Wood moves, and in this climate it moves further. Boards are moisture-metered and left to acclimate in the room they will live in, and expansion gaps are sized for the season the floor goes down in. Solid, engineered, refinishing and premium laminate.
Koa, mahogany, teak, walnut, cherry, white oak and hickory, blind-nailed plank by plank. Solid stock takes several sandings across its life, so these floors routinely outlast the family that chose them.
A real wood wear layer over a cross-laminated core, so a board holds its width through a wet season. Usually the right call over a concrete slab, and in condos carrying sound requirements.
Wear layers that shrug off suitcases and tracked-in sand. Sensible for rentals, upper-floor units and back-of-house runs where the budget belongs somewhere more visible.
If the wear is only in the finish, a screen and recoat is enough. If it has reached the timber, the floor comes back to bare wood. Stain is matched on offcuts from the same floor, since species and age both shift the color.
Mitred borders, medallions and species-contrast inlays, cut and fitted on site so the pattern lands square to the room rather than to the pallet it arrived on.