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Originally Posted by gtilove
If you have a nice house, engineered flooring can lower the value of the home. Visually there are at lest two main differences: Each piece of engineered wood is the same size, so over a large space there will be a very recognizable pattern that will stick out like a sore thumb, also most engineered and pre-finished floors have a micro bevel around the edge of each piece, this is so that your feet do not catch on the edge if there is any small elevation changes, again your eye will see these grooves around each piece, and over a room that size it will ruin the flow. With proper installation a real 3/4" thick, sanded in place wood floor will make a room that size look amazing. If there was a real concern about the moisture I would not put in wood that is much wider than 4", and I would let it aclimate in the space for a long time before laying it over a proper moisture barrier.
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Thanks. This is something I hadn't considered.
One thing - and this is just applying logic to what little I know (dangerous, I know).
The prefinished engineered wood is just put in place and it's done, right? The joints between the pieces are not filled? If so, it seems water can run right down in it. The joints between the solid wood pieces get filled with the finish don't they? If so, they should be better and keeping water out, yes?