What you mean by Engineered flooring? What is the benificts of Engineered flooring?
As Rob said it is made up of several plys, with a layer of real wood flooring on the top. The thicker this top layer is the better. Because, it can then be refinished more times in the future. The benefits of engineered flooring are; it can be installed in places where solid 3/4 hardwood can't (such as concrete), it is cheaper than solid hardwood flooring, it can be floated like a laminate, but is much better cause it is real wood.
Engineered wood is an all wood product made of several plys of wood criss crossed for strength just as ply wood is. Its usually made of three plys but I ve seen cheaper stuff with as many as 5 plys. Its a thinner wood ( 3/8ths inch thick on average but you can get thinner and thicker) It s made for places where thickness is an issue and you can t use the standard 3/4 solid wood. Its more versatile in installation . than standard wood. Its made to be glued, nailed ( stapled actually) and made to float in special applications. In certain applications it can be used below grade ( certain applications mind you) . The wood is made to strict milling so it goes together easy and is very DIY er friendly. Any questions you can e mail me through my avatar. GL
