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The superior performance of engineered wood:

Engineered wood flooring design has proven the best construction in addressing wood flooring’s environmental fluctuations. But not all engineered wood floors are constructed equally. Learn what sets terra legno apart below…

Why terra legno Engineered Wood Flooring?

Innovation

ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 Certified Production Ensuring High Quality Sustainable Manufacturing from Forest to Finish
High Quality Raw Materials and Hardwood Core Construction
Sawn Face Wear Layers
Up to 11 Layers of Baltic Birch Plywood for Maximum Stability
Commercial and Residential Lifetime Structural Warranty
35 Year Residential, 5 Year Light Commercial, and 3 Year Commercial Finish Warranties

LAYERS OF QUALITY

How Our Flooring is Made

Core Construction

terra legno Engineered Flooring offers the exact look and refinishing features of solid wood flooring with superior dimensional stability and performance of engineered construction.

Marine-Grade Baltic Birch

terra legno’s Baltic Birch hardwood core construction is engineered for exceptional performance addressing the cupping, gapping, and delamination characteristics of wide plank flooring.

Marine grade Baltic Birch is known for it's exceptional strength and stability. Our wood cores range from 7 to 11 plys, depending on the collection/thickness.

Each ply is glued and pressed with a formaldehyde-free adhesive. The plys (grains) run 90- degrees to each ply. When relative humidity increases, the ply’s wood fibers are restrained by the adjacent layer, for a highly resilient plank.

Wear Layer

All terra legno engineered wood flooring is constructed with sawn-faced wear layers. These are the most durable wear layers, and they have the same appearance as solid hardwood floors.

Sawn-Faced Wear Layers

Specify a terra legno floor and you specify decades, not a finish cycle.

Every terra legno wear layer is sawn-faced and can be resanded. We offer 3mm to 6mm — compared to solid ¾" hardwood floor which yields only 4mm before the tongue. At 6mm, you are specifying more resurfaceable timber than even solid oak provides.

Sliced and rotary-peeled veneers are produced by soaking the log in water before cutting — a process that ruptures the grain and permanently reduces the wood's durability. Resanding them is not an option. Those floors have one life: when the finish goes, the floor goes.

By comparison, a sawn-faced wear layer of even 2.5mm can be re-sanded two to three times. Appearance follows the same logic. Rotary-peeled veneer is routinely compared to plywood — because it is cut the same way. A sawn face reads as solid timber, because the grain was never broken.

Finishes

terra legno’s surface finishes are engineered for both their aesthetics and long-term durability — a quality product that will last.

NeoTech Advanced Technology UV Polyurethane with Aluminum Oxide Finish

terra legno’s Advanced Technology NeoTech UV Polyurethane with Aluminum Oxide Finish merges traditional woodworking artisan craftsmanship with today’s lifestyle innovations. The NeoTech finish has two UV-Oil base coats with a top coat of Polyurethane with Aluminum Oxide. NeoTech’s UV Oil base coats enhance the character of the wood’s natural grain. The unique UV Oil base coats work as a foundation, penetrating the structure of the wood’s grain and protecting the wood from within. NeoTech’s polyurethane with aluminum oxide topcoat finish provides enhanced wear-resistant surface protection.

The NeoTech Advanced Technology UV Polyurethane with Aluminum Oxide Finish offers the timeless look of a traditional hard-wax floor with a low-maintenance and abrasion-resistant surface.

Terra legno is committed to the safety of our clients and the environment for our future generations. All terra legno wood floors are CARB 2 Compliant having no harmful formaldehydes and are made with low/no VOC materials.

Features and Benefits

Suitable for commercial and residential use in high-traffic areas, including mixed-use multi-unit residential, hotels, retail stores, restaurants, museums, and public spaces
35-year Residential Wear Warranty
5-year Light Commercial Wear Warranty
3-year Commercial Wear Warranty
Low maintenance
Base coats protect the wood from within, while topcoats provide wear-resistant surface protection
Renewable Finish: Prep & Recoat or Resanding if needed
For best results, “Prep and Recoat” as needed to maintain optimum appearance
No formaldehyde
CARB 2 Compliant

UV Cured Polyurethane Finish

terra legno’s UV Cured Polyurethane Finish is a highly abrasion-resistant topcoat finish that enhances the wood grain’s natural characteristics and offers long-lasting residential and commercial performance. Refinishing terra legno’s UV Cured Polyurethane Finish is low maintenance and user friendly, and Residential and Commercial Wear Warranties give you added peace of mind.

Features and Benefits

Suitable for commercial and residential use in high-traffic areas, including mixed-use multi-unit residential, hotels, retail stores, restaurants, museums, and public spaces
35-year Residential Wear Warranty
5-year Light Commercial Wear Warranty
3-year Commercial Wear Warranty
Low maintenance
Renewable Finish: Prep & Recoat or Resanding if needed
For best results, “prep and recoat” as needed to maintain optimum appearance
No formaldehyde
CARB 2 Compliant

ClassicoMax Bona Naturale UV-Polyurethane Spot Repairs & Touch-ups

The ClassicoMax Bona Naturale UV-Polyurethane finish is not only an enduring finish for commercial and residential spaces, the finish also features the option for spot repairs. When a polyurethane finished becomes damaged generally the only option is to sand and recoat the entire floor. ClassicoMax’ s Bona Naturale UV-Polyurethane finish offers a “user-friendly” option to easily spot repair the damaged area. You simply sand the affected area by hand until the mark, or damage is removed. Then apply two coats of Bona Naturale to the area. The repair is seamless and ready to walk on within hours.

