What a great video! Thanks for that. You didn’t waste anybody’s time, you kept it interesting and informative. We are buying a house in SK and wanting to upgrade floors. Thanks for all the tips!
I hear a lot of installers dismissing solid wood stating that engineered wood floors have near enough the same thickness of wearable layer as solid. I’ve got a Junckers solid oak floor that needs replacing due to water damage and I’m looking at a high-end engineered oak floor that has a 6mm wear layer of high quality oak. I’ve just measured an offcut for our Junckers solid floor and the thickness between surface and tongue or groove is 10mm. That’s still a big difference (> 40%), so all floors are definitely not made equal and you should check what you’re actually comparing. And for reference, I’ve completely sanded my solid oak floor twice in the past 25 years.
Thanks for this video. My spouse and i are debating whether we should go with engineered or solid. We live in south Florida however we run our air conditioner 9-10 months out of the year (24/7) depending on the weather. We also live on the 5th floor of a condo that has a concrete base floor. If you had $4-5 USD/sq ft (not including underlay, glues etc) which would you purchase? I am afraid at our cost level, the engineered will not give us the same durability as the solid.
Thank you for a very informative video. I was told that engineered wood has a humidity factor tolerance up to 80%. Can you speak to humidity tolerance between wood and engineered wood?
Thank you. This is very informative. Can you really sand the wood floor going through all the finish? I mean is it realistic to assume to refinish the floors several times without damaging?
What a great video! Thanks for that. You didn’t waste anybody’s time, you kept it interesting and informative. We are buying a house in SK and wanting to upgrade floors. Thanks for all the tips!
great video and passion!
Just adding some info I have learned shopping around as a consumer:
Great video! Thanks for the info
I hear a lot of installers dismissing solid wood stating that engineered wood floors have near enough the same thickness of wearable layer as solid. I’ve got a Junckers solid oak floor that needs replacing due to water damage and I’m looking at a high-end engineered oak floor that has a 6mm wear layer of high quality oak. I’ve just measured an offcut for our Junckers solid floor and the thickness between surface and tongue or groove is 10mm. That’s still a big difference (> 40%), so all floors are definitely not made equal and you should check what you’re actually comparing. And for reference, I’ve completely sanded my solid oak floor twice in the past 25 years.
I would have like to hear about a cost comparison. But all other information was great. Thank you
Thanks for the video it helped me as I am looking into a hardwood floors
Great presentation
Great video - thank you!
Thanks for this video. My spouse and i are debating whether we should go with engineered or solid. We live in south Florida however we run our air conditioner 9-10 months out of the year (24/7) depending on the weather. We also live on the 5th floor of a condo that has a concrete base floor. If you had $4-5 USD/sq ft (not including underlay, glues etc) which would you purchase? I am afraid at our cost level, the engineered will not give us the same durability as the solid.
I suggest you do some back to back drop testing with both types of wood. You will be surprised what you find.
What's a more natural finish you can buy on pre finished boards? I was wanting to get solid and finish it with tung oil.
Thank you for a very informative video. I was told that engineered wood has a humidity factor tolerance up to 80%. Can you speak to humidity tolerance between wood and engineered wood?
Thank you. This is very informative. Can you really sand the wood floor going through all the finish? I mean is it realistic to assume to refinish the floors several times without damaging?
Solid wooden floor is good fore
I have engineered flooring in my home,not sure if it's because of the bad work or something else,I have gaps between pieces🤔
Solid wood it is. Thanks
You never mentioned the difference between engineered floors that use hardwood vs. softwood base layers.
Regarding humidity, is there an "ideal" time of the year to install a hardwood floor living here in Pennsylvania?
What are good brands of engineered hardwood?