Engineered Quick Click Flooring

andeeznuts

Ok whats the scoop on engineered quick click flooring. I have done every floor under the sun except this flooring what are the pros and cons. Spanks...

PrestigeR&D

I dislike that flooring- any product that tries to imitate the real McCoy is exactly that-"imitation" IMO..... I can tell write away and it looks "cheep" - theres your first "con" opinion
Brian

Framer53

I have used it in my house and have installed it in several customers house.

Easy install, looks good when finished.
Con, can only be refinished one time.

Costs tend to be approx 1/2 that of real 3/4 inch flooring.

OCRS

Looks good from the next room. As Prestige said "it looks cheap" on closer viewing. It's a way for HO's to get "new" on the cheap. Compresses leaving gap at doorways and trim when walked on, static electricity, can't refinish it, sounds cheap when things are dropped, dragged across it.... but, goes down quick and spruces up a floor, lots of styles, colors avaiable. And did I mention ? cheap.

A. Spruce

It doesn't last more than a few years, less in a high traffic environment. Doesn't like getting wet. Looks fake, sounds fake.

andeeznuts

going to be laying it down in a eye doctors optical office where they sell high end sunglasses and glasses. and they insist on real wood look that can click together i said commercial laminate would be way more durable. oh and they seem to think it can be refinished but from looking at it it looks like the real hardwood is less than an 1/8th thick and its on slab.

OCRS

You could screen and coat but if it's not dead flat, you're screen's gonna take the corners right off.

Framer53

As I pointed out to you, it can be refinished one time.

hawaii

Engineered floors are very good products. Those are the floor that have very high moisture resistance. So if you live in the high humidity place engineered floors are the only safe option.
Click engineered floor are usually very thin top layered floors so what is means you can not refinish it.
Click floors are not attached to the subfloor so it has a hollow sound when you walk on this kind of floors. This is why they can be considered cheap.
In Hawaii those are very popular hardwood floors.

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