Product preview: Making hardwood floors a snap . . . literally
No glue, no nails, no staples—just wood-veneer, engineered-wood planks that lock together to create a floating floor that the manufacturer claims is ready to walk on right after installation. Simply insert the tongue of one board of Bruce’s Lock & Fold engineered flooring into the groove of the next board, and the flooring snaps together, says Bruce. Glueless floating installation also makes it easier to remove and replace damaged boards. Easy repairs and a 25-year warranty could come in handy, since the real-wood surface of other engineered-wood floors we’ve tested wore relatively quickly in our labs, dented easily, and were easily damaged by small spills. Lock & Fold flooring costs $4 to $8 per square foot, uninstalled, and comes in cherry, hickory, maple, oak, and walnut in a variety of finishes. It’s available now at Lowe’s and should be at flooring retailers by March.
Web site: www.bruce.com
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Posted by: I read the evaluation of various hardwood floors and it was very helpful. I went to Lumber Liquidat | Sep 28, 2007 10:46:40 AM
Posted by: Brian J. Decker | Oct 15, 2007 10:40:05 AM
I read the evaluation of various hardwood floors and it was very helpful. I went to Lumber Liquidators and saw a Schon snap down floor that I liked. Schon floors were not in your test. Are they a good quality floor? We are in the process of replacing our carpet with hardwoods throughout the house. They will all go over a wood subfloor, upstairs and downstairs.
Posted by: Bob Bredemeyer | Feb 20, 2008 4:46:28 PM
We installed a lock & fold wood floor (about 900 square feet) and we have a problem with a couple boards delaminating and curling up. I see no easy fix, it is in the center of the room. I am going to see if Bruce stands behind there product because the the time to replace the two boards will be the same installing the complete floor.