What is the difference between solid and engineered wood flooring?
Solid wood flooring is the term for individual pieces of wood milled to a tongue-and-groove profile, typically ¾” thick and nailed to a plywood subfloor. It is available with a factory applied finish, or as an unfinished floor requiring jobsite sanding and finishing. Prefinished flooring is popular because it avoids the delays and mess of a sand-in-place floor, and the new generation of factory applied finishes are considered superior and longer lasting. Solid wood flooring offers the most choices in specie, grade and dimension.
