Is waterproof flooring actually waterproof?
The plank is waterproof. The seam, the perimeter gap, and the subfloor under it are not. Here is what the label covers and where water still gets in.
myths
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Flooring, written down.
Longer pieces for the decisions that do not fit on a card: what a wear layer actually protects, why acclimation is not a ritual, and where the underlayment upsell stops being nonsense.
What lives here
Four categories, one rule: every article has to answer a question a shopper would actually ask in a store. Myths handles the claims that get repeated until they sound true. Materials covers what each floor is made of and how it behaves in a real house. Jargon translates the spec sheet, and Matchups puts two products in the same room and picks a side, with reasons.
The eight short myth pages live separately at the myth wall, and the definitions live at terms explained. If you are mid-renovation and need a comparison table rather than an essay, go straight to material matchup.
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materials
Engineered vs solid hardwood, minus the sales pitch
One is a tree in one piece, the other is plywood wearing a wood hat. Here is how solid and engineered hardwood actually differ, and what decides which works.
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