Solidengineered wood floors

Solidengineered wood floors are a relatively new hybrid wood flooring board with all the advantages of a solid wood floor and an engineered wood floor.

These boards are typically 20-22mm plus in thickness with around 5-6mm of top layer single plank of the appropriate wood species. They are referred to as 'semi solid' or 'solidengineered' wood flooring boards and at this thickness have the structural characteristics of a 20mm solid wood floor.

They also have all the benefits of an engineered board with excellent dimensional stability properties provided by the construction of a base of cross plies.

The advantage of solid wood or solidengineered boards over traditional engineered boards is that they can be sanded down and re-finished many times. For example a solid wood floor could be sanded down three, four or even five times over maybe a 100-year period.

The top layer of a traditional engineered wood floor of 14mm or 15mm thickness can vary greatly from as little as 1-1.5mm up to 3.5-4mm. In general, these boards cannot be sanded down often because the softwood or hardwood ply wood base will be exposed.

With a solidengineered board, the top layer of around 6mm is comparable to that of a solid wood floor, which generally has around 6mm of solid wood above the T&G.

Solidengineered wood floors can be used in conjunction with underfloor heating, installed in conservatories, kitchens, high traffic areas and even bathrooms. They provide the option of solid investment in real wood flooring which will last over generations of use.

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