Would appreciate some recommendations for Prefinished Hardwood flooring Brands. It’s for a first floor over a plywood subfloor. Looking for a high end product.
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How thick? the 3/4" strip nail down or the 5/16" snap together?
I've had good results from the Bruce engineered 3/4" nail down.
3/4 " Strip nail down.
I should add that I use a flooring company to lay the Bruce floors and others. Not sure if Bruce has different quality standards bewtween what they sell the flooring companies and what's on the shelves at the BBs.
I'm putting Johnson brand 3/4" solid strip, Brazilian Teak in my house and I'm extremely happy with it. My only complaint is all the shorts- the longest are 48", but the majority are 36". It's OK, once it all gets laid down, it's beautiful. The shorts just makes installation go a little slower.
The accuracy of the milling is right on and the pre-finish is perfect as well- not to matte and not too glossy.
Mirage. The milling, microgroove and finish are great.
I like a 3 strip plank engineered format called "Natural Inspirations" by Mohawk. A dozen or so wood choices. It has 3- 2 1/4" strips mounted into 6+" x 74" long planks. Sq edge and Sq ends. I don't understand why these longstrip, sq. edge formats are not more popular. They are the closest to a finished in place look you can get. Eased, kissed, micro bevel, etc. edges don't look that good to me. Comments...
I'm about to install a prefinished solid red oak from Kentwood. 3/4" x 3-1/2 runs about $5.50 per SF material only. I've never liked engineered much, although I know a lot of people do.