RogerS
Established Member
I got some samples of this from an online supplier and first impressions were quite favourable. A good 6mm of oak on top and once down you'd never know the difference.
Delving a little deeper, the t&g were at the plywood level and I could see me tearing my hair out cleaning up all the edges from the little bits and piece left hanging off the machined t&g so that the boards would go together properly.
I also like my floors to be laid with boards of different widths and when I mentioned this to the sales guy, to be fair he was totally open and said that even though the boards came from the same factory, that the chances were the t&g wouldn't line up. WTF? Good Bros can deliver me real oak boards of different widths and the t&g all line up so why can't an engineered board be any different for the sales guy was right. A good 1mm out.
So is this typical of engineered boards or just this company?
Delving a little deeper, the t&g were at the plywood level and I could see me tearing my hair out cleaning up all the edges from the little bits and piece left hanging off the machined t&g so that the boards would go together properly.
I also like my floors to be laid with boards of different widths and when I mentioned this to the sales guy, to be fair he was totally open and said that even though the boards came from the same factory, that the chances were the t&g wouldn't line up. WTF? Good Bros can deliver me real oak boards of different widths and the t&g all line up so why can't an engineered board be any different for the sales guy was right. A good 1mm out.
So is this typical of engineered boards or just this company?
