Thanks to contemporary developments, you can now have the hardwood look without the wood through laminate flooring. This emerging alternative to traditional flooring techniques is gaining popularity due to its various advantages. Old houses brag about the classy look, but home remodeling projects these days are more inclined to have laminate flooring because it makes the workload easier for people. You have more options in design, and at the same time, you can change floorings as often as you want without feeling remorseful with the expenditure.

The most obvious and greatest advantage of laminate flooring is affordability. You can buy twice as much laminate flooring material with what you would spend on hardwood flooring. They look the same outwardly, and the less meticulous owners will hardly know the difference.

But how does laminate flooring lessen the workload in home remodeling projects?

Hardwood flooring requires a lot of expertise and is not advisable for DIY (do-it-yourself) projects. Laminate flooring, also commonly called Pergo Flooring, on the other hand is tailored for easier installation. In remodeling your home, you will have to worry about other things aside from flooring. Saving time with your laminate flooring installation will also render you more valuable hours for other areas that you need to work on. Remodeling a house usually requires less time so that you will have more opportunity to use it as soon as possible.

Laminate flooring is also much safer than hardwood since it won’t involve hammering down nails to keep it in place. Laminate planks simply click together, often not even requiring glue. If it is required, a small amount of an ultra-strong adhesive such as hard construction glue usually does the trick. Hammering nails also requires more energy on the part of the person behind the home remodeling process, and it will definitely cause more delays and fatigue to those involved in the remodeling project.

Over time, laminate flooring is more long lasting, with superb resistance to scratching and fading. For people who like to remodel their homes less frequently, this is definitely the best choice to have. Furthermore, with all the time saved, there will be more time for double-checks and touch ups which you could not have time for if hardwood flooring has taken up a huge chunk of the working time.

1. The inspection should be done after 2 days since the installation is finished as this is the first time for each floor plank to work with others. They need time to work well to with others well. Also laminate flooring is a floating type. The floor planks need time to expand.

2. The accessory under the door should not prevent the door from “working” freely.

3. There should be no big noise such as creaking when people walk the floor.

4. The locking system of each plank of floor plank should work with each other well. The surface of floor should be even. There should be no big white line at the joint. The gap at the joint should be no more than 0.18mm. The plank should not push up at the joint, especially at the short side.

5. There should be no dirt, glue and big scratch on the surface. There should be no plumping problem or damage with the plank.

6. The accessories should have covered the gap between 2 floor areas or the gap between laminate floor and other type of floor covering materials such as ceramic tile. The accessories should be tightened. The cap of screw for the accessories should not be out of the surface of accessories. The gap between wall and floor should be between 8mm and 11mm. The accessory such as skirting or quarter round between wall and floor should not prevent the floor from floating freely.