What are the differences and which one is better?
Real hardwood floors are better. That's because they're nailed to the subfloor instead of just floating, and because it's solid wood all the way through, it can be resanded and refinished more than once. I have an engineered floating floor with a real oak surface, and although it's looked fine for several years, it's starting to look shabby now, and it can't be refinished.
In general terms Engineered hardwood fooring is pretty much better compared to 100% hardwood floors. 1. Stability: Instability of solid wood is mainly affected by moisture and heat, wherein it could warp, swell and split apart. none of these problems is present in the engineered wood. Therefore these said set back experienced by building contractors were very much taken cared off by manufacturers of this said simulated wood. 2. Aesthetics: Engineered wood uses also real wood veneers and produces same effect than real hard wood with a very hard finish designed for heavy traffic,Personal opinion: True hard wood is very expensive and requires skilled work in order to attain a desired effect. BUT......... If you have money to burn ... Use true solid wood wherein you could see a big difference in ELEGANCE and BEAUTY of a real wood.Much more joints could be SEAMLESS compared to engineered wood because it comes in panels with the tongue and groove connection. Have a nice day, Borges (Philippines)
Real and engineered are designed to be nailed to the subfloor.Real hard wood can be sanded and refinished more than engineered. Engineered is designed for areas that might have heat or moisture related problems.Engineered can also be only put on concrete floors by gluing it. I have put down both many times and really look and feel wise,there is no difference.The main thing is resanding and refinishing it, but most people will never even do this
