Laminate Flooring Problems Information
Formaldehyde in flooring has been a concern of many homeowners of recent. Formaldehyde in flooring concerns started with a 60-minute episode featuring a national flooring retailer accused of selling Chinese made laminate with high levels of formaldehyde. Since the first airing and the following related reports, many homeowners have had concerns with formaldehyde in flooring, especially laminate flooring. [Read more…]
Printing defects also known as printing error, occur with laminate flooring just as printing defects occur with other printed products such as wallpaper. A statement we often hear is, “What do you mean printing defects, this is wood flooring!” Some of the components of laminate floors are composed of wood but laminate is neither a solid wood floor or and engineered wood floor. Most laminate flooring is partially made of wood products such as paper and high density fiberboard. HDF is which made of wood residues (sawdust, shavings and wood chips). The wood grain you see is a decorative layer that is printed on paper. With printing, printing defects will occur. [Read more…]
Laminate flooring problems range from simple blemishes to serious manufacturing defects. Often these concerns are so similar in appearance that it takes a knowledgeable flooring expert to determine if it is manufacturing, site related or of other cause. Here we describe a number of those concerns. On other pages we talk more in depth about many of these and other types of laminate flooring problems. [Read more…]