ENGINEERED WOOD FLOORING
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Engineered flooring is perfect for those areas of the house where solid wood flooring may not be suitable because of fluctuations in moisture and temperature, such as basements. With our great humidity changes here in Tampa Bay, engineered wood is often a good choice in any area of the home. We offer a superior selection of these products, in many species and many styles, including distressed, wide plank and reclaimed.
How it is Made
Engineered hardwood flooring is constructed of two components, a ‘core layer’ on the bottom, topped by the ‘face veneer’. The core layer is constructed of multiple layers of wood which can be of the same or of a different species, glued together in a cross-hatch configuration. This cross graining provides greater dimensional stability, minimizing the expansion and contraction that natural wood exhibits when exposed to varying moisture levels and temperatures.
Engineered wood floors can be produced with as few as 3 ply (layers) or as many as 9 ply (layers). Currently many manufacturers are making flooring with a marine plywood backing of 5-8 layers. This flooring has better stability and moisture resistance than the 3-5 ply materials, a positive feature in our Tampa Bay humidity.
Once the core layer is produced, the face veneer is added on top. This veneer is sawn in a similar method to solid wood flooring, so that the finished product looks identical to solid flooring once installed.
This top layer of engineered flooring consists of a veneer made of high-quality wood between 1/32” and 3/16”. The thicker the wear layer, the more times the floor can be sanded and the longer the potential life of the floor. Flooring must have a veneer layer of at least 1/12” to allow it to be refinished, and many mills offer products that can be refinished at least once. The longer the lifespan of the floor, the greater the value to you and to any future owner of your home.
An engineered wood floor product is not a laminate. Its top surface is made of real wood, while a laminate is merely a photograph of wood glued to a subsurface. We do not offer laminate flooring material.
A Wide Variety of Products
While most engineered floors are prefinished, there are a number of companies that mill unfinished material which can be custom stained and finished on the jobsite.
This product can be nailed or stapled to a wood subfloor, or glued down to a wood subfloor or concrete slab. Dennis is expert in determining the best choice for your home’s construction.
The three main styles of engineered wood flooring are:
Strip flooring- Solid or engineered boards, "1" - "2” wide, installed in parallel rows.
Wide Plank flooring- Wood flooring boards 3” and wider, designed to be installed in parallel rows. In random width plank, the boards can vary in width from 3” to 8”.
Parquet - A wood tile composed of individual slats assembled together, forming a pattern.
We carry many of the brands listed below in our Tampa showroom. Call for an appointment to view them, or fill out our contact form. Of course, we are always happy to bring samples to your home.
Aged Woods Flooring - Antique re-milled plank in Heart Pine, distressed Oak and Yellow Pine are the beautiful choices from Aged Woods.
Armstrong Floors - Armstrong provides a full array of domestic and exotic engineered hardwood floors including a hand sculpted collection and a commercial line that is acrylic impregnated. Armstrong has incorporated the previous Hartco products brand into its label. Their Global Exotics line adds many woods from around the world
Anderson Flooring - Offers an extremely comprehensive choice of domestic and exotic engineered and solid hardwood floors, running the gamut from moderately priced collections to more costly hand scraped ones. Two of Anderson’s lines are true, hand scraped lines made in the USA. The Olde Paint line reproduces the look of old and worn painted floors or furniture.
Antico Cadore Floors - Reclaimed and newly harvested European woods in strip and parquet, with a smooth, hand-planed of wire-brushed surface are the beautiful products of Antico Cadore.
Appalachian Flooring - One of Anderson’s main brands and features 9 different lines, each with many species and styles of flooring. Appalachian offers many hand distressed and wire brushed lines, both solid and engineered.
Baker’s Creek Floors - Reclaimed and newly harvested American woods in engineered plank. All their products are made here in the USA.
Boen Flooring - Boen is a European company with a variety of prefinished engineered plank, strip and parquet in domestic and exotic species. Their earth-friendly Ecoline product, is ready-to-lay, with a pre-oiled finish.
Boral Timber Floors - Boral has imported solid unfinished hardwood flooring in over 20 species and grades for many years. Recently, Boral has introduced a line of engineered prefinished woods.
BR 111 Flooring - A very popular brand offering solid and engineered exotic woods in strip, plank and accent strips, in plain, or hand-scraped with nail, glue, or floated installation. BR 111 uses woods from Brazil and focuses on sustainable forestry and has secured FSC Certification for many of its products.
Bruce Floors - Moderately priced line of primarily domestic woods in solid and engineered strip, plank and parquet for nail, glue, or floated installation.
Cala Floors - Features African Cherry, African Mahogany, African Pearwood, Santos Mahogany, Hickory, Jatoba, Maple and Tigerwood in both smooth and hand scraped finishes.
Columbia Flooring - Offers a large variety of prefinished engineered domestic woods, smooth or hand scraped in both select and rustic grades.
