Laminate and engineered versus hardwood or vinyl.
Engineered wood flooring vs hardwood vs laminate.
Laminate flooring generally is less expensive than engineered hardwood.
Laminate engineered wood solid hardwood and vinyl.
Solid wood flooring vs.
Solid wood flooring comes in long planks usually made of a hardwood species.
Engineered wood flooring.
Then a transparent wear layer is applied to protect the surface.
If you have your heart set on having a wood or faux wood floor you have four choices.
Engineered hardwood debate right there.
More rigid than luxury vinyl aka non resilient.
It is always nailed down to the subfloor a process that requires some skill.
Made of synthetic layers bonded together through a lamination process.
Engineered wood flooring.
Cheaper versions have 1 4 inch cores and the photo reproductions may not be as realistic as more expensive versions.
Laminate runs 1 to 7 per square foot depending on the quality.
The base is fiberboard with a photographic image layer bonded over the top.