A 'pre-engineered' floor means that the joists that support it are of a higher quality than just solid wood alone. Each piece is pressed and reinforced to exact specifications so that each joist is exactly like every other in your home. A pre-engineered joist is defect- free and will not shrink or warp with age like ordinary wood. So as your home gets older, your Pre-engineered Floor System will remain just as solid and level as the day it was installed. You can't tell a Pre-engineered Floor System by looking at it, but you sure can by its comfort. Remember to ask for the Pre-engineered Floor System by name.

How Our Floors Actually Help the Environment
Joists that are pre-engineered actually use more of the tree than ordinary cut solidlumber, leaving les waste behind. The wood is then dried and combined with a binding agent to add strength, durability and uniformity. And even with all this work, it still requires less energy to produce a pre-engineered wood product than one made of steel, iron or aluminum. Wood is the only building material that is a renewable resource, it just makes sense to select the Pre-engineered Floor System.