Appalachian Flooring Hard Solid Hardwood

A real wood floor is a long game: chosen and installed right, solid hardwood is refinished, not ripped out, decade after decade.

In simple terms: Appalachian Flooring Hard is genuine solid hardwood for the dry, above-grade rooms of a home. Because it is real wood all the way through, it is nailed down and can be refinished rather than replaced. Squarefoot Flooring carries it and our own crew installs it.

Be realistic about where it goes. Real wood expands and contracts with the seasons, so below-grade rooms, wet baths, and most radiant systems are off the table, and the boards acclimate before they are nailed down. For those spaces, choose engineered hardwood instead.

On the floor itself: It is offered in Hard Maple and Red Oak. On the Janka hardness scale that is Hard Maple around 1450 and Red Oak around 1290, so you can match hardness to how busy the room is. At a full 3/4 inch, it is solid wood all the way through, which means it can be sanded back and refinished several times over its life and recoloured if your style changes, a floor that can outlast the rest of the room. Plank widths run from 3 1/4 inch up to 4 1/4 inch, so you can keep it traditional and narrow or go wide-plank and contemporary. It is available in Excel and Prestige grades, from cleaner to more characterful. The surface is smooth, a clean, contemporary finish. It is backed by a 35-year warranty.

Decision line: match the species to the room. The harder options here take busy main floors, kids, and pets, while the softer, more formal woods suit lower-traffic spaces.

We install Appalachian Flooring Hard with our own crew, not subcontractors, across the GTA, Barrie, and Simcoe County. A nailed solid floor needs a sound, dry subfloor and proper acclimation, which is what our hardwood installation team handles, down to the stairs and transitions.

Grain and stain read differently across a full floor than in a sample, so it is worth seeing Appalachian Hard in person at either showroom. contact us to check current stock, or browse the full hardwood flooring range. For the full Appalachian Flooring range, see our Appalachian Flooring page.