Domestic Laminate:

If you want the beautiful appearance of a real wood floor but with exceptional performance that will hold up to the wear and tear of everyday life e.g. children, pets spills etc. and at a fraction of the price of hardwood then a laminate floor could be for you. We offer a large selection of Laminate floorings from ranges such as   Quickstep, Alloc and many more. Laminate floors have been used in homes across Europe for over 25 years and although there are many brands the differences between the basic construction weather it be a glue together product or an interlocking product appear to be minor.
All laminate floors have good performance characteristics and are often confused with real hardwood floors. Even though these floors resemble real wood floors they are not.

Laminate floors are a tongue and groove interlocking flooring system that comes in either planks or squares. All of these floors have a wear layer, a decorative print film layer, an inner core structure, and some type of backing support layer. The decorative print film layer is either fused of glued to the inner core. This decorative print can be a photo of any real floor. The wear layer is applied to the decorative print layer to protect the pattern. Melamine resins are the main components of the wear layer. The melamine surface gets its incredible durability from aluminium oxide. Aluminium oxide is almost as hard as diamonds and provides unsurpassed wear and stain resistance. The central inner core is generally made from high density fibre board (HDF) and forms the tongue and groove locking system.

Laminate floors are a floating floor system this means that they are not anchored to the substrate leaving them free to move and expand as the rooms environment changes. An expansion gap must be left at all fixed perimeters and objects for this action to take place. There are two types of fitting systems one where the boards are glued together around the tongue and grooves the other more recent and becoming the most popular system where the boards are mechanically locked together by a special engineered tongue and groove system.