听起来engineered hardwood 应该是更加好的选择,但是为什么hardwood 贵过engineered hardwood。How about house resell value,which one is more desirable? 3 c0 _8 T, P* n# J/ f5 b2 ^( O/ Qse200611 发表于 2011-4-17 13:57
% d3 A; K6 S+ c3 _That's an unsupported claim. 9 R9 Y# ]0 {' N1 ? l . [% ]' c5 Y1 v' yAt the low end, common hardwood start at about $3/sqft. Engineered hardwood start at $6/sqft. 7 b8 q5 J8 b7 O6 k) L7 a7 P2 i- {! o; b4 r5 M7 K2 E
At the high-end it has more to do with the rarity of the wood.
The engineered hardwood that I saw, the surface layer is approximately the thickness of a laminate (hardwood looks). Is this too thin to be refinished? I heard the thickness varies, some can be refinished and some can't.