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Laminate Floors are relatively new revolutionary product in the American floor covering industry.
Laminate flooring is a tongue and groove interlocking flooring system
that floats on top of the existing sub floor.. The sub floor could be a new wood sub floor,
a concrete slab, an existing vinyl floor, or any other existing flooring type.
Laminate Floor is not attached to the floor underneath. .
A special polyurethane padding is laid down prior to the new laminate flooring being installed,
which prevents the glue from sticking to the sub floor.
It is very easy to install the floating floor. All that is required is a bead of specially formulated,
water-resistant, glue be placed between the tongue and grooves of every plank to hold the planks together
and to seal all the edges of the planks from moisture.
The product itself is basically made up of a hard core material
that has a laminated printed layer and a special backing,
that are secured to the core and then saturated in plastic-type resins, called melamine.
The surface is extremely hard and resists scratching, denting, sunlight fading, and even cigarette burns!
Laminate floors are sold by the square foot and are generally a little pricier then most vinyl floors,
but should give you many years of lasting beauty.
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