Any floor covering in your home impacts interior beauty, design, comfort, livability and upkeep. It’s a fact, floor coverings can make or break a home.
Types of Laminate Flooring
Knowing the basic types of laminate flooring and laminate installation can provide you with a firm foundation upon which to begin your laminate shopping journey.
- No more fake looks
- Looks are traditional, rustic, distressed and exotic
- Grains and texture more realistic than ever
- Number of photographs or screens determine quality
- Lighter colors make small rooms look larger
- Dark colors create intimate settings
- Choose coordinating or contrasts with cabinets or furniture
- No matching colors and styles, be creative
4 Styles of Laminate Flooring Installation
Glue-less laminate flooring
- Quick and easy
- Thin underlayment seals out moisture
- Floors float over subfloors
- Vapor barrier can be added for noise
Laminate flooring with attached underlay
- Several different types of tongue and grooved locking systems
- Attached underlayment to reduce noise levels
Glued laminate flooring
- The original laminate floors
- Require a special formulated glue
- Offered in planks and tiles
Pre-glued laminate flooring
- No mess, glue already applied to the tongue and grooves
- Quick and easy-to-install
- Thin, plastic underlayment needed to seal out moisture and prevent glue from sticking
Laminate Moldings
- Affect the overall
- Important because they cover the space allowed for flooring to expand and move naturally
- Helps with the transition to an adjacent floor
- Manufacturers offer coordinating moldings for all styles and colors
- Moldings are designed to coordinate, not be an exact match
- Moldings for laminates are slightly larger than wood or tile counterparts
Styles of Laminate Flooring and Definitions
Step Down Stair Nose
- Coordinating piece for proper transition for all steps
Reducer Strip
- Transitional piece to connect with another type of flooring
End Molding or Carpet Reducer
- Used as a transition to different flooring when the reducer does not allow enough height
T-Molding
- Used in doorways to join two laminate floors in adjoining rooms
- Recommended when making transitions from floors of the same height
Quarter Round
- Installed where the floor meets the wall or baseboard
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