Maintaining Your Laminate Flooring
Maintaining your laminate flooring The once rarely used synthetic flooring is now in trend in high-premium homes, and it is known as laminate flooring. This flooring style came into existence in the year 1977 and was introduced by the Swedish company Perstorp. Over the years, its quality and texture has improved considerably. This flooring is made of particle board wood. The installation is more like hardwood, as it has a tongue and groove system of joining. Laminate flooring is more like the DIY style flooring. If the top of the laminate flooring, which is the vinyl layer, is tightly seamed, the flooring becomes waterproof. What is the laminate flooring installation method? Laminate flooring is installed as floating floor, as the installation of this synthetic flooring product does not involve the rigorous procedures followed in the installation of a engineered wood or hardwood flooring. At the start of this installation procedure, the inexpensive foam underlayment is rolled out. Then, these underlayment layers are taped together, followed by the laying down of the laminate planks. Depending upon the type of laminate flooring one buys, the planks can be installed together either by glue or the snapping system, but since one plank is joined to another, they do not slide around.
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