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Enjoying the natural feel and all the beauty of a solid hardwood floor, engineered hardwood flooring offers a range of options as well as the diversity of suitable locations where it is not advisable to install solid hardwood.  Basement installations and areas which are not environmentally controlled all year round can benefit from the beauty of a real hardwood flooring surface thanks to the innovation of engineered flooring.  The multi-ply core of an engineered hardwood floor allows it to thrive in areas characterized by humidity, where a solid hardwood floor might be more prone to cupping and warping.

Many engineered hardwood floors are designed to be installed and to thrive over a radiant heating system.  This is generally not advisable for solid hardwood either.  With engineered, buyers get the benefits of both radiant heat and real hardwood.  Talk to us about which lines of engineered floors are best suited to radiant heating systems.   Additionally, engineered floors are often less expensive than many varieties solid hardwood floors, making them an obvious consideration on a budgetary level.