Engineered Wood Flooring

Engineered Wood Flooring Guide

Engineered wood flooring has been one of the more remarkable innovations to hit the market in flooring. Engineered wood flooring is not made from solid hardwood but may be your best substitute to solid hardwood floor. It consists of several layers, with only the top layer being the actual hardwood that gives it a beautiful appearance. The layers below are explicitly designed to give you the greatest protection and the most functional flooring for just about any room of the house.

 Engineered wood flooring has many advantages over solid hardwood that make it very appealing. For one thing, engineered wood flooring is not as expensive as solid hardwood flooring. Engineered is actually produced with three to five layers of wood with the top layer being the genuine hardwood. Each layer is stacked in a cross-grain configuration and bonded together under heat and pressure in a factory setting. As a result, engineered wood flooring is less prone to be affected by changes in humidity and can be installed on all levels of the home. The other layers of the engineered wood flooring are usually plywood or high density fiberboard.  Engineered wood floors will not contract or expand with changes in temperature and humidity as solid hardwood does.

Engineered wood flooring can be installed over just about any type of existing floor and is very adaptable to a number of diverse applications. For example, an engineered wood floor can be installed on a concrete sub-floor and below grade, either as a floating floor or a direct glue-down.  Engineered wood flooring is also an exceptional choice for geographical locations with higher moisture and humidity levels.  Nevertheless, engineered wood does not perform well in rooms of the home where there is an abundance of moisture and humidity, such as in mudrooms and bathrooms. Engineered plank flooring can also be installed over a radiant heat source. Veteran installers vigorously discouraged radiant heating when using solid hardwood, but it is not a problem under engineered plank floors.

One of the foremost reasons that many homeowners choose engineered plank flooring is its incredible price. You have the same texture and look of hardwood, but it seems as if you are getting the hardwood at a bargain price. Engineered plank floors are easy to install, do-it-yourself flooring option with the instructions clearly printed inside each carton. Even so, you do have to make sure that the sub-floor is clean of dirt and dust before you begin so that any small pieces of debris won’t work their way up through the flooring.

Engineered plank flooring comes in various types of wood, finishes and stains. You can also choose unfinished or pre-finished hardwood, but if you are looking for an trouble-free project, then it is best to go with pre-finished. This way after you have the engineered wood floor installed, you don’t have to hassle applying any finish or stain. You can just sit back and take pleasure in  your engineered wood flooring.

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See our collection engineered plank flooring brands like Bruce Hardwood Flooring, Mannington Hardwood Flooring, Armstrong Hardwood Flooring, Hartco® Wood Flooring, Mirage Hardwood Floors, and more... Click below to see our whole selection of engineered plank flooring brands!

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Bruce Engineered Wood Flooring
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Bruce Engineered Wood Flooring

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Find the Bruce engineered wood flooring that will transform your room. You'll find a luxurious selection of beautiful floors in a variety of wood species, colors, surface textures, and specialty finishes. For a distinctive, one-of-a-kind floor, trust the top- selling brand of hardwood in North America: Bruce. Learn More

Mannington Engineered Wood Flooring
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Mannington Engineered Wood Flooring

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Madison Oak Plank is a stylish new look with an outstanding low luster finish that is so sought after. The low gloss allows even more of the natural beauty of our hardwood floors to be revealed. Learn More

Armstrong Engineered Wood Flooring
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Armstrong Engineered Wood Flooring

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Natural beauty and lasting durability. The enduring appeal of hardwood flooring is in its timeless look and the value it adds to your home. Armstrong offers the most choices in styles, finishes, and installation options to fit your taste, lifestyle, and budget. But with so many choices, there’s a lot to think about beyond choosing the right color and wood species. Armstrong takes the guesswork out of the selection process by explaining the important considerations you need to know before buying. Learn More

Anderson Tuftex Hardwood Floors
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Anderson Tuftex Hardwood Floors

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Real wood floors made of Maple, Oak, Beech, Elm, and Pecan should be as familiar to you as the countless city streets that are named after these trees. Their rich natural colors and hand-crafted quality is what we have come to expect in our homes. Now, Anderson has taken wood flooring technology to a place it has never gone before—with Best-in-Class durability. Learn More

Mirage Engineered Wood Flooring
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Mirage Engineered Wood Flooring

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The Herringbone Collection, different shapes that create unusual patterns. Equal lengths to make symmetry come to life Learn More

BR-111 Hardwood Flooring
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BR-111 Hardwood Flooring

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BR-111 is the exclusive U.S. importer of Indusparquet exotic hardwood flooring. Available prefinished or unfinished, Indusparquet is kiln-dried and precision milled providing natural beauty, superior durability, and flexible design options. Learn More

Mercier Engineered Wood Flooring
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Mercier Engineered Wood Flooring

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he grain of White Oak (Quercus alba) is similar to that of Red Oak. It also has clearly visible growth rings. In colour, it varies from pale cream beige to a greyish brown. The colour change of White Oak is moderate and it becomes slightly amber in hue over time. This wood has a Janka hardness rating of 1360. Learn More

True Engineered Hardwood Collection
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True Engineered Hardwood Collection

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The True Engineered Hardwood Collection is second-to-none not only in performance but in beauty and elegance too. Learn More

Johnson Engineered Wood Flooring
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Johnson Engineered Wood Flooring

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The hand crafted Roma series takes its name from the historic empire whose legendary stories were filled with romance and adventure. Rich and bold colors perfectly compliment the hand stained hickory's striking grain pattern. Multi-width boards are included in every box of material to create an impressive floor pattern. Learn More

Zickgraf Hardwood Flooring
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Zickgraf Hardwood Flooring

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Zickgraf invested years of research and development to create a finish system that assures the floor you install today will still look like new tomorrow. At the heart of this comprehensive multi-step finish system is the Diamondized wear-layer. This unique formulation creates a state-of-the-art wear-layer that provides lasting durability against traffic, wear, soil and stains. applications. Learn More

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Robbins Hometown Elegance Collection Introduction
Introducing the Hometown Elegance birch engineered hardwood collection from Robbins Hardwood Flooring.

Robbins HydroGuard™ Waterproof Engineered Hardwood
Introducing the HydroGuard oak, maple and hickory engineered hardwood collection from Robbins Hardwood Flooring.

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Solid Hardwood vs. Engineered Wood
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Engineered Wood Flooring
...Engineered wood flooring has been one of the more remarkable innovations to hit the market in flooring. Engineered wood flooring is not made from solid hardwood but may be your best substitute to solid hardwood floor. It consists of several layers, with only the top layer being the actual hardwood that gives it a beautiful appearance. The layers below are explicitly designed to give you...
Solid Plank Flooring
...r structural purposes, being installed perpendicular to the wooden support beams of a building known as joists or bearers. With the increased use of concrete as a subfloor in some parts of the world, engineered wood flooring has gained some popularity. However, solid wood floors are still common and popular. Solid wood floors have a thicker wear surface and can be sanded and finished more times th...
Solid Hardwood Flooring
...r structural purposes, being installed perpendicular to the wooden support beams of a building known as joists or bearers. With the increased use of concrete as a subfloor in some parts of the world, engineered wood flooring has gained some popularity. However, solid wood floors are still common and popular. Solid wood floors have a thicker wear surface and can be sanded and finished more times th...