Hardwood floors offers the warmth, beauty, and value of wood. It ecologically friendly, enhances the decor of any room, and provides timeless beauty. Hardwood floors are manufactured in one of two ways: solid wood flooring or engineered wood flooring. Now engineered wood flooring are more and more popular.

Engineered hardwood flooring has two major types of construction, mutli–ply and three–ply. Multi–ply is constructed with a plywood core consisting of 5–11 plys, with a top layer, called a veneer, of the finished wood.? Three–ply is constructed with three total layers: a balance sheet, core layer and the top veneer. The balance sheet is usually the thickness of a single ply of plywood, while the core layer is a solid piece of wood. The top veneers of engineered hardwood floors are manufactured using one of the following two methods:

Rotary Peeled: Rotary peeled veneers are created by rolling the log on a machine while a blade peels away a top layer. This process is usually done for thinner veneers of 1/8" and under.

Sawed: Sawed veneers are created by sending pieces of lumber into a cutting machine that slices the lumber into veneers. This process is usually used on veneers that are 1/8" and thicker.

Bamboo(Eco-friendly, Sustainable)

If "going green" is important to you, you may be interested to know bamboo is considered a rapidly renewable resource. When harvested properly, root system remains in the ground and the plant can be ready for harvest again in 5–7 years. Compare this to the 60–plus years it can take to replace a single oak tree, and you'll understand why bamboo's sustainability makes it a better choice for the environmentally conscious consumer.