Hardwood vs engineered hardwood

se200611

Hardwood floor or engineered hardwood floor, which one is better?

MTLGLV

For house or condo?

se200611

For house such as duplex.

天上明珠

Hardwood is the best

健康营养站

不价钱和物理化学性能差别多大?

小黄

如果总厚度一样，engineered更好，形态稳定，不容易开裂或起噪音。

se200611

听起来engineered hardwood 应该是更加好的选择，但是为什么hardwood 贵过engineered hardwood。How about house resell value,which one is more desirable?

ceramistpalace

"为什么hardwood 贵过engineered hardwood"
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Because each plank is one whole piece of hardwood timber.

月如钩

有时engineered hardwood贵过hardwood

se200611

How about future resell value. In general, would you rather buy a house with solid hardwood or engineered hardwood?

小黄

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听起来engineered hardwood 应该是更加好的选择，但是为什么hardwood 贵过engineered hardwood。How about house resell value,which one is more desirable?
se200611 发表于 2011-4-17 13:57

That's an unsupported claim.
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At the low end, common hardwood start at about $3/sqft. Engineered hardwood start at $6/sqft.
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! M) f$ h, [/ EAt the high-end it has more to do with the rarity of the wood.

Stethoscope

se200611

The engineered hardwood that I saw, the surface layer is approximately the thickness of a laminate (hardwood looks). Is this too thin to be refinished? I heard the thickness varies, some can be refinished and some can't.