25 February

Is it ok to use two types of hardwood flooring in your house?

Our den is an addition to our original house that you step down to enter. You can enter it from the living room or the kitchen, both of which have wide openings larger than just a standard door, so the rooms have a somewhat open feel. Our house is all oak hardwood floors. The den right now has carpet that we’d like to replace. We were considering bamboo flooring in the den since the color matches the oak in the rest of the house but I don’t know if that’s tacky? We’d rather avoid carpet since it stains easily being right next to the kitchen, and can’t afford to install oak floors since the addition is on a concrete subfloor, meaning it would require extra work.
I was looking at a solid bamboo from Home Depot that’s on sale in a light color similar to our oak. I don’t think it’s engineered because the associate said it was a type that could be refinished over and over again just like our hardwoods with different color stains, etc. Will it end up looking really different from our existing hardwood? I just worry about it looking like we tried to match but didn’t succeed. Thanks for your help!

As long as the color is complementary you ll be fine.What kind of bamboo or wood you looking at? Full 3/4" hardwood cannot be installed a cement floor w/o a sleeper system being installed. This raises the floor up a minimum of 1 1/2" plus the wood.
But by going with a 1/2 or 3/8" floating or engineered ( floating or glue direct) you can put this flooring on fully cured slab.
Any questions you can e mail me through my avatar. GL

2 Responses to “Is it ok to use two types of hardwood flooring in your house?”

  1. Devin Says:
    February 25th, 2010 at 9:45 am

    Please dont been there done that aint going back.
    So, NO!!!
    References :

  2. rob s Says:
    February 25th, 2010 at 9:51 am

    As long as the color is complementary you ll be fine.What kind of bamboo or wood you looking at? Full 3/4" hardwood cannot be installed a cement floor w/o a sleeper system being installed. This raises the floor up a minimum of 1 1/2" plus the wood.
    But by going with a 1/2 or 3/8" floating or engineered ( floating or glue direct) you can put this flooring on fully cured slab.
    Any questions you can e mail me through my avatar. GL
    References :
    20 years in flooring as a store owner/installer

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