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Hardwood Floors Overview
Hardwood floors have a way of making a house feel like a home. These designs are warm, timeless, and genuinely one of the best investments you can make. Whether you’re a homeowner planning to remodel, a builder researching a new development, DIYer tackling your first flooring project, or a designer sourcing materials for a client. If Mannington flooring is on your radar (as it should be) this guide covers a few essential things. Discover the best scratch resistant hardwood flooring in the market today.
First let’s talk about what makes Mannington's ScratchResist® coating worth talking about. Secondly, how engineered hardwood stacks up against solid hardwood. Finally, the right way to keep your Mannington floors looking their best for years to come.
Flooring Game Changer: A Look into ScratchResist® Technology
If you have ever worried about scuffs, scratches, or general wear and tear on a beautiful wood floor, you’re not alone. This is one of the most common concerns people have before installing hardwood, especially in busy spaces with kids, pets, or high foot traffic. A problem Mannington has set out to solve.
When it comes to the best scratch resistant hardwood flooring, every Mannington hardwood floor comes with ScratchResist®, an innovative and patented high-performance finish that uses aluminum oxide to create a tougher and more durable surface layer. Not to get too “scientific” but this material is one of the most durable materials used in flooring finishes today. The bottom line is that ScratchResist® is not a sales gimmick. It's a real functional upgrade built into every Mannington hardwood product. This means durability isn’t just an afterthought—it’s ingrained within each design. A true collection of the best scratch resistant hardwood flooring.
Mannington Antigua Pacaya Mesquite Cinder
$370.65
Minimum Order: 200 Sq. Ft. Wood Species: Pacaya Mesquite Width: 3",5”,7” Length: 12”/84" Thickness: 9/16” Attached Pad: No Coverage: 35 Sq. Ft./Carton Edge Profile: Full Bevel Gloss Level: Matte Install Type: Glue, Nail, Staple, Float Residential Warranty: 50 Year Sku:… read more
Why Mannington Chooses Engineered Hardwood Over Others
When it comes to engineered vs solid hardwood, engineered hardwood tends to be the more practical choice, but it still depends on your preferences. Engineered hardwood offers greater flexibility for where it can be installed, holds up better to the everyday humidity swings that happen in real homes, and is a more sustainable option. All while still delivering the authentic look and feel of real wood. This is exactly why Mannington has chosen to focus exclusively on engineered hardwood. It allows them to offer a product that is both beautiful and built to perform across a wider range of homes and climates, without asking customers to compromise on style.
Engineered hardwood is also real wood from top to bottom, but it is constructed differently. Rather than one solid piece, it is built from multiple layers or veneers of real wood, glued together with each layer running in a different direction. This cross-layered construction is what gives engineered wood some real advantages, and it is the only type of hardwood Mannington produces.
Overall Pros:
1. More dimensionally stable and less likely to warp or shift with seasonal humidity and temperature changes.
2. Can be installed in places solid hardwood can’t, including below grade (like basements) and directly over concrete.
3. More environmentally friendly, since engineered hardwood typically uses about half as many trees as solid hardwood to produce.
4. Still made of real wood, so it offers the same natural beauty, grain variation, and warmth people love about hardwood.
5. Wide range of styles, colors, and plank sizes available. This gives homeowners or designers plenty of room to get creative.
Mannington Maison Normandy Oak Bistro
$259.46
Minimum Order: 200 Sq. Ft. Wood Species: Walnut Width: 7" Length: Varying lengths up to 84" Thickness: 9/16” Attached Pad: No Coverage: 24.50 Sq. Ft./Carton Install Type: Glue, Nail, Staple, Float Residential Warranty: 50 Year Sku: MSN07BIS1 … read more
How to Clean Mannington’s Bestselling Hardwood Floors
With ScratchResist® already built into the finish, the best scratch resistant hardwood flooring from Mannington is designed to handle everyday life without demanding a complicated care routine. A little consistency with sweeping and the occasional proper cleaning session is really all it takes to keep them looking as good as the day they were installed.
Other tips include when you're moving furniture. Try not to drag it across the floor — use a dolly and lay down some protective plywood sheets first, since that'll save you from a lot of avoidable damage. It's also worth checking the felt pads or casters under your furniture legs every so often, making sure they're clean and still doing their job (you want at least an inch of continuous width). This way you don't end up with pressure marks or scratches.
One more thing to watch for are shoes with spiked, damaged, or worn-down heels. These can really dig into hardwood, causing damage that is tough to reverse.
FAQs
What makes Mannington's engineered hardwood unique from solid hardwood?
Engineered hardwood is still 100% real wood, but it's built from several layers (plies) of wood glued together in a cross-grain construction, rather than milled from a single solid piece. This layered structure is significantly more stable than solid wood. It resists the buckling, gapping, cupping, and twisting that solid hardwood is prone to when humidity and temperature shift with the seasons.
Can Mannington engineered hardwood be installed in a basement or over concrete?
Yes — and this is one of the most practical advantages over solid hardwood. Because of its cross-ply construction, Mannington's engineered hardwood can be installed below grade and glued directly to concrete, two applications where solid hardwood simply isn't an option (solid wood reacts too unpredictably to the moisture levels typical of basements and slab foundations). This versatility opens up rooms that were previously off-limits for a genuine hardwood look. This includes basements, lower levels, and spaces built on a concrete slab.
How durable is Mannington's engineered hardwood?
Durability is built into the product from the finish down to the core. Mannington's ScratchResist® coating adds an extra layer of protection against the everyday wear of foot traffic, pet nails, and furniture. The layered core is inherently stronger and more dimensionally stable than solid wood, which means it's less likely to develop the gaps or warping.
How do I clean and maintain Mannington hardwood floors?
Routine care is simple, but a few rules matter. Sweep or vacuum regularly with a brush or felt-head attachment (never a beater bar) to keep grit from scratching the finish, and wipe up spills promptly with a soft cloth.
Is Mannington Made With Sustainably Sourced Materials?
It's one of the more sustainable hardwood options on the market. Engineered hardwood uses thinner veneers over an inner core rather than a full solid plank, it requires roughly half as many trees to produce as solid hardwood, and the inner plies are made from faster-growing, renewable wood species. The products are also FloorScore® certified for indoor air quality.
