Twelve Oaks Flooring Gemtec Creation Engineered Hardwood

Most people choose engineered hardwood for the look and keep it for the stability, the part you only appreciate after a few Ontario winters.

In simple terms: Twelve Oaks Flooring Gemtec Creation is real white oak 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 white oak, a cooler, more contemporary cast with a tighter grain than red oak, and a touch harder. On the Janka scale White Oak runs about 1360, about as hard as oak, fine for daily household use. 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. Colours in the range include Light Brown, and Light Natural.

Decision line: choose Gemtec Creation when you want genuine hardwood that will stay flat over a slab or in a basement.

Engineered hardwood gives you options solid wood does not: glue-down over concrete, floating, or nail-down over plywood. Our own crew installs Twelve Oaks Flooring Gemtec Creation 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.

It is worth seeing Gemtec Creation in person before deciding. Visit either store, contact us to confirm current stock, and see more in the engineered hardwood range. You can browse the complete Twelve Oaks Flooring lineup on our Twelve Oaks Flooring page.