What is a wear layer.
Wear layer on engineered wood flooring.
This type of board will have a wear layer of around 8mm.
Engineered flooring s wear layer can be as thin as 1mm and gets as thick as 5mm.
What is wear layer.
On the contrary engineered flooring made from sliced and rotary peeled material is only going to produce thinner veneer layers about 2 mm.
Approximate lifespan 40 50 years.
The 4mm wear layer is a thickness used with high quality engineered hardwood flooring.
A very popular thickness for a high quality engineered hardwood floor is 4mm.
A thicker wear layer contributes to a floor lasting longer as it can be sanded.
To answer this question simply the wear layer is basically the thickness of hardwood that sits on top of the multiply core of engineered wood flooring.
Now your floor will last longer and it can be sanded multiple times if needed.
By using the ideal 3 16 wear layer you now have the same wear layer as a solid wood floor.
An engineered floor with a 3mm wear layer can be sanded and refinished approximately 2 to 3 times over the lifetime of the floor.
Wear layer is that surface on the wood that can be re sanded and refinished until it reaches the tongue and groove.
What this means is that somewhere around 5mm of it s surface can be removed in its lifetime through sanding without risking exposing the tongue and groove structure or causing the floor to significantly weaken.
The 4mm wear layer is able to be sanded and refinished several times over its lifespan.
An engineered floor with a 4mm wear layer or thicker can be sanded and refinished approximately 3 to 5 times over the lifetime of the floor.
Approximate lifespan 50 100 years or more.