Engineered Hardwood Installation
Expert Flooring LLC is a local Hardwood Floor Installation company located in Gwinnett, GA. We install both Solid Hardwood and Engineered Hardwood. But what is Engineered hardwood exactly?
Engineered hardwood has many names. You may know it as mass timber, man-made wood, hardwood composite, or others. The planks are a composite of real woods pieced together in alternating directions. Much like vinyl or laminate planks, engineered wood is made up of layers. The difference is that instead of a photographic image of wood grain under a clear coat wear layer, mass timber has actual hardwood on top.
The boards become interlocking planks, which fit together in a “drop and lock” method. This is also known as a floating floor as the planks are not nailed or glued to the subfloor like carpet or hardwood.
What you need to know?
Engineered hardwood has many names. You may know it as mass timber, man-made wood, hardwood composite, or others. The planks are a composite of real woods pieced together in alternating directions. Much like vinyl or laminate planks, engineered wood is made up of layers.
The difference is that instead of a photographic image of wood grain under a clear coat wear layer, mass timber has actual hardwood on top. The boards become interlocking planks, which fit together in a “drop and lock” method. This is also known as a floating floor as the planks are not nailed or glued to the subfloor like carpet or hardwood.
The result is a hardwood floor, with most of the benefits, a fraction of the cost .
Unlike solid hardwood, the planks won’t add resale value to the home. However, you also don’t have the drawbacks like excessive constriction and expansion, wide gaps between boards, and other hardwood features.
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Soild Hardwood vs Engineered Hardwood?
Solid wood flooring comes in long planks, usually made of hardwood species. It is milled with tongues and grooves on opposite edges so that the boards interlock when installed. It is always nailed down to the subfloor, a process that requires some skill. Because it is solid wood, this flooring can be sanded down and refinished several times over its life.
Engineered wood flooring looks very much like solid hardwood, but its construction features a relatively thin layer of hardwood bonded over a premium-quality plywood layer that gives the flooring very good stability. A good-quality engineered wood floor typically lasts 25 to 30 years, and it is both less expensive and easier for DIYers to install.
