Fitting Real Wood Top Layer Flooring

Check out our guide to preparing for laminate or real wood top layer flooring.

Fitting real wood top layer flooring.

It has a real layer of hardwood on top. It cannot be floated over an underlay as it needs the stability of being securely fixed to the subfloor. The colour and grain of oak engineered wood flooring adds warmth and natural character to a space that fits in with both traditional and contemporary settings. If you won t be gluing your real wood top layer flooring the steps will be exactly the same and are made simpler thanks to the drop click and angle to angle fitting systems.

Real wood top layer flooring also known as engineered wood flooring offers a more practical surface to solid wood flooring but doesn t compromise on the innovative design and authentic luxurious finish. Solid wood flooring need to be fixed into position during installation. The better the product the thicker the solid wood layer on top which is particularly important if it needs sanding to repair any patches at some point. Solid boards are normally 18mm to 20mm thick and with a 6mm top layer we can get three times as much and with a 4mm top layer four times as much engineered wood flooring.

The top layer of the board is made from high quality engineered oak giving the look of solid wood and adding a luxurious touch to a room. The boulevarde engineered oak flooring from indigenous is perfect for creating a scandi look retaining paler tones while revealing the natural graining within the oak. Fitting real wood top layer flooring is usually easier than real wood flooring as it usually fits together using a locking system where one piece just clicks into the next piece with no need to fix each piece to the sub base this normally necessitates the use of an underlay to accommodate any movement. Made from three different layers including a solid oak top layer this flooring is incredibly hardwearing and stable.

Before you get going on your flooring project make sure that you ve prepped correctly. Each floor type is also available to order as a sample and comes with 20 years warranty for residencial use. Engineered floors will not expand and contract like solid wood you do not need to acclimatise the boards unless fitted over ufh. It can be laid as a floating floor over your existing floor timber concrete tiles you name it and is designed to be used with an underlay.