Laminate Flooring

Everything You Need to Know About Laminate Flooring

Laminate flooring is quickly becoming the choice of consumers as they install it in family rooms, dens, kitchens, and even basements. This is for several reasons, one being that is it the less expensive solution to having a nice carpet free floor without the real hardwood, ceramic tile, and stone. The options for laminate flooring include a variety of wood types and stain types, plus tile and slate like laminates.

A laminate plank measure about 6 inches (15cm) wide by 48 inches (122cm) long is manufactured with a plywood or medium density fiberboard core and usually clear coated with plastic. This plank is more than twice as wide as a standard hardwood flooring plank, making it quicker to install with fewer pieces to worry about.

While wood is the more common laminate type tile and slate laminates are getting top be popular also. Resembling ceramic, slat, and porcelain these planks come in 12 inches (30cm) by 48 inches (122cm) lengths. This is so they have a closer resemblance to the actual tiles that are mimicking.

The benefits of laminate flooring include the ease of installation, the direct costs, and the costs of any additional materials that you would need to ensure a proper fitting hardwood or tile flooring. Add to this the fact that laminate flooring is easier for the do it yourself person.