 Engineered
wood flooring is a product made up of hardwood, plywood
and/or soft plywood type of material in
multiple thin ply layers
that are glued together usually in 2 to 7 layers. The top
layer (wear layer) of the hardwood is available in
almost any hardwood
domestic or
exotic species. This allows the
product to have natural characteristics of real wood floor
as opposed to a photographic layer seen in laminates.
The engineered design provides greater
 stability,
particularly where moisture concerns like basements, high
humidity areas and/or heat (under floor heating-radiant heating)
problems that are concerns for other solid hardwood flooring
products.
Recoating is easy and cost effective and is strongly
recommended when wear starts to occur. Most Engineered wood
floors come prefinished. Some engineered floors
can be
sanded and refinished according to the thickness of the
top wear layer of hardwood.
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~ Engineered Wood Flooring Fast Facts:
~Multiple layers of wood with hardwood as a
top wear layer
~Installation methods: nailed/stapled, glued and floated
over proper barrier at any
grade level on wood or dry concrete slabs.
~Engineered Wood Floors come Prefinished
or
Unfinished
~Widths & Thicknesses vary ( most 3/8" - 9/16") and are available in many different
colors and styles,
Domestic or
Exotic species.
~Lifespan of Engineered floors 30+ years.
~Engineered
wood floors are much more dimensionally stable than solid wood
floors
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Engineered wood floors are Manufactured
in two ways:
-Sliced cut - wear layer shows the woods
finer graining.
-Rotary cut - wear layer is peeled off the log showing
dramatic wilder graining.
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