When perusing through your wood flooring options you may find yourself with an insatiable taste for that old country feel. If this idea hits home, then there’s simply nothing more suitable to your needs than the use of pine for your wood flooring installation.
Such floors, although perfect for a more traditional design plan can also pose as a viable economical solution. While many people feel the need to spend large sums of money on high priced lumber, this floor may be assembled using #2 pine boards purchased through a local home center or lumber yard at a much lesser expense.
Unlike hardwood floors, the installation of this typically entails driving steel cut nails directly through the face of the boards, leaving the heads exposed in order to accentuate the woods already rustic character. In addition, the presence of random knots in the planks only further adds to that good old country charm. However, you should be sure to check and assess whether or not the knots have become loose. Steering away from boards showing bark is also a good idea, while making certain to choose boards which are fairly straight.