Simba Flooring Black Walnut 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: Simba Flooring Black Walnut is engineered hardwood, which means a real black walnut 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 black walnut, a deep chocolate tone with a soft, formal character. On the Janka scale Black Walnut runs about 1010, below oak, so it favours lower-traffic, formal spaces. The wear layer is 2mm of real wood, enough for one careful refinish down the road. The real advantage is underneath: a cross-layered engineered core that stays flat through Ontario's dry winters and humid summers, where a solid plank would cup or gap. Planks run 7 1/2 inches wide, a wide-plank look that shows off the grain. It carries a 25-year warranty. Colours in the range include Natural.

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

We install Simba Flooring Black Walnut with our own team, not subcontractors, across the GTA, Barrie, and Simcoe County. The method depends on the subfloor, glued to concrete, floated, or nailed to plywood, and a flat, dry base matters more than anything. Read how we work on the hardwood installation page, or see our projects.

We keep Simba Black Walnut at both stores, where the grain, sheen, and colour read properly. Contact us about availability, or start from our Toronto and Barrie hardwood pages.