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ype
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oor
s
Ifyour
et hi
nki
ngofput ti
nginwoodoor s,

H
ard
woo youc
oor
antgowrong.Al
shaveunmat c
lt
ypesofhar
hednat ur
dwood
albeaut yand
gowi thanydecor moder n,tradit
ional,
country,younamei t.Hardwoodoor ing
goesinanyr oom,althoughki t
chensand
basement swarrantspeci
alc onsiderat
ions.

Unni shedhar dwoodoor i


ngisagoodopt ionifyouwanta

UNF
INI
SHED cus
mat
t
c
om s
ht
tai
hec
nappl
ol
iedbef
orofexi
sti
oret
henalni
ngooring.Af
t
sh,ori
erhar
fyouwantt
dwoodoori
o
ng

ORF
INI
SHE
D? i
ns
pr
t
al
ot
l
ec
at
t
i
i
onands
venish.
t
aini
ng,theoori
ngisgivenseveralc
oat
sof

Prenishedhar dwoodooringc omesfrom t


hefact
oryalreadysandedand
seal
ed,meaningt hewholei
nstal
lati
onjobgoesquic
kly.Therearenoodors
andVOCsf rom nishi
ngon-
sit
e,andt heoorisr
eadytowal konimmediatel
y.

SOLI
DOR
Solidhardwoodoor i
ngisallwoodandc omes5/8to3/
4inches
thic
k.Becauseit
ssol
idwood,i tcanbes andedandreni
shed

E
NGINEER
ED?
manyt i
mes .However,it
ssus
cept i
blet
oc hangesinhumi
dit
y,and
i
s n
trec
ommendedf orbelow-gradebasement s.

Engineeredhar dwoodoor i
ngisaveneerofrealwoodgluedtosever
al
l
ayersofwoodunder neath,l
ikeplywood.Thi
sgivesengi
neer
edwood
excel
lentstabil
it
yovertimeandmakesi tagoodchoicef
oranyareaofyour
home,includingbel
ow- gradebasements.

Thebesthar dwoodoorsaremadewi t
hwoods peci
esthatare

WHATS
PECI
ES readi
mapl
lyavai
eoor
l
i
abl
eand yougues
ngandcher
ryoori
sedi
ngar
t ver
eal
yhar
lgoodc
d.Oakoor
hoices.Ot
i
her
ng,

I
SBEST
? speci
esincl
udebamboo(
andmahogany.
whi
chisact
uall
yagr as
s),walnut
,ash

Anotheropti
onisrecl
aimedhar dwoodoor i
ng,whichyoucanndats al
vage
yards.I
tli
kel
yhassomes ignsofwearandage,butyou
llpayabouthalfwhatit
woul dcos
tforcomparabl
enew oori
ng.I
ftheydonthavewhatyour
el ooki
ng
for(andyouhavethetime),as
ktobeputonawai ti
nglist
.

Porcelai
noort i
lehassandaddedt otheclaymi xtureandis TY
P E
SOF
K
ITCHENTIL
E
madewi t
hheatandpressuretoproduceat i
lethatsharder,
denserandlessporousthanregularcer
amict i
le.It
sagood

F
LOOR I
NG
choic
ef orhi
gh-t
racareas,ki
tchensandbat hrooms .It
st
ough
enought obeusedoutdoorsinanyc l
imate.

Regul arcerami coort il


ei ssometimesc al
led non-porcel
aintoclearl
y
dierentiatei
tf rom por celai
n.I
t
ssofterthanitspor cel
aincous i
nandgl azed
tocreateahar dwears urfaceinvi
rtuall
yanyc olor.Becausei t
ssoft
er,i
t
s
easiertoc utandi nstall
.Althoughit
smor epor ousthanpor celai
n,theglazing
createsas urfacethat
simper vi
oustokitchens pil
lsands pl
as hes.

Stoneoort i
lesaremadefr om nat
ur als
toneinc
ludi
ngsl
ate,gr
ani
te,l
imest
one,
tr
averti
ne,andmar ble.Moststonetil
esareporousandneedtoberenis
hedwit
ha
quali
tystonesealerever
ytwot othreeyears.

Til
eisahar d,unf
or gi
vingsur
face.Dr
oppedglassesanddis
hes

DRAWBACKSOF won
fat
i
tsurvi
gue.Ti
ve,andl
l
ereect
onghour
ssound,s
soff
oti
l
oodpr
eoori
epmaybr
ngcanc
i
ngabout
ontr
ibut
etoa
K
ITCHE
NT IL
E noi
r
syenvi
emedies.
r
onment .Arearugsandanti-
fati
guematsaregood

F
LOORING
Ti
lerequir
esmaint
enance,t
oo.Althoughcerami
ctil
eits
elfi
s
durabl
e,thegr
outbetweentil
escangetdingywit
hage.Us ea
groutseal
eronaregul
arbasistokeepyouroorslooki
ngnew.

Sheetvinylooringc omesinahugear r
ayofc ol
or sandpatter
ns THEB EST
B
AT HROOM
atar easonabl
ec ost
.Youc anndi tathomei mpr ovementcenters
for$1t o$2pers quarefoot,andac ompetentDIYerc anavoidthe

FLOORING
additi
onal$1t o$3pers quarefootforproinstal
lati
on.Stepupt o
$3t o$5pers quarefootfortextur
edvinylthatmi micsti
leand

IDE
A S
stone.

Ceramicbat
hroom oort
ilesarethedesigner
schoic
ewithendles
ssi
zes
,shapesandcolorsto
complementanysc
heme.Thec ostrangesfrom $1to$20persquaref
oot
.Prof
essi
onali
ns t
all
ersc
har
ge$5
to$10persquaref
oot.

Glaz
edtil
esc anbes l
ipperywhenwet,soyoumi
ghtwanttol
ookforti
leswit
htext
uredsur
fac
esort hat
havebeencertiedassli
p-res
ist
antbyt
heAmeri
canswit
hDisabi
li
ti
esAct(ADA) l
ookf
orthecer
ticat
ion
onthepackaging.

C
ORKA
NDL
INOL
EUM:
THEGR
EENOP
TIONS
Cor
kiswaterpr
oof,r
esi
li
entandwarm,soi
t
sboths pl
ash-
proofandcomfor
tabl
e
underf
oot.I
thasatext
uredsur
fac
ethat
ssl
ightl
ysli
presi
stanc
e,t
oo.

Li
nol
eum isaresi
li
entsheetooringthatcomesinmanyvibr
antc
olor
sandpat t
erns
.The
basi
cingr
edient
sar ec
orkandl i
ns eedoi
l,soi
t
srec
ycl
abl
eandbiodegradabl
e.Li
nol
eum
producesnoharmfulVOCs.

GOING I
fyou
dl i
keali
ttl
eluxur
y,stonet
il
edel
ivers f orapri
ce.Youl
lnd

L
UX E
nat
urall
ybeaut
ifulst
oneti
lesmadeoft
r aver
tine,grani
te,marble,
l
imestoneandslat
efor$2to$100persquaref oot.

Poli
shedstoneti
lecantur
ns li
pperywhenwet,sochoos
estone
that
shonedinst
eadofpolis
hed.Tumbledstoneandnatur
all
yclef
t
slat
ehavetextur
ed,ski
d-r
esistants
urf
aces
.

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esent
edby:
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tp:
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oor
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-bat
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oor
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