A traditional hardwood flooring is so elegant that most homeowners who have a classical-looking home go for it. Others who simply want a touch of a traditional hardwood without having to deal with the fact that real wood expands when water is absorbed by it opt for a laminate wood flooring.

Now, the latter is quite more ideal because it is water resistant and easier to get installed than the former, but the problem is that the wood that serves as its front is only a printed image of a real wood so it does not look very realistic at all.

The look of Weathered Oak brings a new glow to any home. This beautiful laminate flooring offers a visual of clean, delicate lines while maintaining tremendous durability. The variation between light and warm color tones creates an open and spacious effect in even the smallest room.

Impeccable surface detail mirrors natural patterns of the wood grain, giving the resemblance of traditional hardwood flooring. The state of the art glueless locking system makes for an easy installation solution to all your do-it-yourself flooring needs.

What Is Laminate Flooring? Laminate is artificial flooring that uses high density fiberboard as the core material and sandwiched together with wear layer, high quality photographic layer and backing layer.

These multi-layers are then combined through lamination process. Yes, this is where laminate flooring got it's name. Laminate flooring can also consider as an innovated version of engineered wood or traditional hardwood flooring.

Fine Design Living (www.FineDesignLiving.com), one of the Greater Toronto Area's leading boutique design and build firms, specializing in high-quality exterior and interior custom renovations for residential and commercial clients, is pleased to announce that it's providing an eco-friendly alternative for those looking for traditional hardwood flooring.

Proponents of hardwood argue that it's the best choice, while proponents of laminate sing its praises and wouldn't trade for anything. Deciding which type of flooring is best for you depends on a variety of factors.

Laminate wood flooring (also called floating wood tile) is a multi-layer synthetic flooring product that's fused together with a lamination process. Laminate flooring simulates wood with a photographic applique layer under a clear protective layer.

Laminate wood flooring (also called floating wood tile) is a multi-layer synthetic flooring product that's fused together with a lamination process. Laminate flooring simulates wood with a photographic applique layer under a clear protective layer.

Laminate flooring is a multi-layer synthetic flooring product combined together through a lamination process. Laminate wood flooring simulates wood with a decorative paper (B) under a clear protective layer (A).

The protective layer serves important functions. It protects laminate from scratches and prevent decorative paper from fading due to exposure of UV lights from the sun.

Laminate flooring is a multi-layer synthetic flooring product combined together through a lamination process. Laminate wood flooring simulates wood with a decorative paper (B) under a clear protective layer (A).

The protective layer serves important functions. It protects laminate from scratches and prevent decorative paper from fading due to exposure of UV lights from the sun.

What is Laminate Flooring? Laminate flooring is a multi-layer synthetic flooring product combined together through a lamination process. Laminate wood flooring simulates wood with a decorative paper (B) under a clear protective layer (A).

The protective layer serves important functions. It protects laminate from scratches and prevent decorative paper from fading due to exposure of UV lights from the sun.Decorative and protective layers are both supported by high-density fibre board (C) and backing layer (D) that keeps the board straight.

Price. Laminate wood flooring is made from composite wood pressed together at high temperatures. After that, a layer image of solid wood is then covered over the composite wood to form the laminate, making it cheaper.

In average, the cost of installing laminate wood is 50% less than solid wood. These planks are made entirely from harvested trees and the pricing depends on how exotic the tree is. Thus, the cost of solid wood can be much higher.