[AD] The Benefits Of Fitting A Engineered Wood Floor

If you’re thinking of changing the flooring in your home it can be a minefield deciding what type of flooring to put down. You have to take many aspects of your life into account and your family dynamics.

If you have small children then you are likely to want something that is low maintenance and easy to keep clean because we all know how many spilled drinks or food that children will drop.

The perfect flooring answer for a busy family home with children of all ages is an Engineered Wood Floor. The advantages totally outweigh having carpets on your floor when you have the spills that will inevitably happen with children.

The Benefits Of A Engineered Wood Floor

1. Stability

An engineered wood floor offers greater stability than a real wood floor because of the way it’s made. It’s compressed timbers make a real wood floor that can withstand heat and moisture. Solid wood floors shrink and expand with temperature changes which can lead to warping. An engineered wood floor is not affected by heat which ultimately makes it more stable and actually perfect for under floor heating.

2. Durability

This is so important especially with a busy family home, because the layers of timber that create engineered wood floors means it can withstand very high levels of footfall. This is particularly important when you have children in and out of the house everyday.

3. Lifespan

While engineered wood floors cannot be sanded, resurfaced or oiled as often as solid wood, it can still be sanded down however many times depending on the final layer of wood and how thick it is, so even after years of service it can be given a new lease of life and made to look as beautiful as the day it was laid.

4. Installation

Engineered wood flooring boards have an easy option installation with the click system boards. This means you can lay your new engineered wood floor without any fuss and quickly.

5. Colour

Engineered wood floors come in different types of wood finish such as walnut or oak, and you will find that come in a range of prices to suit individual budgets.

Those are the advantages of engineered wood floors. Do you have any other tips?

Do you have a engineered wood floor? I would love to hear your experiences in the comments below.

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