It's hard not to escape the facts - but people are still moving and houses are being sold. One of the most important, and perhaps most important, features of your home is the floor, which is the first thing a potential buyer, guest or visitor sees when they enter your home.
So, in order to increase the change in the sale of the home or just to make a bigger entrance - improve the floor of your home - but how can you do it on the budget?
Laminated flooring, glueless installation, helps many consumers solve this problem today, the right format, veneer, 10mm thick, beveled, hand scraped, etc., is indistinguishable from real hardwood flooring, but at a fraction of the cost. Considering that the installation cost of hardwood is $2-$5SF, you can make laminate flooring yourself and save it.
So make a decision, it's a laminate floor, you'll install it yourself and save a lot of money, and once it's done it will look like a million dollars.
Now that you are online, start the research process, you may even be reading this article, if you are a complete novice here are laminate flooring of different quality levels:
Worst: 6 mm thick, paper backing, particle board core and smooth surface, which looks ugly because it is a 6 mm product, the board will bend and the installation will be very difficult, I don't want to say it, but it may bring 10 - 15 year warranty, but will fall apart in 3 years, which will cost $0.69 - away.
Better: 7 mm thick melamine supports [not paper as described above] a slight ticking on the surface, HDF core [not the particle board as described above]. This is a good product that sells first in all home centers, it is perfect, but it looks like a laminate, although the price is cheap, the cost in the store is from $0.75 [online] to $1.99.
Best: 10mm / 12mm thick [doesn't matter], HDF core, melamine support, installation will be a quick, because the thickness will create a simple installed structure. This should also have a wood panel look and beveled edges - it looks exactly the same as a hardwood floor, and no one will tell the difference once it comes down. However, your bank account will notice the difference in hardwood, and the cost of this premium laminate will range from 1.29 SF [online] to $3.95 for the same Pergo product. If you find this product is priced at $1.29, from a European manufacturer, it is 10mm, beveled and hand scraped - buy it!
Since you understand the difference in quality - this is probably the most important recommendation, and we see the consequences of this advice almost every day. The local issue of manufacturing products, it is the origin of manufacturing. In 1998, there was only one Chinese laminate flooring factory in China, and today there are more than 40 - shocking. The risk is that the warranty has no recourse - how do you get the Chinese to repair the defective product? Due to the current difficult economic times, many US retailers, especially wholesalers or online companies, are selling Chinese laminates and are closing down. Then who are you calling the floor?
So this is the scene - you bought the laminate from ABCXYZ Laminate'. Due to the economic downturn they closed the door, you bought Chau Ling' from their laminate lifetime warranty - your floor was damaged by water, or worse, the wood was passed through the doorway - the manufacturer did not correctly complete all the surfaces Months, even a year, then you have problems.
Who are you in the warranty period now? You can't go back to the retailer because they are gone, how do you find the Chinese factory - basically you know where you are and it's bad - you may have to replace the entire floor.
I can't say too clearly - buy from a company with a US company, not a retailer selling its products, but a manufacturer with US status - or at least a European company - at least we have mutual agreement and understanding.
So when you see 12mm [or 12.3mm] Chinese laminate Gingerwood, Wenge, Maple and it's beveled, random wood and look perfect, just 1.39SF lifetime warranty, you actually just buy a laminate floor with maybe 6-12 months warranty.
So it's really a simple option - 7mm for buying affordable products, or a little money for a 10mm thick hardwood [laminated] floor, priced at 1.29SF, from a reputable US company manufacturer - Even better made in the United States.
Orignal From: Explain the dangers of buying Chinese laminate flooring
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