Engineered Hardwood
The layered core is what lets it go where solid hardwood cannot, over concrete and over radiant heat, without losing the real-wood look.
A real wood veneer over a plywood core, stable enough across humidity swings to install over concrete and radiant heat.
Questions About This Category
It's a real hardwood wear layer bonded over a plywood or HDF core, rather than one solid piece of wood. That layered core is dimensionally stable, which is what lets it go over concrete and radiant heat, two places solid hardwood can't reliably go.
Yes, that's one of the main reasons to choose it over solid wood. We will confirm the specific product's radiant-heat rating with you, since wear layer thickness and core construction both affect how it handles sustained heat cycling.
The wear layer is real hardwood and wears the same way solid wood does, but it can only be refinished as many times as that layer allows, fewer than a solid plank. What it trades in refinishing life it makes up for in going places solid hardwood cannot.
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