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Laminate Flooring Advantages
By E. Timothy Uy, Fri Dec 9th
Durability Because it's designed with a tough and durable wear layer,laminate flooring is much stronger than most installed solidhardwood flooring, carpets and vinyls, it's more resistant toscratches than softer surfaces (solid hardwood floors for eg.)and is one of the best choices for households with heavy foottraffic, kids, or pets. But, best of all, laminates will looklike new for years. Resistance Laminates are highly resistant to stains, fading and moistureand many laminate flooring manufacturers offer warrantyprotection against them for a long period of time (usually from10 to 25 years). Ease of installation The top brands of laminate flooring have developed a gluelessfloating floor installation process. They just need to be cut,clicked together and are ready for walking or even placing heavythings, like furniture, on them. Most professional installerscould do it in a couple of days, but expect to take longer ifyou want to do it yourself. Easy cleaning and maintenance To clean up spills and messes, just use a little soap and waterand your laminate floors
will look brand new.Healthy flooring Laminate flooring provides a much cleaner and healthier livingenvironment when compared to other floorings such as carpets,with regular cleaning cycles. It accumulates less dust, petdander, allergens and it doesn't hold residual staincontaminants on the surface. Allergic people will often berecommended to remove the carpets from the living space. Economical A typical laminate flooring is and extremely economicalsolution, if you take in consideration the costs of alternateflooring solutions. Solid hardwood floors will require 4-5refinishings and carpets and vinyls will need to be replaced atleast twice (depending on traffic loads), while laminates don'trequire anything.
In conclusion, kids playing with their toys on the floor, thedog
running through with dirty paws, friends walking with wetshoes on
it, or baby bottle spills all over it won't be aproblem with laminate
flooring. They are the perfect floor forbusy families and growing
households.
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