| Engineered Flooring is one of the latest trends and | | | | made by gluing together multiple thin ply layers. The |
| provides the best in floorings. A permanent cover for | | | | inner cores are generally made of hard wood or soft |
| any floor can be laid with many varieties of material. | | | | plywood. The tongue and groove system is arranged |
| There are stone, tile, marble, wood, rubber, vinyl, | | | | in it. On top of this, a thicker hardwood veneer layer |
| bamboo and many other substances to cover a floor | | | | is glued on. So the availability of any specific |
| and make it look beautiful and attractive. But none of | | | | hardwood is not a problem in this engineered flooring. |
| these can take the place of the latest and the best | | | | Benefits |
| invention of the artificially prepared wood floorings, | | | | The first and foremost merit of engineered and |
| popularly referred to as Engineered Wood Flooring. | | | | pre-finished hardwood floorings is that it gives the |
| Traditional Trend | | | | warmth of real wood and is strong like an engineered |
| The traditions of many people and families have led | | | | infrastructure. Secondly, the wide selection of exotic |
| them to use marble, stone, or concrete for the | | | | hard wood species is available. Thirdly, pre-finished |
| floors of their house. These have often been | | | | and engineered floorings have a lifespan range of 50 |
| preferred over other types of floors because of | | | | to 100 years. A fourth point is that it can be fixed on |
| their durability. But beautifying and maintaining them | | | | any sub-floors, even on dry concrete slabs. You will |
| properly can often be expensive and involve a lot of | | | | find that humidity won't cause any damage and they |
| fussing around. Then there are the floors for special | | | | are extremely easy and simple to install. These |
| purposes, like rubber floors and resilient floors for | | | | versatile floors are available in many different colours, |
| sports and gyms. Bamboo floors and cork floors are | | | | styles and sizes. Besides all of these merits, it is |
| eco-friendly, but not durable. | | | | dimensionally more stable than a solid wood floor. |
| Recent Trend | | | | When Buying |
| Hard wood floors are the most recent trend up till | | | | Care should be taken when buying these products. |
| now. Wood floors give good solid structure to the | | | | Colour and texture of all wood species is available in |
| floor. They get back their freshness and beauty | | | | this section. So, instead of going for a particular |
| when sanded and refinished anew again. The price is | | | | colour or a specific wood pattern, you must consider |
| according to the availability of the right kind of wood. | | | | if it will agree with the room and the things in it. If |
| But hard wood floorings too, have many drawbacks. | | | | you want to refinish it after some years, make sure |
| Hard wood floorings can warp due to the expansions | | | | the top veneer layer is thick. The top wear layer |
| and contractions caused by the climate change. The | | | | comes with a thickness of 0.6mm to 6mm. When |
| changes in moisture levels in the atmosphere also | | | | refinishing, 0.5mm thickness can be lost. The adhesive |
| tend to damage the wood floorings. | | | | used in between the ply's can sometimes be harmful |
| Production | | | | or cause allergies. Creating a timeless look is one of |
| The new invention available in the market today is | | | | the highlights of engineered wood, but it too fades if |
| Engineered Pre-finished Wood Flooring, and this has | | | | it is constantly exposed to sunlight. Contact with |
| many advantages that do not appear to be seen in | | | | water can also damage it in the long run. |
| other modes of floorings. This engineered flooring is | | | | |