When deciding what kind of floor will be perfect for your home, you, like many others, may no longer be interested in the traditional hardwood look. Thanks to the newest technology, your selection is expanded to include the wide variety of styles and colors of laminate flooring, so realistic, even the most stubborn hardwood fanatics will be impressed! This is just one of the reasons, why this flooring option has become so popular! But that’s not all- check below other reasons why laminate beats hardwood.
1. Affordable Price
Laminate flooring comes in a fantastic variety of styles, textures and widths to satisfy even very demanding customers. It is affordable price, starting as low as $0.59/sq.ft allowing many budget minded customers to finish project below their budget and enjoy the look and feel of the wood floors. Many premium floors like 12mm Armstrong Grand Illusions or 12mm Pergo Elegant Expressions floors with underlayment attached can be purchased below $3.00/sq.ft and its beauty last forever.
2. Inexpensive, Easy, DIY Friendly Installation
Huge savings are guaranteed if you are going to install laminate by yourself. You don’t have to be a pro to do it. Installation instruction is in every box and all manufacturers have extensive online training pages, including step by step videos. Unlike typical hardwood flooring that must be nailed or glued down; floating floors are simple laid down- all you have to do is click planks together. Installation is fast, clean, dust free and no future sanding is required. With this flooring choice you are not exposed to harmful dust or toxic vapors during installation.
3. Durable and Family Friendly
Laminate flooring is a perfect example of consumer durable goods. You can walk on your floor without fear of scratching. This will be also a perfect choice for today’s busy family because is created to last for a long time. When pen test (take pen, point it down and using pressure press to the surface) is introduced to both, laminate flooring and hardwood; the results are as follow: on the surface of the hardwood floors a dent is left, when laminate floor surface stays intact.
4. Impossible to Stain
Laminate flooring is designed to last. Even the toughest stains can be safely removed from the floor surface with no damage to the floor. This floor choice is also resistant to penetration by most household chemicals and organic solvents (acetone, red wine, coffee, tea, markers, etc.) What may appear to be obstinate stains such as marker, lipstick or nail varnish can be removed with a little acetone.
5. Will Never Fade
Laminating wood floor is UV resistant and will not fade even after years of exposure to direct sunlight. This ensures that the floor you install today will look the same years down the road.
6. Easy Maintenance
No waxing or polishing is needed to restore shine of laminate floor. This type of flooring is super easy to maintain. Daily sweeping and sporadic wet mopping with water with vinegar cleaner is all you have to do to keep your floors nice and clean.
7. Reusable
Laminated floors are ideal and safe choice for you and your family. You should also know this floor type is re-usable. You can easily take it into parts without damaging the floor and reinstall it the same way you installed it.
8. Environmentally Friendly
These days, we all want to do what we can to keep the environment clean. Laminate manufacturers are reusing wood waste, particles and saw dust left over from the manufacturing process to power their plants. Trees are unquestionably one of the planet’s most valuable resources. Rather than destroying thousands of acres of trees many laminate companies have drastically reduced the number of trees needed for production by using waste products of the timber industry (wood chips and sawdust). Just to give an example 80% of the Pergo floors come from timber industry waste products.
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