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]]>When you search for your ideal home flooring for your brand new and or re-modeled home, consider your priorities (and the people living with you) – cost, children, grandparents, domestic helper, tenant, safety and eco-friendliness. You want the people living with you to be safe and feel comfortable at all times.
Laminate Wood Flooring
Beautiful and timeless, laminate wood flooring (or laminate flooring) is a wonderful option for homeowners looking to spruce up their homes. Not only does it look good, but also improves your property’s value, appeal and character. And you do not have to worry about pests like termites burrowing underneath the floor.
Laminate wood flooring mimics the texture, grain and color of real woods, and comes in a variety of colors and at a relatively affordable cost. It is also less expensive to install than natural hardwood flooring. Laminate wood comes in strips or planks. They can be laid in any pattern; if you wish to achieve an elegant look for your home, you should discuss with both your flooring company and interior designer on how best to lay your flooring.
Although the price for both flooring and installation can be as low as $3.50 per square foot, you will find fewer wood flooring style and color choices among the least expensive range.
If you are thinking (and dreaming) of wood floors in the bathroom but having second thoughts about the cost and durability, fret not. Laminate flooring can withstand moisture from drippy wet towels – but you should always clean up large puddles to avoid letting water seep into the flooring. It is also resistant to stains like nail polish, makeup, paint and other solutions, thus making cleaning easy.
If you are a pet owner, laminate wood flooring is ideal as it is easy-to-clean and needs little maintenance to keep flooring in good condition.
If you have plenty of sunlight in your home, laminate wood flooring will not fade. Chances are, you will have sunlight in your home, since you are living in a tropical country. With laminate wood flooring, you do not have to worry about any change in colors with your flooring. Laminate wood flooring has UV protection integrated into the surface, thus it can be directly exposed to sunlight.
For households with seniors, laminate flooring is a good choice. The Floor Gallery also has a variety of laminate flooring with durable non-slip surfaces and care products for homeowners to choose from.
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]]>Here are some benefits of quality laminate flooring.
Durabilty and High Impact Resistance
With the heavy furniture on the laminate flooring for long period of time or the dropping of heavy equipment on laminate flooring by accident, good quality laminate flooring will have better durability and level of resistance to such heavy traffic and equipment impact.
Easy to install
Installation for laminate flooring is faster and more efficient, comparing to installing of the tiles which may require more effort and time. That means within a few hours, an experienced flooring installer can complete a typical 4 room HDB flat!
Attractive
With the advancement in technology, laminate flooring designs are abundant and versatile, the attractiveness of the laminate flooring is not you can have the design that you want to achieve. Not only you can find the wood designed laminate flooring, there are also stones design, digital printing plus some other abstract design you can imagine.
Easy Cleaning and Maintenance
Laminate flooring i easy to clean as it only requires the use of a dry mop or just vacuum or sweeping will do the trick. The better quality laminate flooring has relatively higher stain resistance properties, which means stains like wine, lipstick stain, mud and so on, can be easily removed from the surface of the laminate flooring
Cost Effective!
Laminate flooring is one of the most cost effective flooring options for both residential or commercial properties owners. However, it is important for consumers to select quality laminate flooring so that the flooring can be long lasting.
Summary
In selecting laminate flooring, think of your ideal theme for your home and then find the best laminate flooring designs that fits the theme. And of course, go for quality laminate flooring products!
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]]>A Brief History of Laminate Flooring
Laminate flooring was invented in 1977. Since then, laminate flooring has gone through lots of innovation and technology advances in getting more high quality in terms of the flooring standards. Thereafter, as more laminate flooring brands are formed globally, the European Producers of Laminate Flooring (EPLF) is founded to act as a community for credible laminate flooring manufacturers to produce laminate flooring products of a high standard.
Quality Varies in Laminate Flooring Brands
As mentioned earlier, the mass production of laminate flooring products via many manufacturers worldwide may cause variation in terms of product quality and standard. Homeowners may have to look deeper in terms of certain criteria before choosing the right laminate flooring brand for their homes. Here are some important details the homeowners can look into on a laminate flooring product.
1) Slip Resistance – Make sure that the laminate flooring has been tested for high valued slip resistant tests.
2) Impact Resistance – Good quality laminate flooring products have relatively higher impact resistance as well as heavy load tolerance level. This will, therefore, enhance safety at home.
3) Better Indoor Quality – Though most laminate flooring has E1 or E0 emission rating for formaldehyde which is considered good for indoor air quality. Superior quality laminate flooring products have gone even stringent indoor air quality control such as Floor Score.
4) Eco Friendly – Two things to take note here. Make sure the laminate flooring has been tested for high eco sustainable standard such as The Singapore Green Label and renowned Nordic Eco label (or the green swan label).
5) Easy Maintenance – Good quality laminate flooring products can be easily maintained and cleaned.
6) Water Resistance – Higher quality laminate flooring products are tested for relatively higher water resistance than most conventional laminate flooring products.
7) Scratch Resistance – Good quality laminate flooring brands have better scratch resistant properties that enhance the value of your flooring.
Resilient Flooring Names Vs Good Quality Laminate Flooring
It is important for owners to understand the clear difference of clickable resilient flooring and a good quality laminate flooring. Clickable resilient flooring or clickable vinyl flooring (which is also known in various names of high end, luxury or high resistant) are often seen as a strong substitute to conventional laminate flooring due to their waterproof features. Homeowners may need to know that a clickable resilient flooring may not be a strong substitute to a high quality laminate flooring product in terms of indoor air quality and emission rating, eco friendly properties and especially its scratch resistant properties. On top of that, a good quality laminate flooring has also relatively better in terms of water resistance to conventional laminate flooring or even conventional clickable resilient floor. Therefore, homeowners may have to ask more details from credible flooring contractors on the difference between the two.
In summary, laminate flooring is a cost effective wood alike flooring product with a variety of designs for the owners to choose from. However, homeowners need to get quality laminate flooring from a quality source.
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