There comes a time when you need to completely renovate your home and skipping out on the second largest surface after the walls in your home is not nearly complete. But there are so many options to choose from when it comes to flooring, it can easily become quite confusing. But it gets even more confusing when you actually look at the types of the floors presented before you because they all look so similar and if you didn’t know better, you could mistake them for the same type of floor.
One of the most common misconceptions is that engineered wood floors are the same as laminate. It is easy to see why you can make this mistake if your knowledge on floors is quite limited, but there clearly is a difference and we want to help you understand it.
First of all, you need to know that neither laminate nor engineered floors are made of actual wood planks such as solid hardwood floors. Both of these types of flooring are made of multiple layers consisting of different materials.
The key difference and the reason why we would choose engineered wood floors over laminate floors is the fact that even though laminate floors can look good from distance, they fall short to engineered wood floors when it comes to closer examination. Why is that the case?
Unlike laminate floors, engineered wood floors are made of layers of real wood and plywood which is also the reason why they resemble solid hardwood closely. Engineered wood floors have a very good value for its price and clearance engineered wood flooring can really help your budget out while increasing the resale value of your property.
So what are the benefits of engineered wood floors? The short answer is that they can be applied on top of everything and a lot of contractors just end up gluing them on top of concrete floors. But other benefits such as the many layers that they are made up of mean that they are extremely resistible to moisture which makes them an amazing choice for bathrooms as well.
If you combine all of these points with the fact that the overall price of engineered wood floors is less than solid hardwood, you will easily understand why they have become so popular among new and old homeowners.
There is also another misconception that we want to clear up for you and that is the answer to the question about when should you choose engineered wood flooring in your home.
Originally, this type of flooring was intended for the first floor or for the basement where there is a concrete subfloor but the technology has improved quite a lot over the past 20 years which has rendered engineered wood floors applicable to just about anywhere.
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