The Advantages of Single Plank Engineered Wood Flooring *
Do you ever dream about what your ideal home would be like? Perhaps you’re renting like us, which means you can’t change the decor without your landlords permission, or you simply don’t want to spend money decorating a house that’s not yours. I certainly know that feeling!
However, when I think of my ideal home, our forever home, I often wonder about how I’d decorate it. My current home has an awful green carpet in, which thankfully our landlord has agreed to get rid of! I’m pretty excited about the thought of getting some nice new flooring!
When it comes to deciding what type of flooring you should have in your home though, there are a number of different things that should be taken into consideration.
In this blog post, I’m going to focus on single plank engineered oak wood flooring, and the advantages that this type of flooring has, which, by the way, are many!
To start us off, I’ll just briefly explain what this type of flooring is. Single plank engineered wood flooring is wood flooring that only comes with one plank visible on each board. It has a solid core made up of layers of ply that are bonded together, and then it’s topped off with a layer of solid wood. This gives the effect of looking like solid wood flooring. Sounds lovely doesn’t it!
This type of cheap oak flooring has many advantages.
The main advantage is that wood will expand and contract when it comes into contact with fluctuating temperatures and moisture, but the good news is that engineered wood expands less than solid wood.
This means that if you don’t opt for single plank flooring, and decide to go for 2 or 3 planks on a single board, if it ever comes into contact with moisture, you’ll get gaps in your floor that will look odd because the gaps will reveal that they aren’t single planks, but instead are in fact boards made up of 2 or 3 planks which are just made to look like single plank boards. For this reason, single plank engineered wood flooring will always be the better option in my opinion.
Of course, that’s not the only reason why I think this type of floor is best. It also looks like real wood which is always an added bonus if you ask me, plus it’s durable and it can even be sanded and refinished to your hearts content!
By sanding the flooring you’re able to bring it back to life when it starts to look tired. On a side note, it’s also a good way to remove any stains that may have built up. In addition to this, refinishing the floor can help to protect it and make it look new again. It’s so easy to care for wood flooring when you know how!
The main advantages for me though are that it’s inexpensive, quick and easy to install, plus it comes in a range of different finishes so you should find something to suit your tastes.
