Hardwood vs Engineered Wood Flooring
Knowing the difference between hardwood and engineered wood flooring will give you the advantage of choosing the best flooring option for you. Hardwood flooring and engineered wood flooring are two popular options when it comes to flooring. Both are made of wood. However, they have different aspects such as durability, layers, stability, the damages they can go through, etc. To choose one or the other, you must first have an idea about all these factors. Then, you should think about the place where you want the flooring done. If it is basement, hardwood flooring is the wrong choice. The reason for that is discussed in this article.
What is Hardwood Flooring?
Hardwood is a kind of wood which is taken from被子植物树。这种木材的使用在如今可用的地板类型中非常受欢迎。硬木地板的各种颜色,设计和形状使其成为装饰地板的理想选择,并为房屋的房间增添优雅。硬木是一种天然获得的产品,完全是非过敏性的,非常适合在家庭和办公室使用。一层地板是由从不同类型的树木获得的硬木制成的。发现客厅,饭厅和卧室的地板正在使用硬木作为组成部分。尽管硬木是单层木地板,但您无法在concrete或您已经存在的地板就像其他木地板选项一样。它必须被钉住。因此,您必须获得专业帮助。
什么是工程木地板?
除硬木地板外,在不同类型的地板中使用的另一种木材是工程木材。工程木材是一种真正的木材形式,与多种人造类型的木材不同。工程木地板在顶部和非富含木材上使用饰面木材plywoodat the bottom. This makes it a completely genuine wood product which consists of 100 percent wood. This type of wood flooring makes use of plywood in it causing it to be more durable and strengthened as compared to normal wood which is used in flooring. You should know that 80 – 90 percent of the floor consists of plywood in engineered wood flooring. There are many options for installing engineered wood flooring. Thinner ones can be nailed down while thicker ones can be installed as floating floors. For floating floors, you do not have to install a sub-floor first to nail it down. If your floor is already stable and level, you can install the floating floor right on top.
硬木和工程木地板有什么区别?
There are a number of differences between hardwood flooring and engineered wood flooring.
•硬木和工程木地板之间的主要区别在于,硬木地板由单层硬木切割组成,并放置在地板上。这层木材是100%硬木。另一方面,工程木地板由木材层组成,底部有胶合板,顶部的实木可提供最大的耐用性和强度。
•硬木地板比以薄层形式存在的工程木地板要难。
•实木地板是一种木地板使用d by a number of people but, the fact that hinders its maximum usage is that, it is too costly as compared to the engineered wood flooring, which comes at lower rates.
•与工程木地板相比,硬木地板具有良好的寿命。硬木地板拥有100多年的寿命,而工程木地板的寿命约为25年。
•与工程木地板相比,硬木地板的维修和维护也很容易完成。
•与硬木地板相比,工程木材的稳定性要好得多。工程木地板不会因温度或湿度等外部变化而改变形状。使用不同的木材层,这是可能的。另一方面,由于涉及唯一的硬木层,硬木地板更容易受到湿度和温度的影响。
•由于其广泛的特征,工程硬木适合在地下室区域使用,而在建筑物的这些区域则不能使用实心硬木。
•硬木地板根本不是厨房地板的理想选择,因为它无法承受溢出或滴落。相比之下,工程木地板是一个更好的选择,因为由于此类问题,它不会损坏。
•硬木地板可以多次重新安装。您只能重新安装工程木地板一次或两次。那是因为它的顶层很薄。
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- 硬木地板经过PAB49((CC BY-SA 4.0)
- 工程木地板经过5ko((CC BY-SA 1.0)
露丝·M·海斯(Ruth M Hayes)says
感谢您提供的信息,您如何维护工程木地板?
Afton Jacksonsays
非常感谢您指出与工程木地板相比,硬木地板可以持续多长时间。由于我打算尽可能长的时间让我的房子持续使用,因此我不需要经历另一个购买的过程,因此我想为所有楼层找到最好,最坚固的材料。您的文章使我说服我要获得硬木地板承包商来帮助进行翻新。