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Originally Posted by gregpark
About the only thing man has improved on nature is plywood. Engineered flooring is true and consistent. If you go with the sixteenth inch veneer pre finished stuff make sure it has an aluminum oxide finish. 1/16" can't be sanded and re-finished. Aluminum oxide wil give you 30 years and hold up to dog claws. A good test: if you can't make a mark with your fingernail it's a hard finish. And I always use aqua bar paper under all wood flooring as a vapor barrier. I'm a flooring contractor, been doing it since '69
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I used that aqua bar on my floor... prefinished 3/4" Hickory (much harder than oak), nailed to floor over a crawl space. Holding up nicely... dawg proof
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