Manufacturers and distributors consider it a custom product

Engineered and solid wide plank flooring, on the other hand, have a few differences. While engineered products are better for below-grade areas, understand that the planks, in terms of size, have some restrictions. Although wider, engineered planks typically do not exceed 48 inches in length. Coupled with the greater width is a thicker wear layer, however.

Because wide plank flooring is seeing its popularity start to grow only recently, only a handful of brands carry it. Award, for instance, specializes in wide plank hardwood, offering smooth, hand-scraped, solid, and engineered options. Homerwood, as well, specializes in it; this brand, however, originally only offered wide plank flooring but later expanded it to include standard hardwood.

For an overall authentic rustic character, this flooring captures the look and design. But, covering a floor entirely in wider planks is not the only option for this hardwood. With its popularity comes use in random length and random width flooring, both amalgamations of variable-sized planks. Random length floors range up to 16 feet long, while random width consists of boards three to seven inches wide.