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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