An undercut saw or a toe kick saw okay. I will have to get myself one. The installer does not seem to care who his man hired and what his man did. My own contractor on the job said common sense would tell you. It is good product by Award Flooring. I was told this wood was very stable. my enivironment is not too moist. no no moisture problems. i have old subfloor up there and it is measuring fine. i had another man come up and take some moisture readings with his good delmholst. I have a patina relics wide plank 6. distressed engineered. It is in my cottage so why would i have put real hardwood. I have dogs this is the ideal flooring. Now i am hearing that the cracks-from what i have read-could be the glue settling and people walking on it. How long would it take glue to settle? This floor has been down two weeks. From reading about I now know get the subfloor and your wood reading no more thatn 4% in the difference. But this might be slightly different with wider planks? maybe. Do you know anything about glue drying. Could the cracks be the tongues breaking? My installer will not listen to me and won't tell me what he did with the float in install. I found nails-oh yes- in the hallway. the hall is not finished. So what do i have now a combo job. This was not a cheap job. I paid for complet flooring in the place plus some fiber flooring. thanks for your input. Greatly appreciated. I have a show down with this man on wedneday i have asked him to bring along his installer. He refused to cut an expansion gap and insists the floor does not need it. This is a man in the businness for 14 years. I have lots of pictures taken. i do not know if he taped the seams on the foam underlayment either. ....

Hello everyone, we are looking into purchasing about 1500 sq ft of engineered wood by Earthwerk's Frontier Collection and 1500 sq ft of Bella Cera Palermo Collection laminate flooring. We love the look and the quality seems to be good on both of them, but based on research, looks of the samples provided is not nearly enough to go on to determine the products' quality and durability. I'm a little concerned that I cannot find any useful information on either of these two products that will give me any sense of confidence to move forward. Does anyone have any experience or thoughts on these two flooring products? Any help would be appreciated!

i have had nothing but issues with this product! i have had the company i purchased the product from come out, months with no answers, finally got a company rep out to review the product in my house....still no answers back from the manufacturer! my house humidity is around 32%-37% totally within canadian home builder standards, not to mention the product is sold as 100% water proof?? how is that possible when they are concerned about humidity that has been proven by the rep not to exceed industry specs??

Install adds $2/sf. That means your budget is too low for quality. You will not be happy with those nasty thin wearlayers. The love to split and peel and chip...inside 1-3 years. Install adds $2/sf. That means your bucket is too low for quality. You will not be happy with those nasty thin wearlayers. The love to split and peel and chip...inside 1-3 years. et is too low for quality. You will not be happy with those nasty thin wearlayers. The love to split and peel and chip...inside 1-3 years. et is too low for quality. You will not be happy with those nasty thin wearlayers. The love to split and peel and chip...inside 1-3 years. et is too low for quality. You will not be happy with those nasty thin wearlayers. The love to split and peel and chip...inside 1-3 years. et is too low for quality. You will not be happy with those nasty thin wearlayers. The love to split and peel and chip...inside 1-3 years. et is too low for quality. You will not be happy with those nasty thin wearlayers. The love to split and peel and chip...inside 1-3 years. et is too low for quality. You will not be happy with those nasty thin wearlayers. The love to split and peel and chip...inside 1-3 years.et is too low for quality. You will not be happy with those nasty thin wearlayers. The love to split and peel and chip...inside 1-3 years. Move to $10/sf. You need it. If you have an expensive roof you need to spend money on a good floor. Floors and roofs take the most abuse. If you wouldn't cheap out on a roof you shouldn't cheap out on floors. They should both last the same lifespan.