"Dan White" wrote in message
Also, I am going to be putting in a wood floor soon in my store and have
just started researching what to do. Are the engineered floors that much
worse or any worse than solid wood? I've been told that they sound about
the same when you walk on them, but you can't sand the engineered floor
much.

A good engineered wood floor should last 15 or 20 years beofre sanding the
first time.



I have a terrazo floor now that I want to cover in wood and was told that
if
I have solid wood that I will need to anchor plywood down to the terrazo
(ie, concrete) first and will end up with a 1.5" change in floor height.


This is true.

I
was also told that the engineered floor can be glued directly down to the
terrazo without a problem.


Maybe, maybe not. on grade or below, it is suggested by most manufactureres
to use a barrier and then float the floor. I did that inmy family room and
downstairs hallway. The floor has been in about15 months now and we realy
like it.

Am I
asking for trouble in going with the engineered floor glued or maybe even
floated directly on the terrazo?

No. You can dowload the instruction for my floor at www.mannington.com
Many brand around, but this suited us.


(There are no grout lines on the
terrazo...it is basically smooth concrete throughout). BTW, I don't care
for Pergo type floors because they look and sound too fake. I'm assuming
that the engineered floor is pretty much indistinguishable from solid.

To me, it has little or no sound. Feels like walking on a real wood floor.
Actually, it is real wood. Random lengths in some boxes to keep the seams
mixed, color variations like real wood. I'd do it again.
Ed

http://pages.cthome.net/edhome