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Solid hardwood floors are made of planks milled from a single piece of timber. Solid hardwood floors were originally used for structural purposes, being installed perpendicular to the wooden support beams of a building known as joists or bearers. With the increased use of concrete as a subfloor in some parts of the world engineered wood flooring has gained some popularity however in areas where homes traditionally have full basements solid wood floors are still common. Solid wood floors have a thicker wear surface and can be sanded and finished more times than an engineered wood floor. It is not uncommon for homes in New England, Eastern Canada and Europe which are several hundred years old to have the original solid wood floor still in use today.

Solid "hardwood" flooring is often a by product of sawmills throughout the Appalachian region and is used as a way for the mills to utilize their lesser grades of lumber.

Doug Johns- Member National Hardwood Association