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All About Hickory Wood Flooring

Flooring is a necessity in any home. You walk on them, your kids play on them, they are part of your home and your life. When you are looking for hickory wood flooring information, you have come to the right place. We hope that you find the following article to be as useful as we do.

Hickory wood is an extremely durable, yet flexible, hard wood that has been used in many applications where strength and durability are required. Hickory has long been used for tool handles, walking sticks, wheel spokes, carts and bows. Being that hickory wood is such a strong, yet somewhat malleable wood, it is perfectly suited for hardwood flooring.

Hickory wood flooring is more durable than standard hardwood floors that are traditionally made of a variety of hard woods, and comparably strong as other single species hardwood floors. One of the advantages of hickory wood flooring is the flexibility of the wood itself.

The strength and durability of hickory wood is complimented by its unique ability to flex slightly. The flexibility of hickory wood is a wonderful attribute for wood flooring. Wood floors expand and contract due to changes in temperature and relative humidity. Cold air does not hold as much moisture, and so tends to cause wood to contract. The opposite is true with warm air; retaining more moisture, warm weather is likely to cause wood floors to expand.

When wood flooring is able to expand and contract it is less likely to crack. This is true of the wood itself, but can also affect the finish. When the wood itself is able to expand and contract, less of the stress in either case is transmitted to the finish.

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