Types of Floors

Schafer Hardwood Flooring produces several specific types of flooring depending on the location and subfloor in your location:

Solid Hardwood Flooring: This hardwood flooring can be installed on top of a standard plywood subfloor that is found in most homes in the United States. The flooring is ¾” thick and is nailed or glued to your subfloor. The flooring is available in an unfinished form (finish coats are applied at your location) or prefinished.

Engineered Hardwood Flooring: This ¾” thick hardwood flooring is installed when your location has a concrete subfloor, your room is below grade or if you are installing the hardwood flooring over a radiant floor heating system. Engineered flooring is glued to the concrete. It can be sold either unfinished or prefinished.

Hand Scraped Hardwood Flooring: Both our Solid and Engineered Hardwood Flooring can be hand scraped at our manufacturing facility before it is sold to you. It is scraped and distressed to make a new floor look like a classic old world floor. In order to properly finish this floor, it must be installed and finished by your installation professional at your location.