Quality check - engineered flooring brands. Please help!
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Struggling with engineered wood floor choice, please help!
Comments (11)R S, yes it felt smooth, but not "slick" smooth. It does have texture, but nothing like hand-scraped. You can feel the texture of the wood through the finish. I had the Lauzon wire-brushed sample and a sample of the Hamptons series "natural" white oak here at the same time. The Hamptons sample is not wire-brushed and has a semi-gloss finish. I could not feel the texture of the wood under that finish. They definitely felt different underfoot and Hamptons flooring was smoother feeling. The wire-brushed is really beautiful. I would not order a whole house full of flooring based on the sample, though, because I'm not quite sure it's a true depiction of the actual flooring. I've always believed that flooring companies use their very best material for the sample boards, so I'd want to look at a full box before committing. If you do get a box, be sure to post what it's like!...See MoreEngineered Wooden Floor. Help Please!
Comments (13)You are confining yourself to looking at factory finished floors. You can have any finish you want if you have the flooring installed and then finished on site. Of course, you need to be careful because the type of wood you choose will influence the ultimate stain color and look of the floors. I recently remodeled and installed light wood engineered floors. They have a pretty decent wear layer - that is the portion of the "real" wood that determines how many times it can be sanded/refinished. However, more important to me was the durability of the actual finish because realistically I would not have any floor refinished - logistically it would be too difficult so if I needed new floors (knock on wood), I would opt for factory finished engineered wood floors. My floors are from Mirage and they seem to have a wide selection of finishes - I opted for a natural oak finish which is very "blonde". They are a Canadian company and espouse green practices. Mirage Floors Solid hardwood floors are great in the right circumstances. They weren't practical for me because I have no interest in refinishing - I don't anticipate selling but if circumstances change, the buyer will either refinish prior to moving in or decide they don't like the floors and put down new flooring or the floors will still be in decent condition and they will just move in....See MoreHELP: best quality/most authentic Luxury Vinyl Plank brand/style - GO!
Comments (10)We have solid maple on our main floor. We have friends with brand new solid walnut - gorgeous! But we just installed Supercore from weshipfloors.com in our lower level. Looks great! Had it for over 6 months - easy to clean (no haze) & not a scratch or a nick anywhere. If I was building a new home, I would use it in all the living areas! Supercore has the 30 mil wear layer - nothing at Home Depot, Costco, or any retailer we checked even came close....See MorePlease help me find engineered wood floors like these!
Comments (5)@ 2rparikh That is a warm brown tone White Oak wood floor in select grade! Gorgeous! Riva Elite has 2 colors that are close, Krypton and Cigar. They come in mostly full long boards with character and select grades. Here is link to them: COLLECTION RIVA ELITE — RIVA SPAIN Hope you find what you like with the brand....See Moredanconstan
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