Home Improvement Asked by user2965 on February 4, 2021
I am buying a brand new house. And today I had a conversation with the builder about the hardwood in it. He told me that the floor in the house was a "Laminate Hardwood 5'' hand scraped"
.
I googled this but could not find anything like that. I was always get redirected to the "Engineered hardwood"
websites ? What is the difference between the “Laminate hardwood” and “Engineered hardwood” floor ? Are they the same ? I know this is not just a simple laminate
. It looks like hard wood, but it has a really flat texture and feel
I am really confused. Please help me understand the difference if any
Here is the picture I took
Thanks
From https://www.woodandbeyond.com/blog/engineered-vs-laminate-flooring-which-is-better/:
Engineered wood flooring
Engineered wood flooring is a man made product that is made from natural materials. Commonly made up of layers of ply that are bonded together, engineered wood flooring is always topped off with a layer of solid wood. This layer of solid wood is called the lamella or top layer and it’s thanks to this solid wood finish that engineered wood looks so convincingly like solid wood.
Engineered wood flooring has the advantage over solid wood that its stable structure means that it is much more resistant to expansion and contraction than solid wood. What this means is that it can safely be fitted in rooms where temperature and moisture fluctuations are significant, like bathrooms and kitchens. Engineered wood flooring can also be installed over under floor heating.
Laminate flooring
Laminate flooring on the other hand is a synthetic, man-made product that is made up of various layers that are fused together using a lamination process. Laminate flooring is a relatively recent addition to the range of flooring options available on the market and made its first appearance in the late 1970s. It originally launched as a competitor to vinyl flooring. Made up of typically five (or fewer layers), laminate flooring can be made to look like any material the manufacturer wants, because effectively the layer which makes up the image is just that, an image.
Laminate flooring is the cheaper (and generally lower quality) of the two.
Answered by am304 on February 4, 2021
I don't know if this is a hard-and-fast rule, but in general:
Engineered = real wood top layer
Laminate = top layer is printed (paper or other material) to look like real wood.
Laminate is usually cheaper.
Answered by DA01 on February 4, 2021
There is no such thing as laminate hardwood. He was simply using incorrect terminology. There is engineered hardwood and laminate. You can have laminate that looks like hardwood but it isn't call laminate hardwood. If there were a product called laminate hardwood then it would have laminated pictures on top of hardwood - this simply doesn't exist because it is a dumb idea.
Both Engineered flooring and laminate have a couple of shared characteristics:
They differ:
I would just assume yours is laminate based on the wording. A laminate made to look like hardwood.
Answered by DMoore on February 4, 2021
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