How To Choose Laminate Flooring For the Best Results

Laminate Flooring offers some great choices in flooring

Consulting with others who are knowledgeable in design, colors, textures and patterns can save you time, headaches, money and years of displeasure and agony from making interior decorating mistakes with laminate flooring choices. What does it take to ensure that your expectations are met?

Note the suggestions of choosing your laminate flooring

*Evaluate how your space will be used.  Will you have high traffic? *What are your surroundings like?  What other textures are you using on the walls, in furnishings, accents, pictures, accessories? * Will you need your floors to be scuff resistant without a lot of maintenance to be applied to them such as buffing and waxing? Laminate flooring generally needs only minimal care and is resistant to gauging and scuffing.  The millimeter of wear layer determines how the laminate will perform.

*Is sound a factor in your space?  Laminate flooring is installed with a

foam underlay below it to reduce sound reverberation and moisture absorption from the slab below.  There are different qualities of this foam underlayment that determine how sound and moisture proof they are.  Always look for the best underlay you can get as they do make a big difference in noise and moisture. *Do you like a wood look or ceramic tile look? Both looks are available in laminate flooring.  Laminates are rated by the millimeter of wear layer they have.  Laminate flooring has 5 layers of resin that are fused together. Make sure your top layer has a sufficient mil wear layer so that it can withstand traffic and abuse.  Laminate flooring can look very much like real wood or ceramic with a lot less care and attention.  You will love the Look and the endurance of your new beautiful Laminate Flooring!