Features and Benefits

Suitable for commercial and residential use in high-traffic areas, including mixed-use multi-unit residential, hotels, retail stores, restaurants, museums, and public spaces
35-year Residential Wear Warranty
5-year Light Commercial Wear Warranty
3-year Commercial Wear Warranty
Low maintenance
Spot Repairable, Prep & Recoat, or Resanding if needed
For best results, “prep and recoat” as needed to maintain optimum appearance
No formaldehyde
CARB 2 Compliant

UV-Oil Finish

For generations throughout Europe, Hardwax Oil Finish floors have been the wood flooring finish of choice for residential installations and high-traffic public areas such as hotels, museums, and airports. terra legno’s oil finish is a UV process that improves upon the traditional European Hardwax oils, boasting enhanced scratch resistance and superior chemical properties.

The winning combination of terra legno’s UV Oil Finish gives you exceptional performance and renewability. terra legno’s UV Oil Finish penetrates deep into the wood’s grain, protecting the wood from within and enhancing the wood’s natural richness. This finish is built to last and has been created to withstand the day-to-day and long-term wear and tear in commercial and residential spaces.

Features and Benefits

Suitable for commercial and residential use in high-traffic areas, including mixed-use multi-unit residential, hotels, retail stores, restaurants, museums, and public spaces
35-year Residential Wear Warranty
5-year Light Commercial Wear Warranty
3-year Commercial Wear Warranty
Never requires resanding if cared for using terra legno’s floor care and maintenance guidelines
Renewable; damage due to accidents or high-traffic wear and tear can be repaired or refreshed without a professional refinishing service and minimal interruption
Application of oils or additional finishes not required with installation
CARB 2 Compliant

Wire Brush Finish

Steel brushes are used to create the light surface texture of this finish. Wire brushing removes the softer grains of the flooring, resulting in a durable finish that is ideal for highly active spaces. A Light Wire Brushed Finish is easy to care for and helps conceal damage and normal wear and tear. The terra legno ClassicoMax, Nuevo Classico, Autentico, and Spectrum Collections offer Light Wire Brushed Finishes.

Wood Cuts

When the details matter, so does the cut of wood. How the wood is cut significantly changes the character and overall look of the product. Here is more information on the various cuts of wood we offer:

Plain Sawn Cut

Plain sawn is the most common cut of lumber in wood flooring.

Plain sawn cuts a side of the log and then turns it 90 degrees before the next cut is made.
Graining in Pain Sawn is in open “cathedral” patterns as they resemble the steeples of churches.

Quarter Sawn Cut

Quarter sawn flooring, the log is first cut into quarters. Then each of the quarters are cute perpendicular to the growth rings of the log.
Quarter sawn cuts create a tight graining at angles of 60-90 degrees that are close to the surface of the board.
The quarter sawn cuts resulting pattern is beautiful flecks of color from the wood’s medullary ray (ribbons which extend vertically through the tree, perpendicular to the growth rings).
Quarter sawn flooring is more expensive than plain sawn as quarter sawn

Rift Sawn

Rift sawn cuts the lumber is first cut into quarters.
The quarters are then cut radially perpendicular to its growth rings.
Rift sawn cuts produces a straight grain pattern with discernible flecking.
Rift sawn cuts produce both exquisite beauty and enhanced stability with a lineal appearance. Rift sawn cuts is the most expensive of cuts.

Live Sawn

Live sawn cuts the log directly through with each cut.
Live Sawn Cuts does not try to avoid any knots or heartwood resulting in the wood’s unique natural character look.
The grain pattern ranges widely from quarter sawn on the outside cuts to plain sawn in the center cuts.

Wood Grade

From balanced, natural character to mixed grains and vintage variations, terra legno offers a variety of grading options to match and enhance your latest project.

Prime Grade

Prime Grade of wood portrays a clean natural looking floor.
Prime Grade has the of character marks of a select grade with sporadic mineral streaks which can include small solid filled knots.
Prime Grade has slight variations of in coloration due to the contrasting differences of heartwood and sapwood.
The combination of heartwood and sapwood creates a floor where light sapwood and dark heartwood are combined with small characters and other small interruptions. (NWFA/NOFMA).

Select Grade

Select Grade of wood portrays a most consistent uniform natural looking floor offering a very clean wood flooring look.
Select Grade has minimal character marks, such as small knots, worm holes, and mineral streaks.
Select Grade has the most consistent variations of in coloration due to the contrasting differences of heartwood and sapwood.
The combination of heartwood and sapwood creates a floor where light sapwood and dark heartwood are combined with small characters and other small interruptions. (NWFA/NOFMA).
The Select Grade will have very small sporadic small pin knots.

Vintage Grade

Vintage portrays the natural balance of character marking in each board.
Vintage Grade is characterized by prominent color variation that also contains prominent characters (with size limits) such as larger knots, filled knots.
Vintage Grade includes mixed grains, form cathedral patterns to lineal patterns. Filled knots are common with mineral streaks, contrasting shade variations from heartwood and sapwood.

Character Grade

Character Grade portrays the natural balance of character marking in each board.
Character Grade is characterized by prominent color variation that also contains prominent characters (with size limits) such as larger knots, filled or unfilled knots, worm holes.
Character Grade includes mixed grains, form cathedral patterns to lineal patterns. Filled knots are common with mineral streaks, contrasting shade variations from heartwood and sapwood.

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