ᐅ Disadvantages of engineered wood veneer flooring? Apart from the inability to sand and refinish?
Created on: 18 Feb 2022 17:43
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christophen
Hello everyone,
We have a newly built house and have been looking into flooring options lately. For the living room on the ground floor, we will use standard multilayer parquet. For the other four rooms, we initially considered vinyl flooring due to the high cost of parquet. Then some people recommended a "veneer floor" as well. This is basically parquet with a very thin wear layer.
Advantages: affordable, parquet appearance, warm underfoot... basically all the benefits of parquet.
Disadvantages: it cannot be sanded down.
Several people have told us that the inability to sand it is not really a disadvantage anymore, since hardly anyone sands their floors nowadays. Tastes also change, so with veneer flooring you have the “advantage” that after about 15 years—if the wear bothers you—you can replace it with something completely different. You don’t have to pay a lot upfront for parquet. In terms of price, veneer flooring from the company Kährs costs around €30/m² (about $30/sq ft), while real parquet nowadays is at least €60/m² (about $60/sq ft).
Do you have any experience with this type of flooring? We are not looking for a floor we have to live with for a lifetime. If the wear looks bad in 15 years, we can choose something else. That’s fine with us.
Thanks in advance for your experiences.
We have a newly built house and have been looking into flooring options lately. For the living room on the ground floor, we will use standard multilayer parquet. For the other four rooms, we initially considered vinyl flooring due to the high cost of parquet. Then some people recommended a "veneer floor" as well. This is basically parquet with a very thin wear layer.
Advantages: affordable, parquet appearance, warm underfoot... basically all the benefits of parquet.
Disadvantages: it cannot be sanded down.
Several people have told us that the inability to sand it is not really a disadvantage anymore, since hardly anyone sands their floors nowadays. Tastes also change, so with veneer flooring you have the “advantage” that after about 15 years—if the wear bothers you—you can replace it with something completely different. You don’t have to pay a lot upfront for parquet. In terms of price, veneer flooring from the company Kährs costs around €30/m² (about $30/sq ft), while real parquet nowadays is at least €60/m² (about $60/sq ft).
Do you have any experience with this type of flooring? We are not looking for a floor we have to live with for a lifetime. If the wear looks bad in 15 years, we can choose something else. That’s fine with us.
Thanks in advance for your experiences.
Hello everyone,
There are many different manufacturers of engineered wood flooring. What should you consider when choosing one? The price range is quite large, from 30€/m² (about 2.8 $/ft²) up to several hundred euros per square meter.
I’m not sure if I’m allowed to mention brand names here (if not, please let me know). Are there, for example, quality differences between flooring from HORI, Parador, and HARO?
There are many different manufacturers of engineered wood flooring. What should you consider when choosing one? The price range is quite large, from 30€/m² (about 2.8 $/ft²) up to several hundred euros per square meter.
I’m not sure if I’m allowed to mention brand names here (if not, please let me know). Are there, for example, quality differences between flooring from HORI, Parador, and HARO?
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Benutzer2004 Apr 2022 09:55moccanna schrieb:
What should you pay attention to when choosing? The price range is huge, from €30/m² (about $33/ft²) up to several hundred €/m².
I’m not sure if I’m allowed to mention brand names here (if not, please let me know). Are there, for example, quality differences between parquet from HORI, Parador, and HARO? Make sure you like the parquet. “High-quality” parquet might fit together more precisely (although I’ve had great results with cheaper parquet when glued—my own experience) or be finished with higher-quality oils/waxes.
Based on my experience with all types of parquet, I ultimately focus on appearance and price. My solution has been second-grade HARO purchased from a flooring company that buys these products in large quantities directly from the manufacturer (which is located nearby). So far, I have installed about 450 m² (4,840 ft²) myself in various properties.
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