Engineered Hardwood Flooring
We have provided outstanding engineered hardwood flooring products for over 50 years now. We stock 1st quality, builder grade, blue label, and utility grade to match any flooring budget. All our engineered hardwood flooring ships nationwide to your home or a shipping terminal. We have engineered hardwood that is made in the USA. An engineered wood floor is more resistant to moisture and climate changes than traditional solid hardwood flooring. Your home will look stunning with a new hardwood floor at a price that is easy on the pocket book.
Why Engineered Hardwood Flooring In Your Home?
Odds are your home is the perfect candidate for engineered hardwood floors. Engineered hardwood floors handle moisture changes better than solid hardwood.
Engineered Wood Floors Can Handle Moisture Changes
Large changes in moisture content can cause big problems for planks made with solid wood. Large seasonal humidity changes and prolonged vacancy times can cause moisture problems. Engineered floors with thick multilayered planks combat cupping in planks made from solid wood.
How To Compare Engineered Hardwood Floors
The quality of engineered products depend on how well a flooring manufacturer builds the core. Its core or bottom core is usually made from layers of plywood. Each plywood's grain is placed to run perpendicular to the plywood layer below and on top. This creates added stability to prevent cupping and warping.
Plywood Layers
When these layers of cores absorb excess moisture in the air, they will expand in opposing directions. This prevents the cupping that occurs to handle big changes in humidity. One of the most important parts of the construction is how many plys the flooring has. More plys equals more stability.
Engineered Hardwood Veneer or Wear Layer
The veneer on top of engineered hardwood is a slab of solid wood. This is why is almost impossible to tell an engineered floor from a solid one.
The same Janka hardness ratings still apply when shopping for engineered hardwood. A hickory engineered floor will typically outlast a Birch or Larch wood floor.
Domestic Hardwood is Sourced For Us
Most of the engineered flooring from the US will feature Appalachian hardwoods. Large inventories of Red Oak, White Oak, Hard Maple, and Hickory are common with local sourced lumber.
Installation Options For An Engineered Wood Floor
A perk to engineered flooring is it allows more installation methods than solid. Engineered can be nailed or stapled down to a wooden subfloor. It can also be glued down on concrete subfloors, or even floated!
Engineered Hardwood Should Be Nailed Down
We recommend you nail or staple engineered hardwood floors. The next best method is to glue down these floors. If you have an uneven subfloor, then using the floating installation method is best.
How To Save Money On Your Engineered Hardwood
Most of our engineered inventory is made in the United States. You can save a ton of money by purchasing lower grades of hardwood. Lower grades have more character, shorter boards, and more natural defects.
Engineered Hardwood in Lower Grades
Expect to see expansive wood grain, mineral streaks, and higher color variation in grade under 1st Quality.
We offer 1st Quality, Builder Grade, Blue Label, and utility-grade flooring.