| If you're looking to purchase hardwood flooring then | | | | Solid hardwood floor - This type of floor is also |
| chances are you have come across two types of | | | | known as real hardwood floor because unlike |
| hardwood floors. The first is called engineered floor | | | | engineered floor it is made from 100% wood. It's |
| and the second is called solid floors. The two floors | | | | 100% wood construction which is normally made |
| look 100% identical so to decide which floor will | | | | from one piece of oak timber gives the floor |
| better suit your needs, you need to understand the | | | | stronger properties compared to engineered wood |
| difference between the two. | | | | which makes it ideal for places where the home |
| Engineered hardwood floor - This type of floor is also | | | | structure could benefit from extra stability. Another |
| known as semi-solid floor because it is made from a | | | | characteristic of solid hardwood flooring is its ability to |
| three layer core of hardwood together with plywood | | | | react well to sanding and re-coating a process which |
| or MDF and a top layer of hardwood veneer (the | | | | could give the floor extra longevity. |
| topmost layer of the engineered flooring) that is | | | | Because both types of wood floors look and feel |
| glued together. The engineering process gives the | | | | identical it is more a question of where the floor is |
| wood new properties which prevent it from shrinking | | | | placed. There isn't much difference in term of price, |
| or expending under certain temperature levels, | | | | but as we mentioned before, solid floors will react |
| therefore it is ideal for places where moisture or heat | | | | well to re-coating making them last longer and giving |
| could pose problems. | | | | you the option to change their appearance. |