Engineered Hardwood Floors: Pros & Cons & Comparing them to Solid Hardwoods
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- Опубліковано 19 тра 2022
- There seems to be quite a bit of confusion about the topic of Engineered Hardwood Floors. Today we take a deep dive into the Pros and Cons of Engineered Hardwoods and how they stack up to their Solid Hardwood Counterparts.
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Great comprehensive video on engineered flooring, thank you!
very helpful...first time we've owned a house with engineered hardwood floors...nice to know how they're designed, etc...
Excellent information. I wish you were located in my town.
Very informative and helpful!
Best video I’ve seen on this subject!
Thank you so much for watching and commenting. Glad you like it.
People always also confuse engineered and click together flooring. They then see the engineered click together floor and then confuse that with laminate. The big box stores refer to engineered as solid sometimes.
great point and I may need to shoot a video that covers all of the various flooring types and installation types. I can certainly see why consumers are confused.
Knowing next to nothing aout wooden floors, my most immediate apprehension is what happens to spills on them. Does some of the liquid sink through to the concrete below whereupon it creates mold, etc.
If a substantial amount of water is spilled on the floor it will seep through the cracks and settle underneath. From our experience it will take some time to dry out unless the planks are removed (no airflow).
Biggest issue with moisture is the swelling/cupping that will result in the planks. We seal our concrete substrates with a moisture barrier that will essentially trap the moisture between concrete and bottom side of the planks. Without a food source, doubt you would see mold and we haven't experienced that over past 15 years.
what’s the brand of that high end engineered floor?
Many manufacturers produce quality engineered products - both unfinished and pre-finished. Some of our favorites on the unfinished side are Teckton, Graf, and Middle Tenn since they're carried by our local distributor. The NWFA has a new a list of manufacturers that produce "certified refinishable" engineered products. You can visit that here: nwfa.org/certified-refinishable-manufacturers/#:~:text=NWFA%20Certified%20Refinishable%20products%20have,its%20look%2C%20or%20be%20renewed
Average prices per square feet would've been nice to add for all those types of engineered wood
Why must pre finished floors have the bevel?
subfloors are never perfectly flat and the milling on the factory finished floors isn't perfect either. If you slid two factory finished planks together, one plank may sit slightly higher than the one next to it and leave a sharp edge. Basically the bevel provides a smooth transition between each plank and allows for imperfect subfloor conditions. The bevel isn't required when sanding the floor since any high spots would be sanded flat.
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But those VOC's in vinyl though...🤔
This is solid point and there will be some initial off gassing of VOC's after the floor is installed. Some product lines are worse than others and as a consumer you should verify/research this before selecting a product. Thanks for watching and commenting!
@@kimminauwoodfloors thanks. great video.
I actually have been researching but at the end of the day, it's seems harder than it should be to find out the "Green shield" rating... a warehouse will of course tell me whatever I want to hear.
The music is a huge distraction while he is talking.
heard this complaint before and will see if we can tone that down. Thanks for watching and commenting!
The luxury vinyl floors are toxic and they are garbage, retaining moisture in the subfloor, if cost is a concerned, you are much better off to go with a low cost lower grade solid wood floor you get all the same benefits
Your comment is misleading. To blatantly state all LVT is toxic and garbage is patently false. LVT didn't become the number one commercial floor covering without having tangible benefits. We love hardwood as much as anyone and it accounts for about 98% of what we do but our singles biggest pet peeve in the industry is cheap engineered planks that can not be refinished. Low cost solid is great above grade but that is not viable option below grade. Our preference will always be solid or high quality engineered but for those with a limited budget, it is our opinion that a non-toxic LVT is a better performing option over cheap mass produced crap that can never be refinished. Thanks for watching!
@@kimminauwoodfloors Could a 3mm or I believe 1/8" veneer be resanded
@@PercyJackson93 Yes once for sure, possibly twice. Can depend on a number of factors. Subfloor prep is crucial and you will want to get it as flat as possible. If the planks have any texture like wire brushing/hand-scraping then the refinishing work will have to be more aggressive and eat through the wear layer faster. We recommend products between 3mm-6mm. We've successfully refinished unfinished 3mm engineered planks twice in the past but that would be the absolute max.