Which flooring option is better in an apartment at second floor- solid wood or engineered wood? wood ?

what sub floor are you laying onto wood or concrete...solid wood needs to be glued or nailed to your subfloor ..engineered is normally floated on underlay and glued together using a suitable pva glue..both floor will move about with the temprature changes..alternatly you can get both products in a click version now whick hold together and dont start gapping....whatever wooden flooring u decide on will need to acclimatise for a minimum of 48 hours at room temp.. another good option is a high quality laminate i.e. quickstep,pergo,tarkett..these are very high quality and look as good as real wood hope this helps..if need any advise dont hesitate to contact me

I would recommend a good quality engineered board such as Tuscan Elite combined with a transit sound underlay, this will reduce any sound transfer to the apartment below you. Sika do produce an underlay which is combined with timber adhesive (assuming your sub floor is concrete) for use with solid woods in apartments, again to reduce sound transfer to the apartment below. If I can be of any assistance please get in touch

How long your hardwood floor needs to acclimatise!! It’s not weeks. I laid beautiful floor with B92. Lovely glue! Kept the boxes in the living room for 3 days. They were perfect. Such a beautiful type of floor. The way the Carpenter cut the lengths made all the difference. The B92 glue is really well recommended.