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Light engineered wood flooring brings a sense of brightness and spaciousness to any room. Floors with lighter hues help spaces feel more expansive and airy while helping to hide dust and dirt more easily. Engineered floors are ideal for locations where solid hardwood flooring would normally warp or crack. That makes light engineered wood flooring ideal for installations in darker, damper spaces and an excellent choice for laundry room flooring or for hardwood flooring in bathrooms.
In this brief introduction, you’ll learn more about the benefits light engineered wood flooring and the many options for engineered wide plank floors from Carlisle.
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ExploreEngineered wood flooring is a floor made with floorboards that have a top layer of hardwood and multiple backing layers made of hardwood, plywood or fiberboard. Light engineered wood flooring is made with engineered boards that feature a lighter hardwood in the top layer – something like Ash or Maple – or that have been stained to a light color.
Because of their construction, engineered hardwood floors (also known as manufactured hardwood floors) are more impervious to moisture andand may perform better in areas of higher relative humidity. Engineered flooring is ideal for installation in basements, over radiant heat, on concrete slab and in high moisture areas above or below grade.
Yes. A prefinished floor is sanded, stained and sealed at our facility before being shipped to your home. Choosing a prefinished engineered floor lets you avoid the mess, odor and inconvenience of finishing your floor on site. Unfinished engineered flooring, on the other hand, must be finished after installation within your home.
Yes. Light engineered wood flooring can be installed with a variety of patterns. Carlisle a variety of options for Herringbone flooring from a variety of Collection floors to options of designing your designing your very own Herringbone floor
Yes. Because the top layer of an engineered floorboard is made of solid hardwood, it can be stained just like a solid wood floor. Staining is one of the easiest ways to achieve light engineered wood flooring.
Engineered floors can be cleaned and cared for in the same way you'd care for any hardwood floor. For routine cleaning, we recommend lightly mopping with a mild solution of a half cup of white vinegar to a gallon of lukewarm water.
When you’re interested in light engineered wood flooring, one option is to select something like Ash or Birch engineered flooring that offers naturally light hues. Carlisle offers several choices in hardwoods that feature lighter colors.
On the other hand, if you’re looking for dark engineered hardwood flooring:
For more than 50 years, Carlisle has been producing the finest handcrafted wood floors in America. Every solid wood and engineered Carlisle floor is a masterpiece, fashioned by artists and craftsmen who painstakingly work every inch of each plank to ensure your floor will perfectly reflect your sense of style and beauty. When you choose light engineered wood flooring from Carlisle, you know your floor will become a defining feature of your home and a welcome reminder of where you are each time you cross the threshold.
Carlisle leads the engineered flooring market with floors that offer the most stable and durable core. Where competitors’ products use 3 to 5 plies of backing material, our engineered floors are made with 9 to 11 plies. And while competitors’ top layers are typically only 1/12″ to 1/8″ thick, our 3/16″ wear layers mean you can refinish our engineered floors just as often as our solid wood floors.
The exceptional quality of our engineered wood flooring is matched only by the remarkable commitment of our customer service team. From your first call or visit to our showroom through the design, manufacture and installation of your floor, our team will answer every question and offer expert guidance, making the journey of creating your one-of-a-kind floor as pleasurable as living on it.
