What is engineered hardwood?

I get asked all the time what exactly does the term “engineered” mean. And Although I have talked about this is the past it is worth a 2 minute review:

Engineered, when you are talking about flooring products most often refers to engineered hardwood. The term engineered generally means that multiple “layers” or components are placed together to form a complete floor.

This is very often contrasted with “SOLID” hardwood which is generally 1 component with just tongue and grove added to it.

A couple good reasons to consider engineered flooring is because of the very flexible installation choices, very good with expansion and contraction, excellent species selection, in general more earth friendly than solid and more. There are various benefits to engineered flooring which are too numerous to go into on this entry, but there are a couple noteworthy engineered flooring brands right now: (good luck if you can get stock – they sell out fast)

Saso
WestHollow Engineered (now you know what engineered means!)