Comparing Laminate Flooring and Engineered Wood Flooring

Laminate Flooring

·       Faux: Impregnated, printed decorative paper, depicting wood, stone or ceramic.

·       Laminate flooring has a hard multilayer coating of decorative material and wood materials such as high density fiberboard (HDF).

·       Laminate surface is durable and easy to clean. It is recommended for hall, entrance area and home with children, but not for bathrooms and wet rooms loaded.

·       It is cold to the feet. Its resin layer conducts body heat faster (lower thermal insulation).

·       Its surface is cannot be sanded, but the minor damage can be repaired.

·       This flooring is susceptible to electrostatic charging.

·       It is recommended to use underfloor heating floating installation.

·       Its height of the soil in the test is about 7/25 to 2/5 inch.

·       The prices of laminate per square meter in the test are around 13 to 36 dollars.

·       Its warranty for private use in the test is between 5 and 15 years.

  Engineered Wood Flooring ·       Engineered flooring is a natural wood with a wear thickness of about 1/8 to 4/25 inch and is made of real wood such as beech, maple, oak, cherry.

·       It has multi-layered structure of different types of wood and wood-based materials such as high density fiberboard (HDF).

·       Engineered wood flooring has a natural, sensitive surface. It is recommended for living and sleeping area, but not for wet contaminated areas.

·       It is warm underfoot. Its timber manages the body heat worse (better insulation).

·       Engineered wood surface can be sanded about three times depending on its wear layer and damage.

·       This flooring has significantly lower electrostatic charging.

·       It is recommended in underfloor heating large area bonding.

·       The height of the soil in the test of engineered wood is about 1/2 to 3/5 inch.

·       Its prices per square meter in the test are between 40 and 67 dollars.

·       It has a warranty for private use in the test of about 15 to 30 years.

Tips: Pros and Cons of Laminate Laminate flooring is made ​​up of impregnated decorative paper, wood, stone or ceramic maps. Its surface is made ​​of resin. It can use underground in several layers of wood materials such as high-density fiberboard (HDF). And Laminate is often used with an integrated, bottom glued-impact sound insulation.

Pros of Laminate Flooring

·      Robust and easy to maintain

·      Good for floor heating

·      Available in many designs

·      Cheap: 13 to 36 dollars per square meter

Cons of Laminate

·      With poor thermal insulation

·      Cold to the feet

·      Loads of static electricity

·      Cannot be renewed



Pros and Cons of Engineered Hardwood   Engineered flooring has a wear layer of natural wood like beech, maple, oak or cherry. Its layer is usually sealed with paint with a thickness of about 1/8 to 4/25 inch. This can use underground in several layers of solid wood or wood materials such as high-density fiberboard (HDF).

 

Pros of Engineered wood flooring

·      It has well integrated sound insulation.

·      A natural surface

·      Good insulation: warm underfoot

·      Invites hardly electrostatically

·      Can be sanded and renewed

Cons of Engineered wood flooring

·      Expensive: 30 to 50 euros per square meter

·      With a sensitive wood surface