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Commercial Flooring Terminology
Above Grade: refers to the part of the building that is above ground level
Air-Dried: wood flooring dried by an exposure to air without artificial heat
Base Shoe: a molding designed to cover expansion space.
Below Grade: the portion of a building below ground level
Custom Floors: floors made to order
Engineered Hardwood Flooring: layers of real hardwood with a plywood backing
Cork Flooring: recyclable product generated from the cork oak tree; a durable and acoustical flooring type
Decay: wood decomposed by fungi
Floating Floor: this type of flooring floats above the sub-floor instead of being nailed or glued to it
Grade: wood is graded based on length, appearance and size of the knots
Hand Scraped: smooth and flat distressed hardwood floors
Hardness: the resistance of wood to wear, dent or mar
Laminate: a cost effective solution for parquet-like flooring constructed with a high density fiber board core
On Grade: ground level portion of a building
Plain Sawn: the most common form of cutting wood flooring
Solid Hardwood Flooring: obtained from one single thick piece of wood that can be sanded and refinished several times
Stability: refers to the wood floorings ability to expand and contract as a result of humidity
Veneer: the top layer of wood
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