The Hapwood® Difference

Why Choose Hapwood®?
SITE-FINISHED BEAUTY WITHOUT THE CALLBACKS
- National surveys rank site-finished floors tops in immediate satisfaction and return on investment.
- Hapwood® is made to prevent seasonal gapping, cupping, and crowning.
- Less than one claim per every million square feet installed.
SAVES JOB-SITE TIME AND MONEY
- Job-site acclimation rarely required. Why?
- Engineered with balanced face and back construction.
- Two acclimation steps during manufacturing.
- Less sanding is needed.
- Hapwood® is the industry’s only pre-sanded product.
- Precision milling eliminates overwood.
LESS WOOD REMOVAL IN FUTURE RESANDS
- Hapwood® is manufactured to remain flat for life.
- No leveling is required at resand.
Why Choose Hapwood®?
Warranty
With Hapwood® you get the confidence that comes with the industry’s only limited lifetime warranty against seasonal movement. This warranty guarantees:
No Delamination
No Manufacturing Defects
No Seasonal Movement
No Cupping. No Gapping. No Problem.® Year after year after year… Guaranteed!

Why Choose Hapwood®?
Reputation
Quality is important when selecting your floor of choice and even more so after installation. And that’s what Hapwood® by Howell brings to the table: averaging less than one claim per million square feet over the last 15 million square feet.
Why Choose Hapwood®?
Unique
Howell utilizes a unique manufacturing process to produce unfinished engineered flooring that remains flat during seasonal humidity changes and fit together perfectly regardless of width, style, or species. The
Howell process:
Two-Step Moisture Acclimation
Balanced Face and Back Construction
One-Step Hot Pressing
Pre-Sanding
Diamond Tooling

Why Choose Hapwood®?
Made in the USA
Hapwood® is made in the USA with components harvested in the USA. When you purchase Hapwood®, you are choosing high quality hardwood flooring and supporting “Hometown USA” jobs.
No Tariffs
Stable Pricing
Product Availability
High Quality
Why Choose Hapwood®?
Experience
The Hapwood® is the oldest continuous unfinished engineered flooring product line on the market! Howell is a third generation family-owned company that has been manufacturing engineered wood products for over 75 years.

Why Choose Hapwood®?
Environment
Can beautiful flooring have a positive impact on the environment? The answer is yes if it’s Hapwood®!
Hardwood timber is a renewable resource. When it is harvested, new trees grow back from the stump.
Hapwood® uses fewer trees per square foot than all other site finished hardwood options, and fewer trees per square foot than most prefinished options.

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