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Old 07-16-2010, 12:43 PM
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I googled anderson floorings "coastal collection" and came up with this web site. It's an engineered floor that can be glued, floated, or nailed. Where a laminate and engineered floor are similar and the so is the installation, a laminate floor has the man made surface, an from what I've seen, usually in most cases, one plank 8 or 9 inches wide that's made to look like 3 planks. The engineered floors I've seen snap together also, but have real wood surfaces and are single width planks. They also use an aluminum oxide coating that is very scratch resistant. I used that coating on our oak stairs up north and have it on the hardwood floors (bellawood), and it's held up to a 120lb. bullmastiff ( see avatar)
http://www.ifloor.com/item_401560/ha...l-red-oak.html