The hardness of the wood will depend on the species of hardwood. The Janka scale measures the hardness of species and red oak is the standard with hardness of 1,290 psi (pounds per square inch). You can see more on this in the attached link where it shows the hardness for many species.
Engineered hardwood floors can be floated, but not solid hardwood floors.
Engineered hardwood floors can be floated, but not solid hardwood floors.
I need to refinish my hardwood floors. Where can I find a guide for refinishing hardwood floors?
Generally, yes hardwood floor vacuums do work well on wood floors. However, some hardwood floor vacuums can damage softwood floors if the hardwood floor vacuums have tough bristled vacuums brushes or their wheels are made from hard materials.
Upright Vaccuums clean better on carpetted floors and Cannisters work better on hard wood and tiled floors. Upright vaccuums don't work good on hardwood floors, but cannisters are excellent on hardwood floors.
yes they are excellent and better for cleaning hardwood floors. It is highly recommended from many sources to use them on hardwood floors. They work best on hardwood and tile floors.
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There are many good types of Cherry hardwood floors to use. The best type of Cherry hardwood floors to use would probably the Brazilian Cherry hardwood floors.
Basic prefinished hard wood can be had for much less than parquet.
Hardwood floors are generally more expensive than tile floors because they are harder to maintain. However, higher quality tile floors can cost more than hardwood floors.
Installing hard wood floors can be extremely tedious. I would recommend having someone install them for you.