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Hello Tara,

Congratulations on the new house. I always say the flooring is the biggest piece of furniture in your house, so it is a big decision!

I recently wrote this article on 'What you need to know before buying an engineered wood floor' It might be worth a read for you - https://woodco.com/news/what-you-need-to-know-before-buying-an-engineered-wood-floor/

I personally have no knowledge on Stuga, the core they are using is not one that we would recommend, but it will make the floor less expensive to purchase. There are many engineered wood flooring options available on the market, so you really need to define what is important to you. Just like buying a car, most of them will get you from A to B, but some look better and will last longer than others. Here are a few (there are probably many more questions :))

• Durability - how long do you want the floor to last. If you are building your forever home, this may be more important than if this is a home you are only planning to stay in for a couple of years.
• Wear and tear - who is going to be living in the house, young children, pets etc.
• Size - are you wanting a wide plank and long length floor
• Environmental aspects
• Price - What budget do you have associated to your floor

Hopefully this helps. I am always happy to talk about 'anything wood flooring' so feel free to call or email me if you have any further questions.

- Debbie George

debbie@woodco.com // (210) 298-9663

I’d love to know if you found out more about the Stuga floors

ive had stuga floors installed for a year. they have not faired well and we are not rough on our floors at all. its the biggest materials regret i have from our renovation. :(

What issues are you having? Which floor type did you get?

They're the moonlight. From a wear n tear perspective, the veneer is very thin and doesn't withstand regular use. We don't wear shoes in the house and dont have kids so I'm truly perplexed as to how these scratches are occurring. Aside from that, there are these pock type holes that are appearing where there are knots in the wood veneer. It was a very expensive error on my part to put these in. They looked absolutely gorgeous when they went in though.

Thanks for responding. We just had Little Square installed, and yes they look great. We have a toddler though, so we will be hard on them. I saw on their pinned IG story about floor care that bona products are okay. I was going to test the Bona low gloss polish on an extra board to see if that could possibly help prevent the quick wear

bensonandphoebe. Is it possible to post some closeup pictures of the problem areas?

@Yemi I’m looking at getting Stuga in Little Square or Ingrid. How are yours holding up?

Here's info on what to expect from finishes. Flooring Finishes Part 2: Factory Finishes - monarchplank

Stuga lists an acrylic urethane finish. No mention of mil thickness or UV curing.

@Lindsey I’ve been in the house for about four months. We installed Little Square throughout the house and sisu in our foyer. So far I’m happy with the purchase. It’s not indestructible like the LVP we had in our previous house but looks and feels better.

I do notice a dent if something heavy is dropped but you have to search for it. My toddler rides his car across the floors and we’ve had many children over. I haven’t noticed scratches. My toddler also colored with pen in a small area on the floor and again, I had to search for it because it kind of blended with the grain. Eventually it wiped off.

Overall it works for us. We were resigned to replacing them in the future if they were terrible due to some of the negative reviews. And who knows, maybe we will have to eventually. But I’ve enjoyed them and we get lots of compliments.