Laminate and Floating Floor Problems
Cause of Laminate Flooring Problems
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NALFA Certified Laminate Flooring, is it the best laminate? As flooring experts and inspectors Terry and Kevin Weinheimer are often asked, What is the best laminate flooring? NALFA laminate flooring products are tested and certified. Testing places these product at the front of the laminate floors line. [Read more…]
Laminate floor peaking, buckling, cupping, words often used to describe peaking, though somewhat different problems. Each of these conditions is coupled with excessive moisture, and often installation related concerns. In this article we will discuss laminate floor peaking and touch on the buckling and cupping of laminate floors. [Read more…]
Squeaky laminate flooring problems are one of the major laminate flooring problems seen by laminate flooring inspectors. The flooring may look absolutely beautiful but once you walk on it the squeaking sounds like a rubber duck or the “snap, crackle and pop” sounds like an amplified bowl of Kellogs Rice Krispies. If you have kids the crackling may warn you when they are trying to sneak out of the house. For most families a bit of parenting and squeaking, complaining kids would be more desirable than these squeaky laminate flooring problems. So what causes these squeaky laminate flooring problems and how can these squeaks be prevented or corrected? [Read more…]
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…]
Staggering laminate floor is it really necessary? Not staggering laminate floor such as running the boards wall-to-wall in a hall often results in problems. It is not unusual to go into a residence to check out a problem laminated installation where the boards are moving and separating. Often one of the problems found is the installer failed to leave the proper stagger or chose not to stagger areas of boards. The fail to stagger is most often seen in halls where the installer cut all of the boards the same length from wall-to-wall. [Read more…]