Engineered wood floors – How are they made?
The best engineered wood floors are built having multiple ply layers (see picture below) that are cross layered, glued and pressed together. The inner cores are generally either a hardwood and/or soft plywood type of material, which incorporates the tongue and groove system. The top thicker hardwood veneer wear layer is glued on top surface of the core and is available in almost any hardwood species. Engineered wood floors are more resistant to higher moisture levels than solid wood flooring, which adds to their appeal to use in damp basements or in regions of the country that have higher relative humidity levels. Engineered flooring can be direct glued-down over (dry) concrete slabs above or below grade, or stapled down over a wood subfloor. On some styles of engineered wood flooring manufacturers have also come up with a unique newer installation method where the tongue and groove edges of the boards are simply Click Locked together for a very easy and fast floating installation. Eng
