Laminate Flooring One of the main factors for choosing laminate flooring over hardwood is the cost. Laminate is considerably cheaper than hardwood. Laminate is an engineered alternative to real wood; it is constructed by laminating a facsimile of wood onto a background and then covered with a hard and clear coating. The price will depend [...]
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How Modern Laminate Flooring Stands Up to Traditional Wood Flooring
Throughout the years, there has been a steady increase in flooring options available to builders and homeowners alike. Choosing a floor that fits their needs includes a number of attractive choices available; wood, tile, marble, stone, and others. In the wood flooring arena, two options stand out: traditional hardwood and the steadily gaining in popularity [...]
Solid Wood Flooring Vs Laminate Flooring
Solid wood flooring or “hard wood floors” and laminate flooring both have their advantages and disadvantages. Solid wood is beautiful and ageless. Many old homes have solid wood floors and they have held up very well over the years. Todays solid wood floors are available unfinished or prefinished and come in many different species such [...]
Installing Hardwood Flooring Over Concrete and Wood Sub Floors
Expansion & Contraction of Hardwood Flooring “The flooring shop said to leave 10mm for solid wood floor expansion at the walls…now the boards are lifting off the floor.” Ill informed advice like this often leads to floor problems. Many flooring sales people unfamiliar with solid wood flooring assume expansion is the same as laminate flooring. [...]