What hard wood flooring is better solid or engineered. The flooring is going to be placed in a bed room and family room
Solid Hardwood is better because it is solid wood through and through. Solid wood can be refinished several times in the future. Engineered wood can be refinished 2 times at most. In addition good quality engineered is as expensive as solid. The only time to use engineered is if you have a concrete sub floor and have to.
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As you can see, there really are a lot of factors that go in to talking about the differences between solid and engineered wood flooring. The last statement I would make is about how much more environmentally friendly engineered flooring can be over solid. This is because you can get a far greater yield out of the finished hardwood with engineered because you are only using the finished hardwood type on the top layer. This is why engineered flooring has seen a dramatic increase in sales over the last 7 to 10 years and solid has declined. Most manufacturers inside and outside the US are retooling their factories to handle more engineered as solid will have a much smaller role in the future. Of course, like anything else, you can't make a blanket statement on this as well. Engineered, while more environmentally friendly (in concept) is a manufactured product. You have to take into account the glues that were used to press the layers together, the finish in the top layer, etc. But overall, the industry would agree that engineered hardwood flooring is the way of the future. I hope this helps you. It was a lot of information but in my opinion, the information needed to make an informed decision about what is best for you.