DuChateau Floors - A high quality European line of prefinished, engineered domestic woods in hand scraped, wire brushed, or hand cut designs, offering an oil finish. DuChateau is available in widths up to 12” wide and lengths up to 12’ long. All DuChateau flooring is manufactured with a thick top hardwood wear layer that can be re-sanded several times. Some are as thick as solid ¾” hardwood!
Forest Accent Flooring - Features 10 full lines of engineered wood flooring in smooth and hand sculpted prefinished plank in both domestic and exotic species.
The Garrison Collection Flooring - Prefinished plank, hand-scraped in domestic woods and Brazilian Cherry in both solid and engineered.
Hallmark Hardwoods - Offers a nice variety of domestic species in a prefinished, hand scraped product, including one line with a thicker (4 mm) veneer.
Hartco Flooring - Now sold under the Armstrong name
Homerwood Flooring - Homerwood has recently introduced a line of engineered wood floors in walnut, cherry, hickory, as well as oak.. Specializing in cuts that show the natural characteristics of wood, Homerwood produces both unfinished and prefinished lines, including their Amish Hand Scraped material which is made using old world techniques.
Johnson Premium Hardwood Flooring- Johnson offers a full line of exotic, primarily South American, prefinished hardwoods, including some of the hardest and most unusual woods such as Patagonian Rosewood. Most of these are available both in solid and engineered. Johnson also produces hand scraped flooring in domestic and exotic woods.
Kahrs Flooring - Kahrs is a European company with many species and styles of prefinished engineered plank, strip and parquet in domestic and exotic species that can be floated, nailed or glued. Kahrs offers moderately priced as well as exquisite and unusual floors at the high end.
Lauzon Flooring - Famous for its square edged prefinished engineered lines that appear as smooth as a site finished floor , Lauzon produces engineered and solid, prefinished domestic and exotic, strip and plank flooring.
Legend Flooring - An engineered line with smooth and hand sculpted finishes in domestic and exotic plank, including unusual woods from the Caribbean.
LM Flooring: LM offers a wide line of smooth and hand scraped floors in domestic and exotic species.
Mercier Floors - Prefinished solid and engineered wood flooring in domestic and exotic species.
Mirage Flooring- One of the most respected names in engineered flooring due to its well-earned reputation for quality. Mirage is a Canadian company offering an extensive line of prefinished solid and engineered wood flooring in domestic and exotic species.
Mohawk Floors - An engineered, prefinished brand which includes domestic and exotic lines with some distressing and hand scraping.
Mountain Lumber Flooring - Reclaimed Antique woods from around the world. For many years they offered only solid unfinished flooring but now offer Entique, a prefinished engineered line in reclaimed Oak, Heart Pine, and Chinese Elm.
Mullican Floors - Solid and engineered strip and plank in a variety of domestic and exotic species. Mullican mills a very full line of woods and is now offering hand sculpted floors as well.
Oshkosh Flooring - Oshkosh makes borders and inlays using dozens of different species and many materials such as stone and metal, that can be used with engineered floors.
Owens Plank Floors - Owens, with its 3/16” wear layer, looks exactly like solid wood flooring and can be glued, nailed or floated. Recently Owens introduced a very high quality prefinished collection and they offer their unfinished line hand scraped.
Patina Old World Flooring Flooring - Patina floors are custom created in the factory for each project. They offer many options in styles of distressing, grades of wood, types of bevels and shapes of pegs. All are available up to 10’ long and in extremely wide widths.
Pioneer Millworks Flooring - Featuring reclaimed hard and soft domestic woods and Jarrah, with the choice of a rustic or more refined appearance, Pioneer has the most extensive species selection of any reclaimed company. They now offer both unfinished and prefinished reclaimed wood flooring with a thick 4.8mm wear layer.
Preverco Floors - Preverco offers two engineered lines, both prefinished, in many domestic woods as well as some imported species. One line can be installed by nailing, stapling, gluing, or it can be floated and the other one has self-locking joints, for rapid installation.
Preverco floors have a very thick wear layer and come in longer lengths than many similar products.
Rare Earth Floors - Offers wood flooring in over 100 wood species as well as unusual grain patterns, in unfinished plank and strip with square edges. Rare Earth also creates an extensive collection of intricate wood borders and inlays.
Robbins Flooring - A popular brand offering solid and engineered domestic and some exotic woods in strip and plank, in plain, or hand-scraped with nail, glue, or floated installation
Scandian Flooring - An engineered product available in many South American exotic woods as well as Cherry and Maple.
Shaw Wood Floors - Shaw sells a full line of engineered hardwood flooring through its carpet dealers. It is similar to other brands such as Bruce and Robbins.
Somerset Flooring - A line primarily of prefinished domestic, with some exotic woods in smooth and scraped, strip and plank.
UA Floors - Offers five different lines of prefinished engineered wood flooring, including long lengths with a thick wear layer. UA comes in many domestic species including reclaimed, and several imported ones.