Benefits of Choosing Engineered Wood Flooring for Home Improvement

There are a number of advantages to be found when choosing engineered wood flooring, they are appealing, durability, and easyt to install on top of many different types of surface, including often tricky concrete floors.

Engineered wood flooring comprises of multiple layers of wood, capped by a veneer of solid wood, which often varies in thickness, averaging around 5mm, but often exceeding 10mm depending on the quality of the product. The top layer is the part visible to the consumer, providing the look and feel to the engineered wood flooring solution. The various layers are secured together with special wood glue, resistant to deterioration and moisture damage.

Benefits of Engineered Flooring

There are a number of advantages to be found when choosing engineered wood flooring over.

Engineered Hardwood Flooring can be installed in basement areas that are prone to having higher relative humidity levels of between 30-60%. *No wood flooring should not be used in areas prone to flooding.

Engineered Wood Flooring can be used in most any room in your home. (Wood flooring is not recommended for use in areas like full bathrooms where a lot of water will be splashed on the floors.)

Engineered Wood Floors can be installed in 3 season cabins or summer homes that are not as climate controlled in off seasons.

Engineered Hardwood Floors are one of the most environmentally friendly Green types of wood flooring to use as it takes 3-6 times less face veneer wood to produce an engineered wood plank floor.

Engineered Hardwood Flooring is the best choice for floor covering over radiant heat systems. We personally recommend the surface temperature of the heat source not to exceed 80 degrees. *Some engineered wood manufacturers "May Not" provide any warranty if their wood species like Maple or Brazilian Cherry are used over radiant heat as these species are the most unstable woods to use over radiant heat.

Engineered hardwood Flooring has a life span average of between 40-80 years.

• Some engineered flooring have a 1.5 to 6 mil thick wear layer that can be professionally sanded and refinished 1-5 times depending on wear layer thickness.


• Some thinner wear layers of a .06 to 1. should only be light hand sanded and recoated which will bring back any lost shine. Look for our Wear layer thickness mentioned for our engineered flooring in any of our product specifications.

Engineered flooring is manufactured with either a standard tongue and groove fastening system where the flooring can be either stapled down over a wood subfloor or direct glued down or with a simple Click loc type system. More and more manufacturers are manufacturing their Engineered Hardwood Flooring with a type of Click Loc fastening system for floating floors systems making it even easier for the DIY installer. Engineered Hardwood Flooring is available in many different wood species such as Oak, Maple, Hickory and Exotic wood species.