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…]
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 
