Q:That's how it seems to me, although I do not undestand why it shouuld be so (engineered floor has the same wood for the top layer and they both should/could be finished the same way). Do you have any insight into this?

Depends on the finish. Prefinished hardwood holds up as well as engineered, which both hold up better than sanding and finishing in your home. In the home, polyurethane is used. At the factory, many use an aluminum oxide base. This is what sandpaper is made from, which removes the polyurethane. Hope this helps.

Q:What are the advantages of sports floor

DipteryxAdvantages: two winged beans, also known as incense two winged beans, because of its texture like dragons are known as Pteris Chinese Cumaru, hard wood, has a unique texture clear coiled like a dragon, Sifeng, in different poses and with different expressions is a beautiful, full of wit and humour, symbol, color stable, elegant, red color, very suitable for China classical style decoration style.Disadvantages: two wing bean floor stability is poor, easy deformation, large pattern, color. Wood density is high relatively hard material, so the floor ends prone to dark crack, the light will make the dark painted crack obvious, if the process using wear-resistant matte, dark crack appear obvious, conceal flaws between the dark. Northern climate can not be two square meters of solid wood flooring.

Q:What is more expensive the laminate flooring or hardwood flooring? And should I get it done through lowes or home depot?

I love this website. It helped me choose the flooring for my mobile home. I went with Bamboo

Q:How to choose wood flooring

In the past the market once chaos marked name, name and fake hybrid between strange and eccentric, and what Watkins grapefruit, Jinbuhuan, rich wood, so that customers do not know true and false, good or bad. Therefore, the new standards must be strictly nominal, and in the form of appendix. Sales should be issued by the authority of the test report shall prevail.

Q:How to clean and maintain solid wood flooring

Maintain1, waterproofSolid wood flooring most afraid of water. To prevent the rain water in summer. Winter to prevent the heating room running water. If you accidentally leak on the water, even a little tea, but also timely with soft cloth to clean, keep dry, so as not to push the luster, and even cause warping, cracking, mildew. If the indoor cement ground return water wet (which is at the bottom of the room the most vulnerable situation) caused by rotten, warping, peeling, swelling color variation problems such as paint, must first solve the problem back to the water wet, and then fill in the floor renovation.

Q:Shop wood flooring home but very fragile. The family kept a puppy in the above pee pee I want to disinfect with Walch can? Specifically how to use? Trouble point!

Daily use should pay attention to avoid the heavy metal, glass tiles, sharp spikes and hard objects scratch the floor; don't drag floor surface move move furniture; do not make contact with the fire floor or placed directly on the floor of large power heater; the prohibition of placing strong acid and alkaline substances on the floor; the absolute prohibition of water for a long time dip.

Q:I have a second floor condo with a plywood sub floor. It is cheaper to go with the nail down installation instead of the glue down. I'm wondering what the benefits/disadvantages are with these installations.THX!

i does not do it except the producer recommends it. frequently the sole timber flooring that is glued down is the thinner (often 3/8). you will would desire to nail down something it fairly is 3/4 thick.

Q:I am looking for information on the advantages of pergo type flooring.We would like to put this type of flooring in our condo.The condo rules say NO hardwood flooring,but these rules were probably written in the 80's. What are the advatages over the traditional type of hardwood flooring? Where can I find some info on the subject?Does anyone have a favorite brand.One that's easier to install than another?Any good tips about installation?Thank You!

the dupont elite is a great floor. looks very real, 30 year warranty, goes together easy. STAY AWAY FROM PERGO BRAND it is crap. as far as tips first add about 15% to whatever your square footage is...exp. if the room is 10'x10' that is 100 square feet. buy 115 square feet. be sure to stager your seamsendcuts the dupont also has the pad preinstalled on the planks which makes life alot easier. the floors that you must put the pad down first are a pain in the butt. you end up triping, and ripping the pad as you work in the room. MOST IMPORTANT!!!!!!!!!! reguardless of which type floor you buy be sure to have it in the house (close to the area to be installed) so the flooring can aclamate to the air temp in the house. home depot sells the dupont flooring, the stock 3 different colors, and can special order 3 or 4 more colors.

Q:What is the general brush on the surface of the wood floor is better

Do not use solid wax unless your floor has been badly worn. General solid wax suitable for more than five years of solid wood flooring, but once is enough, usually the use of liquid wax. Specific methods of operation, refer to the relevant product specifications.

Q:How to install a solid wood floor

4 keel and walls or other materials are set aside 5-10mm.5 if there are water pipes or heating facilities on the ground, when the keel is laid, the keel should be replaced with plastic steel, aluminum alloy and other new type of keel or adhesive bonded with short wood keel.6 after the laying of the keel should be smooth and strong inspection, if not smooth or not solid, can not lay the floor.