Engineered Wood Floor Installation
- More affordable than solid wood but more expensive that laminate & vinyl: You get the high-quality visuals of real wood without that big price tag.
- Every plank is unique: Since this is a real wood veneer, you’ll never find a repeating pattern or an unconvincing texture Not genuine wood: This is important to some people. No matter how great it looks, it’s not solid hardwood.
- Available in wider selection of plank width & length
While some engineered hardwood offers a simple click-lock design, other styles need to be nailed or glued down. That will take some more time and effort and cost.
Might not be able to refinish: Depending on what the manufacturer says, it might not be possible to refinish your engineered hardwood. While this cuts back on maintenance, you have less flexibility when it comes to redesigning.
Engineered Wood Flooring is one of the most used flooring systems nowadays. You can have this kind of flooring installed below grade, one grade and above grade. It means that you can have engineered floor installed on the main floor and on a second level.
Engineered Wood Flooring is very requested because it can be installed on most every subflooring like concrete or plywood. We will be able to provide its installation using specifically engineered floor adhesive. It’s also more resistant against moisture and humidity.
Gainey Flooring Solutions offers a wide variety of engineered wood flooring products including adhesive, moisture barriers, moldings and special accessories.
Laminate Flooring
- Durable: Laminate flooring’s supreme durability makes it a good option for high-traffic areas or homes with kids and pets.
- Scratch resistance: Laminate has a strong wear layer that protects the floor from scratches, dents, wear and staining, all the things pets love to test our floors on.
- Realistic wood and stone looks: Laminate floor planks often have some surface detail to further mimic a natural hardwood look and can have the look and feel of a hand-scraped hardwood, embossed wood, distressed hardwood or come in textured or smooth. Unlike real hardwood, you’ll see consistent quality across all laminate flooring boards.
- Can resist some water: Advances in construction are improving laminate’s water-resistant capabilities. While it’s still not as waterproof as other wood-look options like vinyl flooring, most new laminate floors can withstand topical moisture.
- Easy to clean and maintain: Simply mop or sweep up messes as needed. No floor waxing is ever necessary.
- Easy to stand on for longer periods of time: Most laminate installations include underlayment, which can make the floor feel more comfortable underfoot.
- Cost effective: Laminate floors are an affordable alternative to hardwood floors.
Vinyl Flooring
- Realistic wood and stone looks: Seriously, vinyl is changing. Rapidly. The top-end vinyl floors are able to more realistically mimic natural materials better than ever before. WPC vinyl is the best of the best, which means the looks are usually incredibly convincing and beautiful.
- Realistic wood and stone looks: Laminate floor planks often have some surface detail to further mimic a natural hardwood look and can have the look and feel of a hand-scraped hardwood, embossed wood, distressed hardwood or come in textured or smooth. Unlike real hardwood, you’ll see consistent quality across all laminate flooring boards.
- Easy to maintain: Vinyl flooring is super easy to take care of. Most options are water-resistant and many are fully waterproof. Just make sure you choose a thick wear layer to prevent scrapes and scratches.
- Zero maintenance: All you need is the occasional vacuum and damp mop to keep your WPC looking fabulous.
- Resilient: It’s true, you could just get a wood- or stone-look tile and it would also be waterproof. But tile is hard. Standing on a tile floor all day isn’t great for your joints or feet. Vinyl is more resilient and much more comfortable.
- Waterproof options: Yes, 100% waterproof. They are awesome!