Laminate Flooring

Floor and style

In a house the effect that makes the floor is essential.
Very often, redoing a floor may surprise you and completely transform the features of a house, whatever style it has.
The operation, however, is not the most simple and very often it proves to be more expensiveand complex than expected.
However, you should be claiming products that are easy positioning and low costs that, in times of economic crisis, are proving a great success.

One of these is certainly the laminate flooring, a solution that offers the beauty of wood floors but at a lower cost.

Laminate flooring

If you analyze the technical, laminate flooring can not be considered a real parquet, as it is produced in a completely different reality.
It is, in fact, of a laminated wood composite, on which is applied a photographic print that perfectly reproduces the typical veining, which characterize the different types of wood.
A method widely used for furniture and home furnishings.

The floor is formed by individual slats that are built for layering or overlapping elements that normally covers three distinct components:

• a lower part which serves as a support;
• a central core is made ??of HDF (High Density Fibreboard) or MDF (Medium Density Fibreboard);
• a decorative sheet of plastic laminate.

To protect the whole, it is also applied a film impregnated with aluminum oxide, which gives the product a greater resistance to abrasion, rubbing and foot traffic, so that the characteristics of color and finish are not lost in time.

Types of Laminate

When you are about to purchase laminate flooring, we often come across a number of acronyms, easily found on the boxes that correspond to different classes of use.
The codes can be summarized as follows:

• - AC2, which refers to an average- low home use: a product that is very cheap and not very durable;

- AC3, for intensive home use, ideal for any home or office/ shops with little traffic;
-AC4, for intensive commercial use, suitable for all domestic and commercial use;
-AC5, a laminate for extreme use, suitable for shopping malls, showrooms, gyms, with a high steps density.

Laminate: method of installation

The laminate flooring, among other things, has the great advantage of being easily placed in work.
To do this, it is not strictly necessary to have specialized people, but with a little manual and the right equipment, you can even think of doing it yourself.

It is, in fact, a floating installation, or to be carried out directly on the existing floor.
To intervene, however, it is essential that the surface is perfectly dry, smooth and solid.

The first thing to do is the drafting of mat PE extruded useful for isolating and soundproof flooring.
Then you can proceed with the installation, thanks to that joint solutions to click there is no nee of glue and the operation is much easier and faster.

The operation, in itself, is quite simple, but essential for a good pose, is the use of spacers.
Wood, in fact, tends to vary its size in time.
It is therefore essential to keep a distance of about 12-15 mm from the perimeter walls so as not to impede the natural expansion of the product and to avoid unsightly effects is used to cover with suitable skirting.

On the maintenance front, finally, the laminate flooring is unpretentious.
For daily cleaning use the very common broom or vacuum cleaner to remove dirt; while to cleanse, you can use the classic house products or a simple neutral floor cleaner, used in solution with a little water and matched with a damp cloth.

Where to go?

As regards the choice and the finishing of the laminate floor, in the market there are numerous types.
The company Onlywood, one of the first e-commerce sites devoted entirely to the world of wood, offers several models of laminate flooring made in Germany, to suit all needs and it is also very cheap.

Available in many colors, the floors can be purchased directly from the site, choosing between different finishes, ranging from ash, walnut, beech and oak.
For the more discerning, there are also other more unusual colors and details, such as acacia or vintage tinted maple, to suit all styles.
The laminates are supplied with different thickness and manner of floating installation with one click.

For all the information about the installation of the product, you can see the free guide available for download directly from the site.