The plywood under layers of the flooring are offset allowing for a jutting out tongue and an indented groove.
Engineered harwood flooring tongue and groove.
Inspired by our love of natural materials and in response to market demand tongue n groove has taken engineered timber flooring to a whole new level.
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Take the two most popular styles of engineered hardwood click lock or tongue groove.
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Immediately wipe up any glue that squeezes through the boards.
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The real wood lamella remains untouched.
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With the invention of the side matcher a machine that turns wooden planks into floorboards the first hardwood tongue and groove flooring was created in 1885.
Engineered flooring is a contemporary and cost effective option that has been developed for its peerless durability.
Both styles have advantages and disadvantages and your project details may be better suited to one over the other.
Tongue groove engineered wood flooring is designed to be easy to install and sturdy and secure once fitted.
Put simply the tongue of one board slots into the groove of another.
Visually appealing and of superior grade a veneer of real wood glued to a plywood substrate has the stability of multi plywood with the appearance of natural hardwood.
The traditional method of nailing hardwood tongue and groove flooring is to drive nails at an angle through the tongue of a plank and into the subfloor below but this is time consuming and can.
This adds up quickly over the course of even a couple rooms.
Flooring manufacturers typically pay between 8 to 15 cents per linear foot to use one of the two patented lock systems that must be used.
Note that some engineered hardwood flooring products have a click lock design.
Should you opt for the modern click lock floating wood floors or stick with the tried and true tongue and groove design.
Tongue and groove engineered hardwood floors that have been floated will not squeak due to the locking system loosening up.
Advantages tongue and groove floors feature tight seams requiring a minimal amount of nailing or gluing to hold the boards together.
When installing additional rows work from left to right.