
You cannot appreciate the brilliance of wooden floors installation until you understand where the wood has come from and what makes it so special. Historically, wood has been divided into to three categories: hardwood, softwood, and wood from a leaf-bearing tree. On top of that, these types of woods are graded on how many blemishes and irregularities they carry in them. Of course, this affects how you view the hardwood flooring because irregularities are less pleasing to the eyes since they are not uniform, giving a not-so pleasing appearance to the final finish. These things are important to know because flooring installations that are made from wood are one of the few things that are absolutely unique from house to house since they all come from a different tree. Although some defects can sometimes be good to have in order to feel the uniqueness of the wood, it is important that you get a grade of wood that controls the amount of defects evident.