Both solid wood flooring and engineered wood flooring offer unique benefits for both you and your customers to consider.
Solid wood flooring is typically made from hardwood species such as maple, walnut or oak, while engineered wood flooring is a hardwood lamella, which is bonded over plywood.
Here are some key differences between them:
Solid Wood Flooring:
- Can be sanded & refinished numerous times, more so than engineered wood
- Many species to choose from, including FSC-certified species
- Timeless, authentic look
- Offers a longer lifespan than engineered wood
Engineered Wood Flooring:
- Standard 4 mm wear layer allows for sanding & refinishing superior to other engineered wood flooring products
- Custom 5mm or 6mm wear layer available upon request
- Standard ¾” thick on 11 ply Baltic Birch Plywood (or ⅝” thick on 9 ply) offers excellent stability
- Many species to choose from, including FSC-certified species
- Same timeless, authentic look as solid wood
- A long lifespan
Some homeowners may even choose a combination of solid and engineered wood, for example, using engineered wood flooring for the basement, and using solid wood flooring in the rest of the house. Both types of flooring can be made from the same species for a perfect match. Engineered flooring has greater stability than solid wood, ideal for below grade areas like basements.
High Quality Solid Wood Flooring from Rex Lumber
Although Rex Lumber Company can make any size and type of flooring, we specialize in wide plank, long-length products. We can make flooring for you in any species we stock, including FSC-certified species.
Sizing
Custom widths are available up to 10-1/4″ (10″ face) end matched, and 11-1/4″ (11″ face) not end matched. Wider widths are available as square edge.
Our Custom Wide Premium Wide Plank Flooring typically runs 3 to 12′ lengths, with 60% (or more) 8 to 12′. Lengths up to 16’ available based on species selected.
Popular Species
- Ash
- Birch
- Cherry
- Eastern White Pine
- Hickory
- Hard Maple
- Jatoba
- Red Oak
- White Oak
- Santos Mahogany
- Sapele
- Red Grandis Eucalyptus
- South American Mahogany
- Yellow Pine
- Walnut
- Other Domestic & Tropical species
Rex Lumber: Your Engineered Wood Flooring Manufacturer & Distributor
The same beautiful high-quality flooring that you have come to rely upon from Rex Lumber is also available in engineered form.
Engineered Flooring is a combination of a solid wood wear layer and a plywood base. Rex Engineered Flooring is custom run to order using our own solid lumber that is sawn from the same diverse extensive top-quality lumber we use to manufacture our solid flooring.
How It’s Made
Solid lumber is saw-cut into veneers, not rotary cut like commodity products, and then is glued to a premium-grade Baltic Birch plywood base layer. Baltic Birch plywood is used for exceptional strength and dimensional stability.
Engineered flooring that uses Baltic Birch plywood is less prone to warp, twist, and cupping than other flooring products. Our Baltic Birch plywood uses exterior grade/water resistant glue which adds additional durability to the flooring. The use of saw-cut veneers provides an identical appearance to solid wood flooring.
Species
Engineered flooring is available in virtually any species or width available in today’s marketplace, and all standard and custom widths are available –from narrow to wide. Rex Engineered Flooring is available in all standard species, including:
- Quarter-Sawn White Oak
- Rift Sawn White Oak
- Plain Sawn White Oak
- Character Grade White Oak
- Quarter-Sawn Red Oak
- Rift Sawn Red Oak
- Plain Sawn Red Oak
- Plain Sawn Hard Maple
- Plain Sawn Cherry
- Plain Sawn Hickory
- Plain Sawn Sapele
- Quarter-Sawn Sapele
- Other Domestic and Tropical Species
Sizing
Thickness: Engineered wood flooring is 3/4” thick. 5/8” thick material is also available.
Widths: Available in all standard widths. Custom widths are also available.
Lengths: 3’ to 12’ in length, which is heavy 6 to 10’, with up to 5% cutbacks to 30”. Longer lengths available upon request and availability based on species. We can manufacture custom flooring up to 16’ if there is hardwood available.
A proud member of the National Wood Flooring Association, Rex Lumber is your source for both solid wood flooring and engineered wood flooring. Request a quote today!