How Many Times Can The Floor Be Refinished?
Here’s a topic rarely discussed during the sales presentation with engineered hardwoods. With the growing use of engineered hardwoods today it’s important to know how many times they can be refinished if you plan on living in the same home for an extended period of time. In earlier days many could not be refinished. Products have improved and many manufacturers have increased the “wear layer” thickness on their goods, particularly Chinese imports. In other words they can be refinished more than once. A close side view check of the product you may be looking at will provide a visual of how much veneer is on the surface. Better quality engineered hardwoods will have a veneer thickness 1/8 of an inch and greater, with some up to 3/16 of one inch. How many times they can be refinished is always up for argument. Some will lead you to believe two times or more. However other factors come into play to achieve this. But We Don’t Want To Pay That Much For the most part, lower priced and some no
