Can Engineered Hardwood Be Refinished

This question is often asked by customers that are leaning more towards selecting a solid hardwood floor and not quite familiar with the benefits and advantages of engineered hardwood.

Can engineered hardwood be refinished.

Whether your home has hardwood or engineered wood most homeowners refinish their wood flooring about every 15 years. Engineered hardwood flooring can be refinished though not as many times as solid hardwood. As we previously discussed refinishing engineered wood is a delicate process in that there isn t as much actual wood that can be sanded away. Only recoated with a layer of urethane.

If you have the solid wood type you can absolutely refinish it usually between four and seven times before the floor would need to be completely replaced. Can your engineered floor be refinished. A thicker wear layer means your floor can be sanded and refinished more often increasing the lifespan of the floor. In most cases yes.

That depends on how many times it has been refinished before and how thick the wear layer is. Can engineered wood flooring be sanded and refinished. Some things to consider are the type of wood the current color and if it s been refinished before. It all depends on the thickness of the wear layer.

It cant be thinner than 3mm. Cannot be sanded and refinished. Here are the general guidelines to keep in mind 5 to 1mm wear layer. Even at 3mm if the floor is lumpy you risk sanding through to the ply substrate.

However if your engineered wood floor has a 2mm wear layer you can generally refinish it once or twice. Most wear layers on today s engineered hardwood floors vary between 5 to 6mm. By the way this discussion applies to engineered parquet flooring too. Engineered wood can potentially be refinished but this is wholly dependent on the thickness of the top layer of wood.

If you have an engineered hardwood installed that is damaged due to traffic dented and scratched before sanding down at it there are a few things to consider.