EnWood Floors - Engineered Wood Floors
Description of Engineered Wood Flooring
 Engineered
wood floors are generally 3 to 11 thin sheets of wood
that are laminated in a cross grained construction
together to form one plank. The top finish layer can be
cut from a variety of domestic or exotic hardwood
species and this top layer ranges from 0.6mm to
8mm.
 In
the construction of engineered wood floors the wood
plies are stacked on top of each other but in the
opposite directions. This creates a wood floor that is
dimensionally stable and less affected by moisture than
a solid wood floor. This means you can install these
floors over concrete slabs in basements, as well as
anywhere else in the home with most type of solid
sub-floors.
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Benefits of Engineered Wood Flooring
Wood always wants to expand in a certain direction. In
the presence of moisture, solid wood planks will always
expand across the width of the planks, rather than down
the length of the boards. To avoid this problem,
manufacturers of engineered planks place each ply in
the opposite direction of each other. This is called
cross-ply construction. Once the wood layers are glued
together the plies will counteract each other which
will stop the plank from growing or shrinking with
changes in the humidity. So if moisture is a concern
then you should definitely choose an engineered type
floor rather than a solid strip floor.
Since engineered wood floors are made up of several
layers of wood that are all glued together, it is
possible to change the top finish layer to a different
wood specie without driving the costs out of sight. So
if you want to choose from a variety of domestic and
exotic hardwoods than you should definitely look at an
engineered wood floor.
Most engineered floors can be nailed down, stapled
down, glued down, or floated over a wide variety of
subfloors, including existing wood flooring. You can
also buy engineered floors in varying widths. For
EnWood Series, our widths ranges from 76mm to 189mm
widths.
Another important benefit of Engineered Wood Flooring
is the fact that it can provide all the aesthetic value
of solid hardwood flooring, but at a fraction of the
price.
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Installation Guide
Specifications
Strip Plank Engineered Wood Flooring
Layers: 3-Ply Cross Grained Construction / Multi-Ply
Cross Grained Construction
Grade: A / B / C
Dimensions
10mm x 125mm x 1220mm Random Length
12mm x 105mm x 910mm Single Length
15mm x 125mm x 910mm Single Length
15mm x 189mm x 1830mm Random Length
Finishes
EnWood floor series comes only pre-finished.
Pre-finished EnWood floors comes with 5 - 8 coats of UV
cured polyurethane finishes.
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