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Mannington Engineered Wood Flooring

 By Jeff Hosking - Hosking Hardwood Flooring Inc.

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Since 1915 it has been clear why Mannington engineered flooring has been the choice of many designers, contractors and architects with the hundreds of trend setting styles, wood species and colors to enhance any homes decor. Mannington hardwood flooring produces some of the very finest engineered flooring available. Mannington wood floors have also won many environmental protection awards protecting forests for future generations. 

At Hosking Hardwood Flooring we use our bulk buying to pass our savings to our customers Hosking Hardwood Flooring "ONLY RETAILS 1ST QUALITY Mannington wood flooring GUARANTEED"!

 Mannington hardwood flooring 7-step UltraWear® Plus finish with ScratchResist™ is a polyurethane/aluminum oxide finish that provides unsurpassed protection against normal wear. Each UltraWear® Plus step is an ultraviolet cured process Mannington pioneered. It gives our solvent-free finishes wear-and-scuff-resistance along with depth and clarity you just can't get any other way. Waxing? Polishing? Forget it! ScratchResist™ helps to protect against fine scratches that dull the finish of wood floors. Now available on all Mannington Wood Floors. Mannington engineered wood floors are Formaldehyde Free!


Mannington engineered flooring can be installed above or below grade level as long as the subfloor or concrete slab is flat and dry.

 Mannington’s engineered wood flooring offers 3 collections:

Mannington Gold Series (Best) 9/16 inch thick wood flooring offers the consumer the very best in appearance. Easily installed with options of Direct Gluing, Stapling, Or Floating. Mannington wood floorings Newest collection called the Caspian LOC n GO Floating floor series. It has been extremely popular and is manufactured to be simply 'Click locked' together without the need for any stapling or gluing.

Mannington Silver Series (Better) 3/8 inch thick flooring providing great value flooring. Easily installed with options of Direct Gluing, Stapling, Or Floating the flooring over a foam or cork underlayment pad.

Mannington Bronze Series (Good) 3/8 inch thick flooring for the budget minded consumer who still wants a quality wood floor. Easily installed with options of Direct Gluing it Down, Stapling, Or Floating the flooring over a foam or cork underlayment pad.


------------ Helpful Tips from Jeff Hosking

 If the flooring is going to be Stapled down over a wood subfloor:

It is recommended to lay 15 lb black felt paper over the subfloor first to retard any moisture transfer from the subfloor into the wood flooring overlapping the seams by 4- 6 inches. The proper flooring nailer used with this flooring is shown here

 If the flooring is going to be Direct Glued down:

It is recommended to use the proper adhesive, trowel size and spread rate. We highly  recommend that the concrete slab be tested for excessive moisture first by taping 3’ x 3’ pieces of plastic down in several areas first then waiting 48 hours or more to see if condensation builds up under the plastic if condensation is present the excessive moisture problem would have to be corrected first before installing any wood flooring. Moisture emissions can vary at any time during the year.

If the flooring is going to be Floated over a wood subfloor:

It is recommended to use the Comfort foam pad or Cork underlayment (shown in the view cart  page once a Mannington floor has been chosen).

If the flooring is going to be Floated over a concrete slab:

It is recommended laying 4-6 plastic over the concrete slab first, them the Aqua barrier foam pad or Cork underlayment (shown in the view cart page once a Mannington floor has been chosen).