Myrtle Beach Elite Wood Flooring has been installing floors throughout the Grand Strand for 20+ years! Engineered hardwood is a multi-layer wood product — a real hardwood veneer bonded over a cross-ply plywood or high-density fiberboard core. That construction is what makes it dimensionally more stable than solid hardwood in climates like Myrtle Beach, where average relative humidity swings from the low 50s in winter to consistently above 80% in summer, and where indoor humidity in unconditioned or partially conditioned spaces can push even higher. Solid hardwood expands and contracts across its grain with those humidity swings; engineered hardwood's cross-ply core resists that movement. The National Wood Flooring Association reports that engineered hardwood is suitable for installation in below-grade, on-grade, and above-grade applications — solid hardwood is limited to on-grade and above — which expands where it can go in coastal construction.

For Myrtle Beach homeowners choosing between solid and engineered, the honest answer depends on the specific room, subfloor type, and how the space is conditioned. Engineered hardwood typically runs $4 to $12 per square foot for materials depending on species and veneer thickness, with installation adding $3 to $5 per square foot. Myrtle Beach Elite Wood Flooring supplies and installs engineered hardwood from manufacturers with veneer layers thick enough — minimum 2mm, ideally 4mm or above — to allow at least one sanding and refinishing cycle when the surface eventually wears.