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Summary: Laminate Flooring and fitting laminate flooring
Laminate flooring has become an extremely popular, inexpensive floor covering over recent years and its versatility enables it to be installed in every room in the house. Indistinguishable (using reputable makes) from real wood floors, and so easy to clean an ambience can be created which can give your home a unique sense of style and charm.
Laminate flooring is an interlocking flooring system that uses the tongue and groove method of joining the individual planks. This tongue and groove system can be glued together, or more recently, clipped together using one of several dry joint methods, each particular to its manufacturer. All laminate floors have, at the top, a "wearlayer". This is generally comprised of a melamine resin which gets its incredible durability, wear and stain resistance from Aluminum Oxide. Under this wear layer, is generally a "print layer" which is simply a photograph of a real floor. The whole lot sits on a backing board.
Underneath the backingboard many choose to install an underlay. There are several different types available. For more detailed information regarding flooring underlay and also types of laminate flooring visit our Laying Laminate Flooring Project.
Look for flooring with some of the following attributes.
HDF.PROTECT is a registered method of using a high density fiberboard, impregnated with moisture resisting resins.
LOCTEC is a glue free installation. Simple and fast handling: Panels are simply locked into one another. Special profiling for a reliable four-sided lock. Can be walked on straight away. Thanks to tongue and groove sealing: no ingress of moisture possible if maintained according to our recommendation. Can be taken apart and laid again - ideal for house moves. No removal of residual glue necessary after installation.
SOUND PROTECT means optimum footfall noise absorption. thanks to an environmentally friendly, unique, dense integral underlay.
AQUA PROTECT means it is entirely suitable for the kitchen and bathroom. Highly resistant to moisture : a core board featuring a special component largely prevents swelling of the floor when in contact with water.
Laminate floors are hard wearing, resistant to household chemicals, hygienic, easy to clean and resistant to UV light (> level 6 Blue Scale, EN 20105 B02). They are available for Domestic and commercial use with a range of usage levels in both categories. Some examples of available colours can be seen below.
Maple
Beech 1
Beech 2
Oak
Cherry
For a detailed guide on how to correctly lay laminate flooring why not visit our laying laminate flooring project.
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BARN CONVERSION
BASEMENT - USING AS UTILITY ROOM
BASEMENT CONVERSION
CARPENTRY AND JOINERY BOOKS
Cleaning and sealing natural Stone floors
CONSERVATORIES (TIMBER)
CONSERVATORIES (UPVC)
CUTTING & SAWING TIMBER
DIY CONSERVATORIES ( UPVC )
ENGINEERED HARDWOOD FLOORING
FILLING GAPS IN FLOORBOARDS
FLOOR SANDING
HARDWOODS & SOFTWOODS
Incresing the strength of timber beams
Insulating a floor slab
KITCHEN PLANNING
LAYING FLOOR BOARDS
LAYING FLOOR TILES
LAYING LAMINATE FLOORING
LEVELLING FLOOR JOISTS
Loft flooring
MAGNETS FOR BUILDERS, PLUMBERS & GAS FITTERS
MATERIAL VOLUMES - CALCULATING
MEASURING FLOORS
MITRE JOINT - SKIRTING / ARCHITRAVE
Non-Slip Flooring
PVA ADHESIVE
REMOVING VINYL TILES AND LINO
REPLACING A TIMBER FLOOR
SANDING A TIMBER FLOOR
TIMBER FLOOR FINISHES
TOOL HIRE 1 - FLOOR SANDING EQUIPMENT
UNDERFLOOR HEATING (ELECTRICAL)
UNDERFLOOR HEATING (WATER)
UNDERFLOOR INSULATION
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