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Submitted by: Robert Fish

Quality laminate floors can get you a comfortable, long lasting, luxurious living space that can save you 50%, 60% even 70% from the cost of solid timber floors. Obviously the saving will depend on the type of timber floors you are comparing against.

You may have some concerns to installing a laminate floor. Some may feel laminate flooring looks cheap. It will scratch easily. You cannot re-sand nor re-polish, the floors won t last long, and the floors will swell when water is spilt. However, there are certain advantages laminate floors have that you may not be aware of.

Advantages of Quality Laminate flooring over timber Floors

1) The finish in the joints, the surface gloss finish, and the colours in a quality laminate floor can look even better than a highly priced solid timber floor.

2) If you take good care of a laminate floor, put padding under your chairs and table. Take your shoes off inside, the floor will look and perform like new even after 15 years.

3) It is typically harder to scratch through a laminate floor than a timber floor. The wear coating is tougher and more scratch resistant.

4) If you spilt a glass of water, as long as you wipe it up promptly there will be no damage. It can take 24-48 hours before swelling to be first noticed. In addition, areas where water spills may occur, during installation you can seal the edges to retard the process of swelling to happen.

5) It can be more cost effective, cleaner and faster to replace your laminate floor, than it is to sand and re-polish existing laminate floors.

6) If you do take care of your laminate floor, you don t even need to think about having to replace them. Quality laminate floor last a long time.

Most people tend to visualize their homes and offices fitted with hardwood flooring but have to back out at the last moment because of expensive prices. High Prices can be attributed to government taxes to reduce deforestation. Other factors include the rareness of certain hardwoods (Timber Regeneration can take 50 and over 100 years for some species to grow back) and the cost of labour for a professional floor installer.

A laminate floor is a good alternative if you want to save money, have something that is durable and bring comfort to your home. The floor has been designed to look just like a real wooden floor and can come in both modern or classical styles. In some styles you will find the grains of the wood have been engraved on the pattern to complete the design.

If you want to save money by installing the floors yourself, you will find laminate floors with an easy to install click system. If you are a handy person you can quickly install an entire room with laminate flooring in a matter of hours.

If you are working on a tight budget and need a good looking and practical floor solution, take a look into laminate floors.

About the Author: ames is an expert on all types of flooring, please see more info at

lionkingflooring.com.au/

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