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Hardwood Floor Solid or Engineered?
The ground floor of my house is solid hardwood, finished in place. But now I'm looking at doing the upstairs rooms.
Looking at the products available it seems to me that the engineered wood products are probably superior to solid hardwood, I don't see a downside. The flooring is basically 'plywood' with a solid layer of hardwood about 1/16" thick on top.
My preference would be 3/4" hardwood, unfinished, then sand and finish, but my wife does not want the mess (and admittedly it will take a while to do four bedrooms and a hallway).
So now I'm looking at a pre-finished floor, at which point engineered wood seems to be a bit cheaper (cost isn't really in the equation) and probably superior dimensionally.
Any reason not to use this stuff?
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