The most common solid wood flooring species for home flooring installation are white oak and red oak, maple, walnut, ash, hickory, beech, yellow birch, mahogany and pine. Oak is one of the harder ...

If you opt for solid white oak, get ready to pay between $4 and $8 for a square foot, while engineered white oak can be between $4 and $7. But regardless of what type of flooring you choose ...