Kenton Engineered floors

Solid wood flooring has been used for hundreds of years in houses and public buildings but it is really only in the last 65 years that the process has evolved from a craft to a science, with the introduction of multi-layered products and more recently in the late 1990’s the development of integral locking systems that greatly facilitate the installation of the floor.

The increasing popularity of using wood in modern homes has led to the need for meeting significant challenges. New housing is almost always centrally heated often leading to relatively low atmospheric moisture in the air; advances have been made in the materials used for subfloors; and most recently, the growing popularity of underfloor heating; all this has led to a need for an increasing level of sophistication in the floors themselves.

Thus the development of a floor that is multi-layered in construction and provides:

1. Greater stability.
2. The very best use of a natural resource in the least wasteful and the most practical way.
3. A product that in some cases can be laid and re-laid many times making it both economical and re-usable.
4. A product that can be used safely in conjunction with underfloor heating subject to certain conditions.
5. A product that can be laid much faster resulting in lower fitting costs, and, if pre-finished, can be used immediately after installation.
6. A greater range of design possibilities offering single plank, two strip and three strip options.

SoftwoodThese floors offer added stability and a greater variety of design. They are normally constructed in 3 layers, using the chosen species as a top wear layer, with a central core of either softwood*, high density fibreboard (HDF) with a balancing spruce veneer, or birch plywood. The top wear layer can vary from 0.6mm to 7mm depending on the product.

*Expansion and contraction of the softwood core due to seasonal changes in humidity may produce a squeaking sound if the subfloor is not perfectly flat. Waxing of the joints can eliminate this. << Back to previous section