10 Questions to Ask Before Buying Wood Floors

  1. What color range do you want — light, medium, or dark?Hardwood floors
  2. Do you want a floor with more natural character, or less?
  3. What board width do you want?
  4. Do you want engineered or solid-based floors, depending on your home’s conditions?
  5. How critical is length to you in reducing the overall number of seams?
  6. Do you want more aggressive graining like oak or a mellower grain like walnut?
  7. Do you want flooring prefinished or unfinished?
  8. How thick is the wear layer in the floor you’re considering, which will affect your ability to refinish it over time?
  9. What type of finish are you going to use? Can it be refinished and, if so, how?
  10. For wider planks that provide greater stability: Where is the wood coming from, how is it dried, what is its moisture content, and what type of substrate is used in the engineered platform?
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Will Nesbitt

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Will is the principal broker of Nesbitt Realty and Condo Alexandria. He is licensed in anywhere in the Commonwealth of Virginia, but focuses on those communities found in and around Alexandria, Arlington, Mount Vernon and Springfield/Franconia. Will has been involved in real estate management, sales and investment for more than twenty years. He is a veteran of the U.S. Army. While in the army, he studied Russian at Monterey's Defense Language Institute. He is also a "veteran of the dotcom wars" and built most of the sites associated with NesbittRealty.com Will currently resides in Belle Haven Estates just outside Old Town, overlooking New Alexandria. He is a former president of the Mount Vernon Youth Athletic Association and founded the Alexandria Fun with Friends Group. Will is the author of BattlestorM, a tabletop fantasy game, which was published by Ral Partha Publishing in the late '90's, and Arthur's Realm, a boardgame available at the Gamecrafter.