Sorry for the somewhat offtopic post (still has to do with wood though :) ).
Anyway, considering putting down wood flooring in a few rooms at mi casa. Substrate is concrete and there is really no motivation to add a 1 1/2" subfloor as that will cause uneveness to other flooring already installed. I see there are really two alternatives for me (well more but these are the two I'm considering). Engineered flooring or Solid flooring.
The engineered flooring can either be installed with glue down or in a floating configuration, comes with a roughly 25-30 year warranty, and has a 2mm thick top veneer. The solid is 3/8" or 1/2" (depending on species) and is glued down (warranty is up to 50 depending on manuf.). Any recommendations? I worry a bit about a 2mm veneer (5/64") being too thin yet the engineered flooring is also cheaper. The solid wood would be fine but as expected, is more expensive.
Anyone with some experience in this decision? Advice? Thanks very much,
jlc