Here’s A New Solution For Budget Flooring Needs

May 21st 2010 Posted at Home Decor - Kitchens
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When you like wood flooring, but can not afford the solid hardwood version, laminate flooring might be your answer. When looking at the different wood floorings you'll see solid hardwood flooring, both finished and half finished, engineered wood flooring with a layer of real wood attached to an under layer of plywood or other made wood and laminated wooden floors.

Solid wood is the most difficult to install and the most pricey, but can be refinished as required. Engineered wood flooring has real wood on top and is thinner than solid wood so is easier to use in existing houses. It is pre-finished so you get a real wood floor quicker without the finishing process to live through.

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Laminate flooring isn't real wood, but looks astonishingly like it. Laminate wood floors is made from layers laminated together with adhesives and heat. It's the least pricey wooden flooring and the easiest one for home owners to install themselves.

Laminate wood floor construction starts with a very durable thick wear layer that is clear. It is followed by a layer that is a photographic picture of real wood of different kinds. Under this layer is a made wood product for strength and stability. The bottom layer is for water proofing and insulation as well as padding for comfort. Some laminates ask you to put a layer of thin waterproof padding down first and don't have this layer. The laminated flooring choices with the insulating layer attached are best, but they do cost more .

The reasons to consider laminated flooring for your home are :

1. Laminate flooring is made of wood by-products, so no trees are cut down to make it.

2. laminated flooring is a budget friendly flooring choice that lasts up to twenty-five years so you get a large amount of wear for your greenback.

3. You can get some terribly exotic wood patterns at a little part of the price of solid wood. You've more wood pattern choices than with solid wood.

4. Laminate flooring is made in planks with a click together system that requires no glue or nails, so it is easy to install. You can install it yourself and save the cost of installation. Few tools are required.

5. laminate flooring is a floating system that can be installed over many sub floors and other hard surface floorings. It is straightforward to remove.

6. laminate flooring is extremely sturdy and easy to wash.

7. laminate floors looks great with some area rugs scattered about for color and pattern. 8. laminated flooring is thinner that solid wood planks, so it is usable in houses that can't accept the thickness of solid wood flooring.