Solid Wood (or) Engineered Wood for your next Wooden Sports Floor?
Many of them are often confused while choosing a Wooden Floor for their sports surface. Let us explain you the differences of Engineered & Solid Wood which will let you make the informed decision. Specifications: - Solid Wood: Typically 22mm thick made from narrow staves of timber joined by a double dovetail joint which is typically no more than 4mm below the surface of the board. - Engineered Wood: Manufactured to combine a Solid Maple Wood wear layer with a high-density multi-layer plywood core. The high-density multi-layer core provides superior indentation resistance and high dimensional stability. Sanding & Refinishing: (This is typically done when the wooden floor loses the shine/polish/) - Solid Wood: Solid Wood boards cup and curl at the board edges, as they expand and contract, therefore you need to sand of the peaks to get to the scratches in the hollows. A consequence of this is that a typical sand and reseal ...