Is laminate flooring wood?
No, not exactly. At least not in the same sense as solid hardwood or even engineered wood flooring. What is it then? It’s a sandwich: a wood composite base topped with two or more layers of melamine-impregnated paper, which in turn is topped with a scratch-resistant “wear layer.” So there is some wood in it? Technically yes. But the finish layer–the layer that you see and that looks like wood–is not. It is a photograph of wood. Is laminate flooring durable? Yes. It’s highly resistant to heel marks, dog claws, and almost anything that a child can do to it. Can laminate flooring be sanded? No. What happens when laminate flooring is extremely worn and scratched then? It gets replaced. One of the advantages of a floating floor is easy replacement. What’s a floating floor? A floor whose individual pieces connect to each other. They are not nailed or glued to sub-floor. Are all laminate floors floating floors? Not necessarily. You can buy glue-down laminate flooring, which is a bit more stab
