Waterproof Solid Hardwood Flooring
Waterproof Solid Hardwood Flooring
Thermawood-USA solid hardwood is designed for —concrete slabs, radiant heat, and high-moisture areas.
Why Traditional Hardwood Has Limits
We all love wood.
It's about as American as apple pie. It's what built this great country.
We love the look, the feel, and the warmth that only real wood brings to a home.
The only problem is, real wood has always had a few bad habits: cupping, warping, gapping, and cracking. It's just what wood does.
Today's modern homes ask more from the materials we use. Whether you're building a new home or remodeling an old one, everything seems to come back to the same question: Can it handle water and moisture?
The Solution Was Never About Adding Something to Wood
For years we've been told the answer was plastics, laminates, composites, or adding something to wood to keep it from reacting to the elements.
The truth is, it was never about adding something to wood. It was about taking away what caused the problem.
The organic material inside wood naturally absorbs and releases moisture and humidity.
It's what wood does.
It's how nature designed it.
Take away that organic material...
Problem solved.
No organic material = no cupping, warping, or gapping.
Believe it or not, this idea isn't new.
An Ancient Idea Made Modern
More than a thousand years ago, the Vikings discovered that by charring wood and burying it in sand to cool, they changed the wood itself. It became stronger, lighter, and absorbed far less moisture. That simple discovery helped them build ships that conquered the oceans.
Fast forward to the 1990s.
Our European friends took that same idea and brought it into the 21st century.
By placing wood inside specialized oxygen-free kilns and heating it to over 380 degrees, they found they could remove the organic material that causes wood to react to moisture and humidity. The wood is then rehydrated with steam, locking those changes in permanently.
That's it.
It's really that simple.
Where Waterproof Solid Hardwood Can Be Used
Real wood, changed forever, giving it the ability to meet the demands of today's modern homes. Real wood that can now be used on concrete slabs, over radiant heat, in bathrooms and bathroom showers, outdoor kitchens, decks, docks, cladding, pergolas, gazebos, and carports.
It was never about adding something to wood.
The answer has always been removing the root cause, and now we have a material we all love that can be used throughout our modern homes and the way we live today, while still enjoying the look, the feel, and the warmth that no other material can bring to our homes.
Thermawood-USA
Real Wood for Real Life.
Antique Heart Pine, White Oak,
Reclaimed White Oak, Red Oak
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Written by Tom, owner of Thermawood-USA
Tom has over 40 years of flooring experience and works directly with mills, builders, contractors, designers, and homeowners on hardwood flooring projects across the country.