What is the difference between solid and engineered hardwood?
Some may think that an engineered floor is a type of laminate, or a type of product made inexpensively overseas. Appalachian engineered flooring is real hardwood flooring with a Baltic Birch core. This core gives the product greater stability than a traditional hardwood floor and allows longer and wider planks to be produced than by conventional methods. Engineered products can also be installed in basements, on radiant-heated floors and on concrete slabs, places where traditional hardwood floors are unsuitable.
Engineered wood
Advantages
Structures
- Plywood core ensures maximum stability
- Thick wear layer allows for multiple resandings
- Diamond profiling for extreme precision
Finish
- High quality finish options offered in various sheen levels
- Finish flexibility protects wood in daily life
- No VOC added in the production process
- UV protection to reduce yellowing over time
Appearence
- Sawn lamella yields the same appearance as solid wood
- Random length distribution just like solid wood
- Average length greater than solid flooring
Solid Wood
Advantages
Structures
- Quality hardwood structure from well-managed forests
- Precision machining for accurate profiling
- Four-sided Micro-V
Texture
- High-quality finishes available in several gloss levels
- Flexible finish helps protect wood in everyday life
- No VOCs added during production
- UV protection to reduce yellowing over time
Appearence
- Random length distribution for a natural appearance
- Planks chosen to reflect the beauty of the species
