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Crawl Space Requirements for Laminate Flooring

Crawl Space Requirements for Laminate Flooring

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Laminate Flooring Crawl Space Considerations

Crawl space conditions are an important consideration when installing laminate flooring, engineered or solid wood floor. A crawl spaces must have a proper vapor retarder ground cover spread over the soil. A crawl space must also have proper cross ventilation and no dead air spaces. Without the appropriate vapor barrier and cross ventilation, crawl space moisture will attack the underside of a subfloor and enter into the laminate flooring core. Excessive crawl space moisture may result in cupping, bulging, or swelling of the planks or blistering at the surface of the plank. [Read more…]

Water Damage to Laminate Flooring

Water Damage to Laminate Flooring

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Water Damage

Water damage to laminate flooring is a common occurrence seen by laminate flooring inspectors.. The cause of this damage is often such things as a flood, slow leak from plumbing, improper maintenance and spills. Just about any way you can get water onto many laminate floors seems to result water damage to many of these laminate floors. This is especially true with less expensive DPL products and the water that was not been wiped up immediately. Many sport centers face this problem and according to http://www.sportsandsafetysurfaces.co.uk/ ,  sometimes this damage is covered under the manufactures warranty. At other times water damage may be covered under home owners insurance and often most water damage is not covered at all. Depending upon the severity of the damage it may be correctable by a plank replacement. At other times a larger portion of,or the entire installation may need to be replaced. [Read more…]

Laminate Flooring Subfloor

Laminate Flooring Subfloor

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Laminate flooring subfloor type and it’s proper preparation  should be at the top of your to-do list when installing a new laminate floor. Failure to properly prepare a laminate flooring subfloor results in a large percentage of laminate flooring failures.  When investing in a new floating laminate floor make sure it is installed properly to assure that the new flooring will not only look great but also perform great. Here are  few laminated flooring subfloor preparation tips that will help to prevent a floor failure. [Read more…]