The 3 best wood flooring options for homes

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The 3 Best Wood Flooring Options for Homes With
Dogs
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• Wood floors and dogs do not mix. Unless you are
  prepared to declaw your beautiful furry friend,
  you need to adjust the floor to the dog, not the
  dog to the floor.
• Trimming nails is not a comprehensive solution,
  either. Blunt, broad-tipped nails can still gouge
  the sealer, creating long, shallow dents. Lay out
  as many runners as you like your dog will not
  remain confined to them, guaranteed.
• The best floor for a home with dogs is not wood
  at all.
• Take your pick of any alternative vinyl,
  laminate, tile, stone. All are better than wood.
  But if you still want wood, go for these
  super-hard species as measured by the industry
  standard  Janka hardness scale.

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Brazilian Walnut or Ipe

• Whenever you want the hardest hardwood, exotics
  tend to be the way to go.
• Brazilian hardwood flooring is universally hard
  and dense. Beyond that, it is mostly a matter of
  personal preference.
• Ipe, often called Brazilian walnut, is hard
  enough that it is even used on exterior decks. A
  number of years ago, ipe entered North American
  markets at premium prices. Today, ipe has come
  down in price as to be affordable by more
  homeowners.

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Hard Maple

• If you are looking for flooring on the domestic
  front, hard maple is a top choice.
• Hard maple has long been used as a surface for
  basketball courts, so it should stand up well to
  pet traffic. Hard maple can hit a Janka rating of
  1,450 or higher.

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• Do not confuse hard maple with just any old
  maple. It is a specific type, alternately called
  sugar or rock maple.
• According to industry group Maple Flooring
  Manufacturers Association (MFMA), hard maple.
  Despite its impressive hardness ratings, hard
  maple can gouge if the dog is heavy or unusually
  active.

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Hard Maple
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Bamboo - Strand-Woven

• Bamboo is a grass, not a wood, but in the
  flooring industry it is often classified as wood
  and can be subjected to a Janka hardness test,
  too.
• Bamboo flooring is very durable. But its secret
  lies in the manufacturing process. The only
  reason that grass can function as a "hard Wood
  flooring" is because it is impregnated with loads
  of hard resins.

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• Cali brand's Fossilized bamboo flooring has a
  Janka rating of an astronomical 5,000. Compare
  this to an equally admirable Janka rating of
  2,000 to 3,000 for conventional strand-woven
  bamboo flooring.

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The Best Wood flooring Is Not a Wood Floor

• Not long ago, wood-look substitutes did not
  fulfill their primary function looking like
  wood. Recently, many types of floor that contain
  no wood have begun to look very similar to wood
  due to improved imaging and embossing techniques.
• If you love dogs and Wood flooring, you should
  seriously consider a wood-look substitute such
  as

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• Wood-Look Ceramic Tile Tile is no longer square
  but plank-sized, just like short wood planks you
  purchase for flooring. More importantly, the
  graphics are more realistic. Many wood-look
  ceramic and porcelain tiles will give up their
  true origin only under close examination.

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• Wood-Look Laminate Flooring Laminate flooring
  may not have the cachet of real wood, but it is
  superior to most woods in one way
  scratch-resistance. Laminate will not resist deep
  scratches of the type caused by sliding a
  refrigerator. But its wear layer does an
  excellent job of warding off lighter scratches of
  the type that dogs' claws inflict.

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Conditions You Need

• Pre-Finished Pre-finished Wood flooring are
  stained and sealed in the factory with multiple
  layers of alligator skin-tough aluminum
  oxide-impregnated urethane finish.
• Hardwoods Soft woods such as pine or fir are
  poor choices for houses with dogs. No amount of
  site-applied surface preparation can shield
  against dog claws.

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• Solid Rather Than Engineered Wood Engineered
  Wood flooring, a sandwich of laminated wood with
  a real hardwood veneer on top, is an excellent
  product. The only issue is that it can take only
  a limited number of light sandings. Scratch marks
  can be sanded down hard one time. But subsequent
  sandings pose a risk of exposing the structural
  wood beneath.

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Wood flooring

• Green Wood General Trading Co.
• Gold Crest Executive TowerJLT, Dubai, UAE
• Phone [phone]Fax [phone]
• Email info_at_greenwood.aeMail P.O.Box 123727
  Dubai - UAE