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Wood Flooring Specifications:

Engineered wood flooring design has proven the best construction in addressing wood flooring’s environmental fluctuations. However, all engineered wood floors are not constructed equally. Below you will find detailed explanations for our product specifications. 

Why Terra legno engineered wood flooring?

Superior Innovation

  • ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 Certified Production Ensuring High Quality Sustainable Manufacturing from Forest to Finish
  • Tri-Layer-Max Core for Maximum Dimensional Stability
  • High Quality Raw Materials and Hardwood Core Construction
  • FSC Sawn Face Wear Layers
  • Commercial and Residential Lifetime Structural Warranty
  • 35 Year Residential, 5 Year Light Commercial, and 3 Year Commercial Finish Warranties

Product Options & Specifications:

Core Construction

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

Baltic Birch Multi-Ply Core

terra legno’s Multi-ply core is manufactured with marine grade Baltic Birch (hardwood). Baltic Birch cores are well known for their exceptional strength and stability. The core is constructed multiple layers of wood based on the thickness of the flooring ranging from 7 plys to 11 plys. Each ply is glued with a coating of a formaldehyde free adhesive before the plys are pressed. The plys (grains) are running at a 90- degree angle to each ply. With changes in the environmental conditions (relative humidity), the ply’s wood fibers absorb the moisture, and they want to expand. Or loose moisture and want to shrink. Each layer is restrained the adjacent layer. terra legno’s Baltic Birch hardwood core construction is engineered for exceptional performance addressing the cupping, gapping, and delamination characteristics of wide plank flooring with wear layers not greater than 4mm. terra legno engineered wood flooring with Baltic Birch Multi-Ply cores offer a lifetime of performance and customer satisfaction for residential and commercial environments. 

Tri-Layer Max Core

The Tri-Layer-Max Core is a 3-Ply Hevawood (Hardwood) Batten Core Construction. Hevawood is dimensionally stable hardwood, with a Janka Hardness rating of 933. Engineered wood floors with cores made from a cheaper soft wood (such as pine) have far greater variations in the dimensional coefficient between the layers of the core, compromising the floor’s lifetime structural integrity. Tri-Layer-Max’s hardwood planking has been designed specifically to address the performance challenges caused by the delamination failures of wide plank flooring with wear layers greater than 4mm. The balanced hardwood core construction reduces the equilibrium between each layer, resulting in enhanced performance and eliminating delamination, gapping, and cupping issues.

Tri-Layer-Max Hardwood battens (grains) run at 90-degree angles to each layer. With changes in the environmental conditions (relative humidity), the wood fibers absorb the moisture and tend to expand. Likewise, when the wood’s fibers lose moisture they tend to shrink. With Tri-Layer-Max Hardwood battens, each layer is restrained by the adjacent layer, minimizing expansion and shrinkage for greater peace of mind.

 

Baltic Birch Multi-Ply Core

Tri-Layer Max Core

Wear Layer

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For your peace of mind and to ensure the enduring performance, terra legno wood floors are manufactured with the highest-quality woods sourced from sustainable managed forests. All terra legno engineered wood flooring is constructed with sawn-faced wear layers. These are the most durable wear layers, and they have the exact same appearance as solid hardwood floors.

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terra legno’s sawn-faced wear layers can be resanded. Our products are available with wear layers from 3mm to 6mm. A 2.5mm sawn faced wear layer may be resanded two to three times. A solid ¾” hardwood floor has a wear layer equal to approximately 4mm.

 By contrast, sliced and rotary-peeled wear layers have manufacturing processes that requires the wood to be soaked in water. This weakens the wood’s grains, greatly diminishing the durability of the wood floors. Resanding rotary-peeled and sliced wear layers is not an option. Additionally, the appearance of rotary-peeled wear layers has been compared to the look of plywood, meaning it cannot compare to terra legno’s style and design.

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.

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
  • 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.

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. terra legno’s UV Oil Finish is made with natural and sustainable raw 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
  • 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.

Cuts in Wood

When the details matter, so does 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.

Grading

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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