Laminate Flooring
18-01-2006, 08:16 AM
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Laminate Flooring
Long story short, there was an explosion in my room last night and I need a new floor. I already have laminate flooring down and for the first year it was fine, but now it creaks and some bits have lifted up a bit. I was fitted by a professional chippie who is VERY good
My question is does all laminate flooring do this after a while, or are there better makes that last a bit longer?
My question is does all laminate flooring do this after a while, or are there better makes that last a bit longer?
18-01-2006, 08:19 AM
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My floor has been fine for over 2 years................its att to do with the prep really. But you should really have a problem if done properly.
whats below the floor and underlay Normal floor boards??
whats below the floor and underlay Normal floor boards??
18-01-2006, 08:36 AM
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tony, I laid mine myself. The only reason it would creck would be if the floor did not have enough space to expand and when it did expand it got very tight and lifted somewhere. Check the gap between the wall and flooring. your ment to leave about 1/2cm around the outside mate.
If you have to re-lay the floor you should be able to salvage alot of it depending upon if you have the lock one or the glued one
Jay
If you have to re-lay the floor you should be able to salvage alot of it depending upon if you have the lock one or the glued one
Jay
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18-01-2006, 08:46 AM
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tony, I laid mine myself. The only reason it would creck would be if the floor did not have enough space to expand and when it did expand it got very tight and lifted somewhere. Check the gap between the wall and flooring. your ment to leave about 1/2cm around the outside mate.
If you have to re-lay the floor you should be able to salvage alot of it depending upon if you have the lock one or the glued one
Jay
If you have to re-lay the floor you should be able to salvage alot of it depending upon if you have the lock one or the glued one
Jay
18-01-2006, 09:56 AM
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I've had laminate down for 3 years and it's starting to show it's age, lots of dents in it (drop anything, it dents), and stains that won't go away. I'm saving up for real wood to replace it.
18-01-2006, 10:14 AM
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Tone's gone to work chap's, but for those curios, an oil lamp exploded (think it's a lava lamp but not sure) and basically it's knackered a lot of stuff 
Hold on, that sounds very :gayflag:
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Re: Laminate Flooring
Originally Posted by Tony Turbo
Long story short, there was an explosion in my room last night and I need a new floor.
Lava lamp? You just KNOW Tony was playing "as real as possible WW2 simulations" and things got out of hand.
18-01-2006, 11:18 AM
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it so happens that i`m a deputy manager of a laminate, real wood veneer and solid wood flooring company.
Best manufacturers are quickstep (uniclic click system), Berry (Berry Loc) and HDM Elesgo (unilin click system).
Any of the above laminates are suitable to go into areas of high domestic use, i.e hallways, kitchens, living rooms.
If you want a laminate to possibly go into a bathroom too, then again, any of the above will be good.
Quickstep is going to be expensive wherever you go though, more expensive than the other two.
Ensure it either has a uniclic or unilin click system, uniclic was the best click system for years, but from 2004 onwards unilin was rated best.
The berry loc has unilin features, hence you can use that too.
Tounge and groove for laminates is crap, FACT.
As regard to your creaking, as someone explained, its probably where you havn't left enough expansion gap either up against skirting/wall, or up against a door bar, with laminates, this has to be 10mm, unless its in say a small WC, in which case you could get away with 5-10mm.
Also around radiatior pipes, it needs to be between 5-10mm on the radius.
If you decide to go for something up market, like a real wood veneer, or engineered, then this will scratch, dent, mark etc, but it lays like a laminate, so again 10mm expansion.
With solid wood, its a bit more complicated, doesn't lay like a laminate at all, and requires a lot more thought, and for starters needs an expansion of the board thickness.
PM me if you need any help!
Best manufacturers are quickstep (uniclic click system), Berry (Berry Loc) and HDM Elesgo (unilin click system).
Any of the above laminates are suitable to go into areas of high domestic use, i.e hallways, kitchens, living rooms.
If you want a laminate to possibly go into a bathroom too, then again, any of the above will be good.
Quickstep is going to be expensive wherever you go though, more expensive than the other two.
Ensure it either has a uniclic or unilin click system, uniclic was the best click system for years, but from 2004 onwards unilin was rated best.
The berry loc has unilin features, hence you can use that too.
Tounge and groove for laminates is crap, FACT.
As regard to your creaking, as someone explained, its probably where you havn't left enough expansion gap either up against skirting/wall, or up against a door bar, with laminates, this has to be 10mm, unless its in say a small WC, in which case you could get away with 5-10mm.
Also around radiatior pipes, it needs to be between 5-10mm on the radius.
If you decide to go for something up market, like a real wood veneer, or engineered, then this will scratch, dent, mark etc, but it lays like a laminate, so again 10mm expansion.
With solid wood, its a bit more complicated, doesn't lay like a laminate at all, and requires a lot more thought, and for starters needs an expansion of the board thickness.
PM me if you need any help!
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