It wasn't too terribly long ago when hardwood flooring began showing up in rooms other than the most formal of spaces. These days, you can install a high quality wood floor just about anywhere — from a converted attic to a finished basement. It's simply a matter of selecting the proper type of flooring — in a style that suits your particular vision of the rooms you're building or renovating.
Longstrip
All the benefits of engineered plus the ability to float. Longstrip can be quickly and easily installed in almost any room in your home by following floating floor installation instructions, gluing or stapling. You can install over almost any sound, flat, dry sub-floor (oak, ash and merbau only on radiant heat sub-floors). Longstrip is the do-it-yourselfer’s floor of choice.
Longstrip features and collections
Engineered
Real wood stability plus versatility. You can use this extremely practical flooring almost anywhere in your home: on, above or below grade. This flooring’s cross-directional construction and the Tark-Lock tongue and groove system minimizes structural change with seasonal variations in temperature and humidity.
Engineered features and collections
Solid
The beauty of a single, solid board. Tarkett offers pre-finished traditional solid strip and plank for most rooms that are on or above grade. Installing pre-finished flooring offers all of the beauty of a traditional sand-and-finish floor in less time without the mess.
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Comparison
| Wood floor type | Where to install | Installation method | Type of sub-floor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Longstrip | Above, on or below grade* | Floating, glue or staple down | Most dry, flat, structurally sound sub-floors |
| Engineered | Above, on or below grade | Glue, staple or nail down | 5/8" or 3/4" plywood, 3/4" OSB board or concrete |
| Solid | On or above grade | Nail down | 5/8" or 3/4" plywood, 3/4" OSB board over 16" on center joists |
* Below grade: where any part of the slab is underground.