, for example:

- A decrease in force/impact.

- Control of information.

- bounced ball

- Decrease before uncontrolled displacement

- Behavior before rotation

A covered basketball court uses a maple wood floor or hard maple, this type of wood is what we can usually find in the stadiums of the NBA. For being a dense wood with fine fibers, so it is resistant and does not splinter, so it is durable and requires little maintenance. But hard maple is not recommended on outdoor courts.

Dancing on a hardwood floor

In artistic dances or ballet, Hardwood Floors are an option because they are soft, light and the acoustics are very good, for example, they have a tap, the wooden floor helps to have better acoustics, a better grip, and softness to avoid any injury. Floating wooden floors are ideal because they are placed without nailing, screwing and without touching the ground, so it is entirely smooth and ready to use. We give you options of finishes, for this type of flooring we usually give a semi-gloss or gloss finish, for its shiny finish but they are not the only options.

If you have any questions about commercial hardwood flooring product and installation, call us at (408) 509-8627 or (408) 333-9771.

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