Thank you! That was a lot of useful information and you’re right, no wear layer info on the sample. I appreciate your input.

It's easy enough to measure...simply find a ruler or tape measurer with mm on it and measure the top wood layer straight off of the sample. Very simple.

The wear layer is 4 mm which means and can be refinished if needed

@Lori Griep - Did you get the Shaw floors and do you like them? I was just looking at that same one. Thank you.

@SJ McCarthy - you seem to know a lot about engineered floors - are there particular brands you prefer? Thank you.

Anyone have any updates on this flooring? Looking to purchase.

I have this floor. It's gorgeous. It's not cheap although if you are a DIY, you can find bulk resellers of builder grade who will ship it nationally for $4-5/square foot, maybe even less if you buy a whole pallette. I got it installed as part of a new home build and actually reached out to my local Shaw rep to get it knocked down to $8/square foot by committing to using Shaw for all my tile showers, backsplashes & fireplace along with their carpet on my stairs & basement bedrooms & LVT in my wet rooms. The glue install is not cheap.

With all that said, this floor is gorgeous. It has so many elements of dimensionality to it: mineral streaks, wire brushed, knots, and shade variation. It's just gorgeous and everybody wants to know who made it and where I got it. They all assume it's solid oak. The nice part of this floor is that there is like 14 shades, so if you don't want mineral streaks but do want the plank variation, they've got it. If you want mineral streaks but no plank variation, there's a color for that too. It's all just stunning. The top wear layer is 4MM and it looks thicker. No residence probably needs a wear layer this thick.

If you can't quite afford Expressions, then Castlewood White Oak is a good 2nd choice. It is basically the same floor but with a 2MM wear layer, and a few less shade choices. There is Castlewood Prime which is less rustic & Castlewood Hickory which is more rustic. Utmost & Sanctuary are decent back-up choice whereas Cornerstone is really builder grade. Anderson Tuftex makes one called Noble Hall that's very similar but has a 1.2MM or even thinner wear layer, even though it's 1/2" thick. If you're going to stay in your home for less than 5 years, that could be an option but if you drop anything on it, I expect it would chip.

Hi! on the Expressions Lyric does it look like there is glue in all the little creases and crevases the left is a brand new piece i got out of left over box and the right is installed and every piece has that stuff in creases but the new box has none and the installed floor has only been in for 60 days thanks for any help