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Benefit of engineered hardwood as opposed to 3/4 inch hardwood?
Posted on 9/6/16 at 6:13 pm
Posted on 9/6/16 at 6:13 pm
My wife has decided she wants new floors before the holidays. We currently have hickory hardwood in 2 1/4 inch width and, to be honest, I don't like it much either. She really likes an engineered she found at Lowe's but, I would prefer real hardwood. Am I being unreasonable? Seems to me an engineered would not offer the same lasting quality of a true hard wood.
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Posted on 9/6/16 at 6:14 pm to TigerOnTheMountain
Dude, give your wife the wood she wants and craves or I'll be happy to do it for you.
Posted on 9/6/16 at 6:16 pm to tgrbaitn08
She's going to get the wood. Belee dat.
Posted on 9/6/16 at 6:18 pm to TigerOnTheMountain
These are the boringest threads. Hur durr im so grown up look at my grown up questions
Posted on 9/6/16 at 6:24 pm to TigerOnTheMountain
I believe the grown up answer is real wood provides the opportunity for multiple sandings for refinishing whereas engineered is capped at about 2-3 depending on wear.
Posted on 9/6/16 at 6:26 pm to Peepdip
Read tgrbaitn post for tips on how to properly respond when you don't have the knowledge to respond on a topic. Try again with another alter.
Posted on 9/6/16 at 6:26 pm to TigerOnTheMountain
Get the fake wood ceramic tiles
Posted on 9/6/16 at 6:27 pm to TigerOnTheMountain
touché mother fricker Posted on 9/6/16 at 6:28 pm to upgrayedd
Isn't ceramic easily broken? I have a young family. Plus a wife. Things are broken easily at my house.
This post was edited on 9/6/16 at 6:29 pm
Posted on 9/6/16 at 6:30 pm to TigerOnTheMountain
Are you planning on tossing a shot put around the living room?
Posted on 9/6/16 at 6:38 pm to upgrayedd
Not exactly. I just don't want my son to pull something from a bookshelf and chip a tile.
I see they come in through body porcelain as well. Thanks for the suggestion.
This post was edited on 9/6/16 at 6:40 pm
Posted on 9/6/16 at 6:39 pm to TigerOnTheMountain
I have ceramic in the kitchen
, bathroom, and utility room. I dropped a ceramic coated cast iron pit the floor and it chipped the pot. Ceramic is very durable.
, bathroom, and utility room. I dropped a ceramic coated cast iron pit the floor and it chipped the pot. Ceramic is very durable.
Posted on 9/6/16 at 6:56 pm to TigerOnTheMountain
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Isn't ceramic easily broken? I have a young family. Plus a wife. Things are broken easily at my house.
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Posted on 9/6/16 at 7:11 pm to TigerOnTheMountain
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Isn't ceramic easily broken?
I have dropped my hammer, drill, screwdrivers, and multiple other tools on our porcelain floors.
As far as hardwood goes, my floors are over 80 years old and I just had them refinished to looking new again. Not really sure if the quality sold today is as good as they made them back in the day. I've noticed a lot less quality throughout my renovations.
Posted on 9/6/16 at 7:15 pm to TigerOnTheMountain
Get the engineered stuff. Ten years from now she will want to put down something else.
Posted on 9/6/16 at 7:54 pm to TigerOnTheMountain
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My wife has decided she wants new floors before the holidays. We currently have hickory hardwood in 2 1/4 inch width and, to be honest, I don't like it much either. She really likes an engineered she found at Lowe's but, I would prefer real hardwood. Am I being unreasonable? Seems to me an engineered would not offer the same lasting quality of a true hard wood.
If you go with engineered glue down, just make sure you have an installer that knows what they are doing.
Posted on 9/6/16 at 8:17 pm to Kingpenm3
The only advantage to engineered is that the wood is more stable. Possibly costs although I haven't priced then out.
Posted on 9/6/16 at 8:56 pm to TigerOnTheMountain
engineered can be cheap as crap or really nice but you may only get 1 refinishing out of engineered vs 3/4 and the engineered has a very tough finish on to and its a bitch to sand off so you will end up taking more of the finish off than you planed so thats why you will only get the one re finishing out of it. look at other places than lowes and HD
Posted on 9/6/16 at 9:12 pm to TigerOnTheMountain
Do not do it. I had engineered wood in my first house and it was a huge mistake. It wears just like real wood but you can't really sand it and refinish since the veneer is so thin. Go with the ceramic or high end laminate.
Posted on 9/6/16 at 9:25 pm to TigerOnTheMountain
I put 2 1/4 hickory in my condo. It looks great and is supposedly the most durable American hardwood. That said I will never install those skinny assed strips again, Get the widest engineere hardwood planks you can find; save money, nails and time.
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