Laminate Flooring
Laminate Floor Rating?
Q: Is there any kind of laminate floor rating agency or list of laminate floor ratings? A: You’re more apt to find an objective rating system with older, more established types of building products than you are with laminate flooring. Laminate flooring is still a fairly new industry and, as such, there are no true... »
Glueless Laminate Flooring – No Mess, Minimum Fuss
With glueless laminate flooring, you can have a hardwood look almost anywhere in your home – and with no mess, vapors, or finishing required. Using a tongue-and-groove configuration, laminate flooring is the leading alternative to solid wood floor installation today. Options for stone and ceramic flooring are available as well. DIY Flooring Less expensive than solid... »
Quick Step Laminate Flooring
Q. What is Quick Step laminate flooring? A. Quick Step laminate flooring is the flooring system developed by the Unilin Group, a Belgian-based company focused on the development of MDF and chipboards, roofing elements, shelving, and laminate flooring. Founded in the 1960s, Unilin launched its Quick Step Laminate Flooring line in 1997. Its interlocking technology made... »
Is Mannington iCore Laminate Flooring or Vinyl?
Mannington iCore is not laminate flooring. Or is it laminate flooring? Which is it? I was looking at this issue earlier today, in relation to an article about cheap laminate flooring. I noticed that Mannington iCore advertised itself as being completely waterproof. Huh? I’ve never known a laminate flooring product to be completely waterproof. Sure, there... »
Pergo Accolade Just Means Attached Underlayment
Pergo brand laminate flooring has a line called Pergo Accolade, which sounds all cool and fancy and mysterious. But the only thing that distinguishes Accolade from other types of laminate is attached underlayment. Underlayment is the foam layer that you place above the vapor barrier and below the laminate itself. It helps to improve the... »
Hardwood, Engineered, and Laminate Floor Comparison
What is the difference between solid hardwood, engineered wood, and laminate flooring? Here’s a guide to help you with the buying process: Hardwood Engineered Wood Flooring Laminate Flooring Real wood? Yes–all the way through. Yes–but only the top layer is the finish layer. No–none of it is wood. Requires foam underlayment? No No Yes Can be installed in basements No Yes Yes Can be installed... »
What is Laminate Flooring?
What is this mystery called laminate flooring? Laminate flooring is confusing because it looks like wood but doesn’t behave like wood. What is it anyway? Laminate Flooring is a Photograph of Wood Over Fiberboard Laminate flooring looks amazingly like real wood. But it’s not. It’s a surface layer consists of one or more... »
Laminate Flooring FAQs
Find the answer to “What’s a floating floor?” and more of your basic questions about laminate flooring. What’s the difference between snap-together and glue-together laminate flooring? The most important difference is that glue-together laminate flooring forms a solid, impervious surface, so that moisture cannot penetrate through to the sensitive fiberboard substrate. Snap-together laminate flooring, though... »
Installing Laminate Flooring
Laminate flooring is so easy to install, you can lay 300 square feet in one weekend–and even that is a conservative estimate. All laminate flooring is installed differently, so be sure to follow the manufacturer’s directions. 1. Ensure That Surface is Flat and Smooth Unlike hardwood or engineered wood, laminate flooring will bridge only... »