Richmond Flooring Connel Hickory 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: Richmond Flooring Connel Hickory is engineered hardwood, which means a real hickory 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.

Here is what matters on this one. It is real hickory, dramatic grain, natural colour variation, and the hardest common domestic species. On the Janka scale Hickory runs about 1820, harder than oak and a strong choice for high-traffic rooms. The core is the quiet workhorse here. A dimensionally stable engineered core resists the expansion and contraction that makes solid wood cup, gap, or lift. Planks run 6 1/2 inches wide, a wide-plank look that shows off the grain. The surface is wire-brushed, which lifts the grain for texture and quietly hides everyday wear. Colours in the range include Medium.

Decision line: Connel Hickory is the practical middle ground, real wood with the stability to go over concrete, into basements, and across the seasons.

Installation is in-house and never subcontracted, across the Toronto and Mississauga area up to Barrie and Simcoe County. Engineered board can be glued over a slab, floated, or nailed down, so we assess the subfloor, test for moisture, and pick the right method. Browse our projects or the hardwood installation page.

Wood reads differently across a full floor than in a sample chip, so it is worth seeing Connel Hickory under room light at either store. Contact us to check availability, or browse the full hardwood flooring range.