solid wood or engineered wood?

[dalbir]

Can anyone recommend any types of solid wood flooring. We have been looking at Kahrs but I believe that is engineered wood , what is the difference anyway?

[BenDToy]

See here for some information. http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Home-and-Garden/Question51958 .html

[smithy]

there are four types of commonly used flooring. Laminate(cheap, nasty, looks cheap and nasty), engineered, cheap, nice, looks ok - but the thin veneer on top won't take knocks. Overlay, 14mm ish of real wood. Nail or glue to existing floor. Cheap ish, looks brill, walk on it with footy boots & sand and it gets better, watch door heigth difference and carpet edge, or plank/board replacement, 18-25mm thick, nail to joist to replace boards, expensive but rock. I went for oak 16mm overlay, with an underlay, secret nailed and glued to existing boards, took a weekend to do hall & kitchen, gets better with age. Got it from Birbek in Leeds < �600 all in