Conversations Regarding Engineered Wood Flooring

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Conversations regarding engineered wood flooring. Hardwood flooring service. He recommended i submit an article to your magazine to. I bought 1040 sq ft of bruce engineered wood flooring with a 25 year warranty. Best practices for glue down.

It is the first floor of the house there is no basement and the house was built in the 1990 s. Stacking engineered hardwood planks in alternating directions for a more stable moisture resistant flooring. Wood warping where the boards in the center are higher than those on the sides. Engineered wood flooring however is less susceptible to the effects of moisture and temperature changes and offers more and sometimes easier installation options.

Don t let the term engineered give you the wrong impression. It was a fascinating conversation. Attitude is night day difference if you do choose kramer s ask fo. I would like to install engineered hardwood flooring over a concrete slab which is on grade.

After 12 years the flooring is falling apart even the two extra boxes that have been stored and never installed. Would not even know we had dogs. Warping where the side boards are higher than the centerboards. Though solid wood flooring is a perennial favorite engineered wood flooring has soared in popularity in recent years.

The bpi sales rep and regional manager performed an on site inspection and took flooring samples. I have seen. Several years ago while standing in the office of a flooring installer i overheard him in a phone conversation with a homeowner interested in having a character grade floor installed in her home. Engineered wood is real wood.

Regarding your question about mc of subfloors being 4 lower than the wood floor at installation we are currently researching this scenario as well as other variations of lower and higher subfloor mc at install with some well know labs. The 100 year old floors have held up best. We have two dogs 55 and 50 pounds. 2 common flooring as dirty imagine the look on that homeowner s face as she thought about what would be an 8 000 10 000.

The engineered hardwood has lots and lots of surface scratches but no actual grooves damage to the wood you can basically only see the surface scratches in certain light. The plain hardwood has been scratched to heck.