Laminate Floors
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Laminate floors
Laminate floors are an affordable alternative to hardwood, stone or
tiled floors. Laminate floors are made by embedding a high
quality photograph of wood, stone or another pattern between a
subsurface and a transparent layer of melamine or cellulose. The
subsurface is generally several layers thick, and gives the
flooring strength, body and stability.
The top surface is
usually buffed to a high, hard gloss that resists scratching and
marring, and stands up to years of wear and tear in a way that
wood or stone can't. It's the middle layer - the actual image -
that makes these floors wear like iron. Unlike most other floors
that only have the image on the surface, the image layer of a
good quality laminate floor is several millimeters thick - and
the image goes clear through it. You can find laminate floors in
a wide variety of styles and patterns that mimic nearly any
other surface you can imagine.
A well-made laminate floor can be practically indistinguishable
from marble, teak, oak or other far more expensive surfaces -
but they offer advantages that non-laminated floors can't give
you.
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A wood laminate floor can give you the look that you want
without the worry, because wood laminates have a moisture
resistant finish and will therefore not be damaged by those steamy showers that
you love. They also won't expand and contract the way that wood
does, so you don't have to worry about giving your floors 'ease'
room.
Here are some advantages of laminate floors:
- Have you read the care instructions for real hardwood
floors? Buffing, oiling, waxing, polishing and finishing - you
could spend half your life keeping your wood floor looking good.
Stone floors are almost as bad - ask any janitor in a public
building about the daily polishing that marble floors require.
But for the laminate floors - just sweep them regularly to keep dirty
grit off of them, damp mop them to pick up any spills and their
beautiful shine will last for years.
- One of the most often quoted reasons
for replacing your wall to wall carpets with wood or stone
floors is to get rid of allergens and odors that cling to the
fibers. Laminate floors are odor resistant, and don't give dust
mites a place to breed. And unlike wood and stone, they don't
require hours and hours of buffing and polishing to keep them
looking good.
- Accidents do happen. If something damages your wood
or stone floor, replacing one section can be a major
undertaking. Repairing a laminate floor is usually as easy as
removing and
replacing the damaged plank or tile.
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- Installing a new stone or hardwood floor is not
a do-it-yourself project. It requires expertise and know-how
that most homeowners don't have. Laminate floors, on the other
hand, are nearly as easy to install as place and press tiles -
and they look a whole lot better.
- Durable Wood laminate veneers stand up to the kind of wear that
would leave wood floors covered with nicks and scratches. The
high impact finish will tolerate the worst that your family can
dish out without showing the wear. Your new laminate floor will
still have a beautiful gloss years after wood floors need
refinishing.
Please note: If you specifically want a floor with the
look and feel of natural wood, you also have a third option that
falls between hardwood floors and one of laminated wood -
engineered wood floors. Strictly speaking, engineered wood
floors are a sub-type of laminate floors.
Engineered wood is
made of several wafer thin layers of wood set at cross grain and
compressed under high pressure. It may also be impregnated with
acrylic to make it more durable.
Engineered wood floors are more
expensive than other laminates, but less expensive than solid
wood flooring. They're an excellent choice if the look that you
want includes parquet borders and insets. Why add to your daily chores when
installing a laminate floor once will save you time and money.
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