Laminated Flooring

I realize this topic has absolutely nothing to do with John Wayne or even the film world but I was wondering if any of you have ever installed laminated flooring. I'm giving some serious thought to installing it throughout my house and could use a few tips.

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Originally posted by Robbie@Feb 3 2005, 08:15 PM
Hi Stumpy

If I am thinking of the same thing the place where I used to work had it fitted to the ground. It took the fitters about one day to do a relatively small area so it could be a time consuming task. One problem that it does bring is after a while it starts to peel of and it can become a bit of a nightmare if water gets under it my personal preference would be wooden flooring but that is more expensive.

Hope this helps.

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Thanks for the info, Robbie. I've been doing some online research and some of it comes with a 25-year warranty so that must be pretty durable. It's also supposed to be extremely resistant to stains and even cigarette burns. I think about the only thing that can do serious damage to it is moisture and as you say, if water gets under it. But I don't envision that happening in my house. My house already has hardwood flooring but I want to lay this laminated flooring over the old hardwood base. Some of it really looks nice. I'll post a link to one of the pages I've been researching so you can see what it looks like.

Robbie,
Here's a link that gives you an idea of what colors you can get in laminated flooring. And this is just a small sample. You can even get some that looks like tile or stone.