Engineered Wood Vs Solid Wood Furniture: Advantages And Disadvantages

General Overview

Engineered Wood, also known as man-made wood, is constructed using different types of solid and hardwood wastes such as veneers, fibers, boards, etc. The wood is used for making a number of constructions, and furniture. However, it must be noted that the engineered wood does not have the characteristics of solid wood. The best part of the engineered wood is that it comes with easy installation. The stapling, gluing and nailing down is also very easy on engineered wood.

Advantages & Disadvantages of Engineered Wood

Advantages/Pros

Here are the Advantages/Pros of engineered wood furniture:

1. Installation: The Engineered wood furniture product can be installed easily than the rest of other woods.
2. Availability: The Engineered Furnishing products are available in different color finishes, size dimensions and style variations as well.
3. Moisture Resistant: The Engineered Furniture product can withstand to any extreme pressure or humidity. These furnishing products do not shrink because of the moisture.
4. Stability: In order to provide the added stability to the floor it has the block moisture layers.
5. Pre Laminated: The wood is pre-laminated that in turn increases the durability and beauty of the furniture.
6. Resale Value: The Engineered Wood Flooring is made from the real wood, so it will help increase the value of home.

Disadvantages/Cons

Here are the Disadvantages/cons of engineered wood furniture:

1. Cost: The Engineered Wood Flooring is more expensive than the laminate, tile, and carpet.
2. Damage: The furniture made up of the engineered wood gets damaged easily.
3. HHard To Repair: Any scratch or water stain on this type of furniture is hard to fix/repair.
4. Does Not Expand: The engineered wood lacks the feature of expanding or contracting unlike solid wood hence are more prone to cracks and wraps.
5. Outdoors: The engineered wood made furniture are not suitable for the patio or outdoor environments as it has a tendency of water soaking that may result in the decay.

Advantages And Disadvantages Of Solid Wood

Advantages/Pros

• Wooden furniture is durable and resilient with long-term usage importance.
• Wooden furniture is maintainable and cleanable. The wood cleaner is used to regularly clean furniture surface from dirt and spoiling substances.
• Beautiful wooden furniture adds to the aesthetics of the room giving elegance and better look and feel to any room.
• It is of considerable value and importance when high-quality pine or other foreign content is used that makes it unique and beneficial.
• The wood furniture can be changed and reused again by sanding or refinishing it, giving it an entirely new look and life.

Disadvantages/Cons

Here are the cons of solid wood furniture:

• The solid wood furniture is easily affected by Temperature, Humidity, and Moisture.
• This type of wood furniture cannot survive in outdoor area.
• The solid wood furniture is also more costly as we compare it to Engineered Wood Furniture.