Richmond Flooring Connel Maple Engineered Hardwood

There is a lot of marketing noise around engineered hardwood, but it comes down to two things that matter: how thick the real-wood layer is, and how stable the core is.

In simple terms: Richmond Flooring Connel Maple is real maple over a multi-ply core. The surface is the same wood you would get in a solid floor; the core is what keeps it flat over a slab, in a basement, or through the seasons. We stock it and our crew installs it.

Here is what matters on this one. 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. 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. Widths run from 6 1/2 to 7 1/2 inches, so you can keep it classic or go wide-plank and modern. A handscraped surface gives it a worn, characterful look. Colours in the range include Medium.

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

Our installers handle Richmond Flooring Connel Maple from subfloor moisture testing to the final trim, across the GTA, Barrie, and Simcoe County, with no subcontractors. Over concrete we typically glue down, over plywood we nail or float, and the prep is where the job is won. See the hardwood installation page.

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