Laminate Flooring

[daycarediva]

I have laminate on my entire first floor (aside from ceramic tile in the bathroom) and love it! It is in my daycare room with area rugs over it. I find it really easy to clean using just a shark steam mop, no streaks, no chemicals.

[mac60]

Laminate is the devil. It raises when it gets humid or liquid is dropped and not noticed right away. Bleh. It also peels.. like a sun burn!

Yes, and it doesn't take long for it to happen. Mine had a 30 yr warranty on it, warranted for what I don't know as in less than 6 months there are several scratches and bad spots on it already. I am very dissatisfied with it. I can't imagine what it will look like in a few years.

[Blackcat31]

I have bamboo in my Laguna Beach place. Unlike other woods, the tree is not cut down and it grows back. The color is through in through. Like a carrot, if you cut/scratch it, the color is connsistant.

One of my friends is a contractor and recently put top of the line EXPENSIVE bamboo flooring in his entryway.....he put a rug down for any dirt tracked in.

Imagine his surprise when he decided to have his rug laundered and when he removed it from the floor, there was a perfect imprint of the rug on his brand new flooring. Only took 4 weeks and the flooring around the rug faded at least three shades lighter than the flooring under the rug

So yes, I agree the flooring is tough, eco-friendly and really cool looking but it does fade. ...and I bet the sun isn't nearly as harsh way up north here compared to in sunny California!

[Michael]

One of my friends is a contractor and recently put top of the line EXPENSIVE bamboo flooring in his entryway.....he put a rug down for any dirt tracked in.

Imagine his surprise when he decided to have his rug laundered and when he removed it from the floor, there was a perfect imprint of the rug on his brand new flooring. Only took 4 weeks and the flooring around the rug faded at least three shades lighter than the flooring under the rug

So yes, I agree the flooring is tough, eco-friendly and really cool looking but it does fade. ...and I bet the sun isn't nearly as harsh way up north here compared to in sunny California!

Good point. We had UVA coating put on all the windows so the sun would not not fade the fabrics or wood. We have not had any problems with our flooring and it has been 4 years now.

[DCBlessings27]

Yes, and it doesn't take long for it to happen. Mine had a 30 yr warranty on it, warranted for what I don't know as in less than 6 months there are several scratches and bad spots on it already. I am very dissatisfied with it. I can't imagine what it will look like in a few years.

I've got a couple spots but not really any scratches. We installed our laminate 6 years ago. Mine is a light oak color and easy to clean with a Swiffer mop. I haven't had any troubles with raising or peeling. We have a lot of humidity here too. Ours wasn't super expensive. We got it at a closeout price.

The rugs in my daycare area are super lightweight, and they've never left imprints on my laminate. I have a large area rug in my bedroom (because we installed laminate in the dining room, kitchen, and master bedroom) that I've had for 6 years. It's never left an imprint there either.