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Hickory Flooring
Hickory flooring has a distinctive look that may complement your home decor. Whether you go with hickory wood plank, antique hickory, or even hickory manufactured wood flooring, you are in for a treat. Hickory hardwood flooring is durable and a good fit for your well-used floors.
Nuts About Hickory Flooring
Are you just nuts about hickory? Hickory flooring is a beautiful and easy way to add warmth and character to your home.
This beautiful wood flooring is a hard wood (Janka rating of 1820), which makes it extremely durable for daily wear and tear. If you are searching for a way to make your home look more rustic, then hickory hardwood flooring is a great choice for you. The beautiful tan to reddish colors looks great in any home, but most especially in homes that have more of a country feel.
Hickory wood plank flooring is manufactured mainly in North America. This wood is not only used for flooring though. Hickory wood is used for veneers, cabinets, furniture, and even baseball bats and skis! Due to the high shock resistance value of this wood, it is excellent for items like ax handles, baseball bats, and golf clubs. It has been used for centuries for all different kinds of uses and it is even used for cooking. If you need a wood that will be extremely durable and will last through years of daily use, then hickory hardwood flooring is an excellent choice for you.
Due to the hardness of hickory wood, it is difficult to work with hand tools. It may also be difficult to sand due to the density of this wood. Hickory wood is 41% harder than red oak, which is the most commonly used wood in hardwood flooring. This makes it a wonderful choice for use in any room, but especially in rooms that see a lot of traffic like the kitchen. The kitchen is also where pots, pans, and other cooking utensils may be dropped on the floors and this flooring can withstand this use. A family room is another great place for hickory floors. If you have more than one child, you have seen the way that kids throw their toys around each other and at each other! These extremely durable floors can stand up to this kind of mistreatment and still look beautiful.
Log cabin builders especially love hickory hardwood flooring. The color of the hickory floors complement pine log walls beautifully and the rustic look of the flooring gives the cabins an old world feel that consumers love! The look of antique hickory flooring gives great character and warmth to any home, but it gives log cabins a character of their very own that you will love.
Hickory manufactured wood flooring is a great choice for any home, but if you are looking for a floor that will give your home that country feel then hickory is the wood for you. The hardness of this wood will make it able to withstand anything that you can throw or drop on it and it is easy to clean and take care of. The beautiful color variations from tan to red make it a unique and beautiful choice for any home.
If you are nuts about the color and durability of hickory wood, then why not try hickory flooring?
Comments
Ewww..........no, that's not going to work. Sounds like maybe some were left out in the cold or something before they ever got to your house. It's hard to tell what they were exposed to before they got to you. I don't know if your installer purchased them or if you did, but they need to be returned. Make sure the new ones are the same width.
The Flooring Lady at June 10, 2008 10:13 PM
Hi, I have hickory 3/4 inch by 4 in wide and would like to know the best way to clean it. It is sealed only, no wax coating. It is OK to use something like the Hoover wood and tile cleaner?
Marie at June 15, 2008 10:27 PM
Hi Marie, I'm not sure because I don't know what kind of ingredients are in Hoover's Wood & Tile cleaner. There should be a phone number on the bottle - it would be best to hear what they say just to make sure.
The Flooring Lady at June 15, 2008 10:42 PM
Hi, I have just purchased 675 sq.Ft. of unfinished hickory flooring. I am having a hard time trying to decide what color of stain or finish to use. I have an 1880 Log Home. The logs are square. The flooring will be installed in the living room, dinning room & office. Can you please help me. I want it to look warm & rustic.
Thanks. Bonnie from Canada
Bonnie at June 17, 2008 10:04 AM
Hi Bonnie!
Colors to use to create a warm finish are any with golden, orange or reddish tones. Since I can't see the color of the logs it's rather difficult for me to help much. :~( What I would do is go shopping! ;~) Seriously, pick out a few stains that you think you like, buy the smallest container of each (some brands even have samples!) and apply it to a piece of the hickory - the company you brought it from may even have a sample of your hickory flooring that you can buy to do this so that you don't have to waste a piece of your own. Just make sure that you use the same procedure that you're going to use on your floor to see the final result. It sounds like a bit of work I know, but it's better to try it out now than experiment on your floor after you get it down.
Good luck - it sounds like it's going to be a beautiful addition to your home!
The Flooring Lady at June 17, 2008 11:17 AM
Thank you for the advice. I have tried a small amount of each Puritain Pine and Early American stains. I am leaning more towards a lighter more natural shades, in order to keep the beautiful charachter of the wood. I'm not sure it will be as warm looking as I want if I stay light or natural. I want to make the right choice. I wish I could see a few pictures of different floors so I could get an idea. Most pictures I see, they don't tell you what color stain they used. DARN !!
Bonnie at June 17, 2008 12:34 PM
Bonnie, now that I know natural is an option you'll consider I'll voice my opinion: seal the hickory without oiling it at all. It's a beautiful wood just as it is! Hickory has a great variety of colors that will look great in your natural setting.
The Flooring Lady at June 17, 2008 07:48 PM
Hi! I am building my first home and am going to have natural colored hickory floors throughout most of the house, including the kitchen. I am torn about what type of wood cabinets to have in the kitchen to compliment the hickory floors. Right now I am thinking either rustic alder or maple- both with a natural color. Any suggestions? I sure could use the help. Thank you!
Elizabeth at June 19, 2008 01:35 PM
Hi Elizabeth,
I think you've hit it right on the head, either of those sound like they would work wonderfully! Good eye!
The Flooring Lady at June 20, 2008 01:25 AM
Hello,
We are in the process of building a home and fell in love with hickory flooring. We are putting it in the kitchen, breakfast nook, and foyer. We also have decided to just seal it and leave it natural. So gorgeous. My next dilema is what to do with the basebboards and trim. They are also hickory, but, in your experience, do you think it would be too much if we left it natural also? I always envisioned it darker, but it's simply not as beautiful when it's stained.
Thanks for your help!
Jane at July 26, 2008 08:27 PM
