Anderson Tuftex Ellison Engineered Hardwood

Ask any installer what separates good engineered hardwood from the rest and they will point at the wear layer, not the price tag.

In simple terms: Anderson Tuftex Ellison is engineered hardwood, which means a real maple surface over a cross-layered core. You get the look of solid wood with the stability to put it over concrete or in a basement. Squarefoot Flooring stocks it and installs it in-house.

Decision line: choose Ellison for the look and the stability, not for repeated sanding; the wear layer is built to be lived on.

The detail behind that: It is real maple, a fine, even grain that reads light and clean, at home in contemporary spaces. On the Janka scale Maple runs about 1450, harder than oak and a strong choice for high-traffic rooms. It uses a 1.8mm wear layer, built to be lived on rather than resanded, so it is best treated as a durable finished floor. Underneath the wood is a dimensionally stable engineered core, and that is the whole point: it keeps the floor flat where a solid board would react to the seasons. That is why it can go on, above, or below grade, including basements and concrete slabs, and over in-floor radiant heat, places solid hardwood cannot. Micro-bevelled edges give each plank a defined line and absorb the seasonal movement of a wood floor.

Engineered hardwood gives you options solid wood does not: glue-down over concrete, floating, or nail-down over plywood. Our own crew installs Anderson Tuftex Ellison across the Toronto and Mississauga area, Barrie, and Simcoe County, never subcontracted, and we flatten and moisture-test the subfloor first, finish the trim, and handle matching stairs. See our hardwood installation page.

We keep Ellison at both showrooms, where the grain, sheen, and colour read properly. Because it is rated for radiant heat, it also pairs with the in-floor heating membranes we stock. Contact us about availability, or start from our Toronto and Barrie hardwood pages. You can browse the complete Anderson Tuftex lineup on our Anderson Tuftex page.