Do you want style, durability, low maintenance, and have a dry location? Consider laminate. It's a photograph that's been "laminated" to a backing, and is not to be confused with engineered wood flooring. With MANY styles for many budgets, you have MANY choices.
This is a friendly floor – it's warm underfoot, "floats" so you can move it to another location (up to 3 times) and needs little floor prep so it can be installed over almost anything (except
- Mannington
- Formica
- Mohawk
- CasabellaHD
- Armstrong
- Artistek Floors by Starloc
- Shaw
carpet) above or below grade. It's also easy to replace a scratched or dented board when "life happens!"
Laminate is "man-made" and has 4 layers: The Backing – gives it structural integrity & a moisture barrier; The Core – a wood product (sawdust, wood shavings, sawmill waste) treated with resins for hardness; The Photograph – printed images of stone, wood, etc. The printing and image resolution will vary greatly with quality; and The Wear Layer – some are textured, all seal the photograph and provide a hard wear surface." Learn More...
