Engineered Hardwoods
Engineered wood gives the best of both worlds. It gives you the same look as the solid flooring and uses less raw material, making it a more eco-friendly product. One other benefit is that the engineered wood flooring tends to be more stable than the solid wood because of the cross-hatched ply wood core.
Wood flooring is a natural product and will have variation. Some wood flooring will have more variation than others depending on the species. Color and grain variation is not considered a defect!
Engineered wood flooring is categorized by its construction. Engineered wood floors are broken down into two components: the “core layer” and the “face layer”. The core layer consists of multiple layers of high quality ply wood. The ply wood layers of the core are constructed in a cross-hatched configuration. This cross-hatched construction makes the wood much more stable and gives it the ability to expand and contract during humidity changes. The face layer is often referred to as the wear layer, which is actually the solid species of wood adhered to the core layer. The thicker wear layer allows the the floor to be sanded and refinished more times and will add to the overall life of your floor.
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Installation:
- - Can be installed over concrete or wood sub-floor
- - Application Method: Glue Down, Floating or Staple
- - Must have level sub-floor and leave expansion gaps around the walls for expansion
