What is Laminate Flooring?
Laminate flooring is a flooring product which is made by layering a thin sheet of decorative material over particleboard or a synthetic base. The decorative material can be designed to look like wood, stone, or tile, and it is generally covered with a coat of sealant to prevent it from breaking down. A classic example of laminate flooring is Pergo brand flooring from Scandinavia, although a number of companies all over the world also manufacture this product. The advantage to laminate flooring is that it is almost always cheaper than the thing it is trying to imitate. In other words, the cost for installing a maple floor can get quite prohibitive, but laminate which is designed to look like maple can be relatively cheap to obtain. Laminate flooring is also designed to be very easy to install; people with no construction experience can often put a laminate floor together with minimal effort. The low cost and easy installation are appealing to many consumers. Some companies are able to m
Laminate flooring has swept the nation! It is by far the fastest-growing section of our industry. It has been popular in Europe for several years and now that popularity is catching on here in the United States. Laminate floors are extremely durable and can be used in a wide array of applications from a simple bedroom in your home, to the showroom of an automobile dealership. They are by far are the simplest flooring type to maintain. In most cases a simple sweeping or a light mopping is all that’s required. Most of the laminate flooring manufacturers are running some pretty impressive advertising campaigns, so we suggest you read all the details before you make your decision based solely on one of the ads you see on TV or in a magazine. The information they’re dishing out in these ads can be confusing. We will try to help you make sense of it all.
