Engineered Hardwood Flooring

Engineered hardwood flooring is our most popular product by far as it gives all the beauty of solid wood floors while offering better performance in Edmonton’s dry climate. Engineered hardwood is still considered hardwood flooring.

 Engineered wood floors are made with a base of layers of plywood or hardwood, and a solid top layer of hardwood in the finish and style of your choice. The top layer is known as the wear layer. Engineered hardwood flooring offers several benefits:

When to Choose an Engineered Wood Floor

• It generally expands and contracts less than solid wood flooring. This, along with your choice of top layer, makes engineered wood floors less likely to have gaps and squeaks develop over time. Touchwood recommends going with an Engineered floor if you would like wide plank flooring with a width wider than 3 1/4in. 
• Textures, like saw cut, wire brushed or hand-scraped flooring are only available as a prefinished engineered hardwood floor.
• Engineered hardwood is better for basements, over in-floor heating, and other places where solid wood isn’t covered by warranty.

We invite you to come see our different options of engineered hardwood flooring, and we can help you find the right flooring for the humidity you are able to achieve in your home – call, book an appointment or visit our showroom!

Styles And Finishes For Engineered Hardwood

We can help you select an engineered hardwood floor that offers the look and the durability you’re looking for. We offer a wide range of choices for engineered flooring in standard sizes and wide plank.

The soft blonde neutral tones and natural finishes on white oak flooring in a wide plank is one of the most popular choices today. People wanting a bright, modern look often choose Natural Birch or Maple floors or light stains on White Oak, while others who want character often choose the natural woods with knots and mineral streaks. Often clients like the colour variations in hickory floors, or the bold grain patterns found in ash floors. Walnut floors with their warm dark brown tones, or red oak with it’s warm, traditional feel, can also make a room stand out.

We can also help you choose a finish that meets the durability you need with the look you want.

• An oiled hardwood offer a natural feel to your home.
• Urethane finishes are often more uniform in color and offer endless colour choices.
• Fumed or smoked floors create a deep rich undertone to the wood which natural can give you a rich color without staining the wood.
• Textures, such as wire brushed, hand scraped or saw cut finishes, are only available in prefinished engineered hardwood flooring.

Currently, the most popular engineered hardwood is a wide plank White Oak, in a character grade with knots and mineral streaks, wire brushed in a low sheen. We offer several options to choose from.

Can You Refinish Engineered Hardwood?

Whether you can sand and refinish an engineered wood floor depends on the thickness of the top wear layer of hardwood. Some engineered hardwood floors can be refinished a number of times, making them a long-lasting, excellent option. Not all engineered hardwood flooring is created equal. We’re happy to answer your questions and help you understand the product that will best meet your needs. We often suggest looking at sawn engineered hardwood which performs best in our climate and can be refinished nicely.

Our Engineered Hardwood Suppliers

In addition to Hakwood, Vintage, Mirage, Preverco, Coswick and Appalachian Flooring and Traditions Flooring, we have listed some of our suppliers below.