Solid Wood Flooring, Engineered Wood Flooring or Laminate Flooring?

In our experience, most people understand what Solid Wood Flooring and Laminate Flooring are and most people have no understanding of Engineered Wood Flooring. It is imperative that you install appropriate flooring, in order to aid your decision we have produced the following quick guide. If you require futher explanantion or advice please contact us on the number above.

		Laminate Flooring Laminate flooring is available in many colous and styles. Laminate flooring is generally constructed by bonding a flooring image to a softwood base and coating it in a hard-wearing surface. It is simple to fit if you have basic DIY skills and the correct tools. Laminate Flooring is extremely resistant to wear and all of the laminate flooring we sell is suitable for laying over hot water underfloor heating. See our product specific installation guides for full details.
		Engineered Wood Flooring The great unknown! Engineered wood flooring is constructed by bonding a real wood layer to a stable softwood core. Because the top layer of the floor is a real wood veneer you will achieve similar characteristics to a solid wood floor but with greater dimensional stability. Engineered wood flooring can be installed in environments which are not suitable for solid wood flooring the major benfit being its compatibility with hot water underfloor heating. Engineered wood flooring is available in 'click' fitting systems and more traditional tongue and groove formats. Some are suitable for floating over existing substrates and others (stuctural) are designed to be fixed to your existing flooring joists in the same manner as a solid wood board.
		Solid Wood Flooring As it says, it's Solid Wood Flooring! This a natural product that will take on a 'patina' over time and will be affected by changes in humidity, for this reason we do not recommend laying solid wood flooring over underfloor heating systems or in enviroments subject to large fluctuations in humidity.