2 Reasons To Use Engineered Wood Flooring

If you are going to get hardwood floors, there are a lot of choices out there for you to make. One of them is to decide whether or not you are going to get flooring made out of engineered wood or out of solid wood. Engineered wood is created wood. There are a number of ways that the wood can be created, from adhering the fibers and chips of wood together to create plywood and chipboard to using veneers. There are a number of reasons why you might want to go with engineered wood instead of solid wood on your floors. 

Cost

Solid wood can be really expensive, which means that it may out of your price range if you want to have that kind of floor. You may only be able to put hardwood in one or two rooms instead of having the whole house or as many rooms as you would like because the price is just too much for you. However, engineered wood is generally less expensive because the flooring panels are generally just a veneer of the hardwood over something like plywood. You get the look of hardwood without the price of hardwood. 

Sustainability

Another reason that you might want to consider using engineered wood for your flooring is that it is a more sustainable process. Since engineered wood is made up of the fibers, chips, and debris from cutting wood, it is using up all those little bits and coming up with a whole new product. On top of that, the veneers on top of the panels or boards are just thin slices of solid wood that are glued to the top of the flooring boards or panels. One log of wood would go a lot further making veneers go on engineered wood than it would to make solid wood flooring. Cutting logs into veneers instead of flooring boards will mean that fewer trees have to be cut down in order to cover the same amount of flooring. That is what makes choosing engineered wood more environmentally friendly and sustainable. 

If you are thinking about redoing your floors and getting hardwood flooring, you might consider using engineered wood for your flooring instead of solid wood flooring. You can still get the same look that you are looking for, but there are so many reasons why you should choose to go with the engineered wood route. 

To learn more about engineered wood flooring, reach out to a company like Hillside Lumber.