Note this is only true for the same wood species; for example, an engineered oak floor may be less expensive than a solid oak floor, but an engineered teak floor may be cheaper than a solid oak floor.

Many homeowners choose traditional, unfinished hardwood-strip flooring in either red oak or maple because it's affordable, attractive, and they can choose the stain color or leave it natural.

to be the cheapest way to add a quality wood floor to the home. Unfinished oak flooring can cost as little as $1.80 a square foot, excluding installation and finishing costs. The quality and final ...

I’ve looked at flooring from both sides now... and it’s the horrors of applying polyurethane I recall. Apologies to Joni Mitchell for that, but when it comes to installing solid or engineered ...