Laminate flooring continues to be one of the hottest flooring products available today. For customers who want a floor that is meant for active lifestyles, is easy to keep clean, and is fairly inexpensive, a laminate floor may be exactly what you are looking for.

For those of you who are wondering exactly what a laminate floor is, it is a combination of special resins (melamine), paper layers, fiber core, and a print film that are all fused together into a solid mass. Although they appear similar to a Formica countertop, they are really much more durable and scratch resistant. Due to it’s components and construction, laminate flooring will not stain or fade from sunlight and the finish is extremely impact resistant. These floors have precision tongue and groove edges for locking the planks together with the new glue-less click and lock technology, making for quicker, cleaner installations. Laminate floors are always floated over a thin padding for comfort with amoisture barrier and sound reduction.

One of the most exciting aspects of laminate flooring is the range of style and design that has been achieved. In addition to wood looks, styles now available include natural, textured slates, stones and ceramic looks. Some manufacturers have successfully recreated old historical hardwood flooring such as rough sawn barn oak, American chestnut, knotty pine, and several others. Recent innovations to the wood looks include exotic and tropical species like bamboo and textured traditional and classic hardwoods now available in wider planks, some with beveled edges. Come in and see and feel these new innovative styles.