Alton Engineered Wood Floors
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| Engineered wood flooring the best alternative for modern living Engineered wood floors offers a great alternative to solid hardwood flooring, offering a more stable floor with exactly the same appearance as solid wood flooring once installed. Available in a huge choice ofspecies, colours and finishes. Engineered wood flooring is perfect to be used in conjunction with underfloor heating (maple and beech are not recommended) |  |
| Engineered wooden flooring consists of layered tiers of real wood pressed together. The real wood surface veneer layer is available in many different designs and finishes, and is also available in many different thicknesses ranging from 0.5mm up to 6mm. A typical veneer being 3.6mm which can be sanded 3/4 times. During the manufacturing process, the layers of real timber run in different directions meaning it is more dimensionally stable than solid wood, but identical to solid wooden flooring in appearance. Engineered wood flooring is perfect for those areas of the house where solid wood flooring may not be suitable, such as basements, conservatories or over under-floor heating. | |
| Engineered wood flooring comes in two installation methods, tongue and groove or click connection.In the tongue and groove version, the grooved in the plank has PVA glue applied to it and then the tongue is pushed into it. The click engineered plank is fitted together in the same way as a laminate board. Most engineered flooring is laid in the floating f;loor method, an appropriate underlay is put over the sub-floor with the wood floorlaid on the top with its weight holding it in place. A minimum expansion gap of 12mm is left around the complete perimeter of the floor. |  |