Choose a laminate

In contrast to the walls, laying the floor for many years, and therefore the choice of suitable flooring requires a thoughtful approach. Therefore, when buying a material for floor repair, it is better not to save, but to spend the maximum of what you can afford.

Today the choice of floor coverings is very wide and varied, so it's quite easy to get the right one - according to your taste and preferences. Linoleum, parquet, board, carpet, ceramic tile, cork. Each of these listed materials has a lot of advantages, but none of them can be called universal, perfectly combining quality, price, service life and decorative factor. In addition, perhaps, a laminate - a modern floor covering, perfectly simulating both a cork, and a parquet, and a ceramic tile. And, in addition, it has excellent wear resistance, durability, long service life and "damn attractive" in appearance. Therefore, the laminated board today is confidently leading in the charts of all kinds of floor coverings and enjoys deservedly high customer demand.

However, the right choice of laminate is not a simple task. By giving preference to this or that kind of this remarkable material, it is necessary to take into account a lot of various factors. After all, it is the competent and sensible approach to buying that determines the quality and service life of the future sex.

First of all, the choice of laminate should take into account the purpose of the room, which is planned to equip. For rooms in which the floor has too much load, it is necessary to buy a laminate coating, which has an increased wear resistance. The index of the same wear resistance is the class of the laminate. The higher the class, the more stable the board is to the load. Therefore, in rooms with high traffic (for example, vestibules or kitchens) it is advisable to lay a high-class laminate, for more "quiet" (in terms of load) bedrooms and living rooms can be purchased in the class below. Nothing hinders the flooring of the whole apartment with the highest quality laminated board, the grading described above is not an obligatory rule, but only an element of economical and reasonable attitude to the contents of your own wallet. After all, laminate classes characterize not only its resistance to various kinds of mechanical influences, but also dictate the prices for the material.

It is worth paying attention to the thickness of the board. The thicker a laminate - the higher its sound-absorbing ability and durability. In principle, for the floor in the apartments there will be enough of an average thickness of the laminated board. But if the base to be coated has significant defects, it is better to purchase a thicker laminate - this will ensure a longer life of the laminate.

Also, the choice of laminate depends on the functional purpose of the room. For rooms with high humidity - bathrooms, kitchens, toilets - it is necessary to purchase a special water-resistant laminate covering. Such a floor is not afraid of water, and therefore an excess of moisture will not do it any harm.

Every self-respecting manufacturer of laminate floors gives a rather long warranty period for its products , the average size of which is usually five to six years. However, some manufacturers are ready to offer even ten years of high-quality operation of their products. Therefore, this fact should also be sharpened.

But the choice of laminate in color and texture is not regulated by any rules and is completely subject to the priorities and tastes of the buyer. True, the assortment of shades palette and gamut of structural finishing of the laminated board is so diverse that it's time to get lost even to a professional designer, not to mention an ordinary consumer. Therefore, before you go for a purchase, you must first think carefully about the plan for arranging a room or apartment - so to speak, to draw up a design project. And only then to carry out selection of laminate, and necessarily taking into account the general concept of the future interior.