Archive for May, 2008
Laminate Flooring Construction Information
A direct pressure laminate and a high pressure laminate.
The direct pressure laminate is an extended one step process, whereby all the layers are fused directly to the core at the same time, and impregnated with aluminum oxide/melamine resins using heat and pressure.
Cleaning and Maintaining Laminate Flooring
If your laminate is scratched, see if you can buy a touch up stick from your manufacturer.
The area you repair will look, hold up to traffic and wear just like the rest of the laminate floor.
No Glue vs. Glued Laminate Flooring
We get consumers asking us every day, “which is better, a glued laminate floor or a no glue”?
It is a laminate floor that locks together requiring no glue.
When it comes to repairing a laminate floor, it has always been somewhat of a hassle with the old traditional glue together laminate flooring.
Laminate Installation (Part 2).
The installer simply puts down an underlayment and the planks of laminate interlock to each other one at a time.
To finish your floor, the installers add molding to cover the perimeter gap and install any additional transition trim pieces needed in doorways or where the laminate meets a different type of flooring.
The result is a beautiful, professionally installed laminate floor.
Decorating with Laminate Flooring
Another consideration when deciding on the finished look of your laminate floor will be the baseboard or quarter round molding you will use.
If you have no existing baseboard on your walls, or you’re planning on removing your existing baseboard, than you will need to install new baseboard after you install the laminate floor.
Again, you can use a quarter round that matches the floor, but it will most likely stand out if you have a light colored baseboard such as white, and your laminate floor is a wood pattern such as oak.
Laminate Flooring Game
Here we talk about the difficulty in shopping for a new laminate floor.
Four to five years ago if you decided on a new laminate floor, the choice would be simple.
I’m here to tell you that price should not be the absolute deciding factor when shopping for a laminate floor.
With that in mind, my advise is to go after the laminate floor with the best surface you can get for the money.
How to Select the Best Laminate Flooring For You
Another thing you should know is that people usually replace the floor first when moving in a new house, so, with expensive laminate with an extended warranty, you will either pay an amount of money for nothing, or for the people who will move in after you.
Quality laminate cores are treated with water repellent chemicals.
Laminate Installation (Part 1).
Laminate Installation
Our first advice is: eliminate laminate DIY.
The installers will also make sure that the laminate planks or tiles have had sufficient time to acclimate to their new surroundings.
This is done because the laminate requires space around the edges of the room to expand or contract.
Laminate Installation (Part 3).
If you prefer to remove your present floor covering, do it at least one day prior to arrival of your laminate product to allow for cleanup and floor preparation.
You should know that, in many cases, moldings and baseboards need to be removed for laminate installation.
When laminate flooring is installed, thereТs always the possibility that the doors, especially closet doors, basement and bedroom doors, may not clear the new laminate and swing free.
Some installers will remove doors in order to install the laminate and re-hang them if possible.
Check with your retailer before the day of installation so youТre clear about the clean up, if there are added costs to do so, and ask about the plan for laminate remnants.
Laminate - How It’s Made
Laminate - How ItТs Made
In the section Why Laminate we told you laminate is a manufactured product that is a true look-a-like of hardwood flooring, natural stone and many other types of flooring.
The answer lies in the process of how laminate is made.
To celebrate laminate, you should think of a four-layer cake.
Now weТll take you through the manufacturing process of laminate, and easy does it — one step at a time.
