What is the difference between Solid and Engineered Flooring?

23 November 2020

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Whilst solid timber flooring is made from harvested trees, engineered boards are a man-made product built from gluing or pressing plywood or fibres together to form a base layer, with a real timber veneer top layer. Unlike solid timber which is made from solid dimensional lumbers, manufactured or engineered flooring can be made from smaller trees. Because of the base layer, engineered flooring is the superior product when it comes to dimensional stability - solid timber is far more likely to warp and cup.