Engineered Hardwood Flooring
Engineered hardwood flooring is a product made of a core made of hardwood, plywood, high density fiber, or high-density fibre and then a top coat of hardwood veneer. It is glued onto the core’s top. It is available for almost all hardwood species. It retains the wood’s natural characteristics and not the photographic layers resources. This product was designed to give hardwood floors more stability when heat and moisture are a problem.
You can find wood floors in two basic types:
o Solid wood flooring
Engineered wood flooring
Solid Wood Fl uses 3/4 inch thick solid lumber. There are tongue and groove sides for joining boards. Some manufacturers also offer 5/16″ versions. Solid wood flooring is durable and can be refinished, sanded, or refinished over many generations. Solid wood floors can easily be refinished and refinished for many years. There are solid wood floors that can be either unfinished or prefinished in almost every wood species.
Solid wood floors can be subject to expansion or contraction from humidity changes. These floors have a 5/8- 3/4 inch gap between the floor to the wall. This is to allow for movement. This gap can be covered with baseboards or shoe molding.
It is not possible to install 3/4-inch thick floors in a basement. This situation can be overcome by using thinner 5/16″ wood floors. If you are installing solid wood flooring over concrete concrete floors, be sure to adhere to the manufacturer’s recommendations.
There are three types available in solid wood flooring:
The thickness or width the planks of wood can denote strip flooring. The width of strip flooring is fixed, but it can have different thicknesses. It comes in a thickness range of 5/16″ to 3/8″. You can only buy it in widths of 1 1/2″, 2″, and 3. 1/4″.
Plank flooring comes in two thicknesses. This is in contrast to strip flooring, which can have a wide range of widths. It can be ordered in thicknesses upto 1/2″ or 3/4″, aswell as a wide range of widths (3″-8″).
Parquet flooring can have a completely new look than traditional hardwoods. They are made from individual wood pieces which are held together with adhesive or mechanical fastening.