Because of the heightened popularity of hardwood flooring there are now more options available to the average homeowner than ever before.  These options will end up suiting different households depending upon the needs of each homeowner.  In this post, we’ll go over some types of hardwood flooring that’ll be extra durable and resilient.  This will be perfect for homes that have children or just see an elevated amount of foot traffic.  A good choice for flooring is of course just natural hardwood flooring.  There are many options available with this type of flooring as well.  There are many types of trees– exotic, domestic and otherwise and each one has different properties.  When trying to decide on what types of hardwood flooring to get it is important to be familiar with the Janka hardness scale.  Since we’re going over trade woods that would be a fine fit for a house that sees more foot traffic than normal we will deal with hardwoods that lie towards the top of the scale.  These would be woods such as Brazilian Walnut and Wenge. (more…)