These two materials define both the interior and the exterior living spaces.
Combination of wood and concrete flooring.
Tile and wood floor combination transition from tile to wood floors description.
Now you can take your tile concrete or hardwood floor and create something spectacular by a combination of colors and patterns.
It lays directly on top of the waterproof barrier or combination of barrier and underlayment to help cushion and insulate.
Once you know the wood type make sure to note what species you have as well.
For example oak hardwood floors are found in many homes but oak can come in two different species.
They work together beautifully for a few reasons.
Likewise maple another common wood comes in hard maple and black maple.
A pattern is already starting to emerge.
Red oak and white oak.
It can be tricky to use two kinds of wood flooring in the same house.
Be aware of the additional height that the subfloor and underlayment add.
Build a plywood subfloor most subfloors over concrete use exterior grade plywood or osb oriented strand board.
If they are too similar in grain and color it can look like an unsuccessful attempt to match them.
There are many wood floor types ranging from oak to hickory to maple.
Exposed concrete was used extensively by henri cleinge in the design of this home from montreal canada but so was wood.
This home shows a beautiful use of two kinds of wood flooring.
So let s take a look at some unique flooring ideas.
Builders pride 3 4 x 3 1 4 walnut hickory via.