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  1. It is really remarkable how laminate flooring as a type of economical decoration materials strides into our daily house flooring projects in the recent 10 years. From the initial dull imitation of solid floors with limited wood colors till now, laminate flooring patterns have experienced huge reformation. So far, there are 13 types of normal surface designs and over thousand of floor colors circulating in the decoration market. Patterns are already diverse but diligent laminate flooring suppliers are still committed to create the next surprise for consumers. So, there comes stylish parquet laminate flooring. Parquet laminate flooring is a premier type of laminate flooring which also possesses general laminate advantages such as high wearing resistance, water resistance, and anti-scratches. The most different character lies between parquet and normal laminates is the appearance and presenting pattern. Normal laminate floors have independent colors which don’t need to consider much about connection angles, directions with rest floor boards; while laminate parquet flooring may need four pieces of boards to constitute a simple picture design. Graphically speaking, installing parquet laminate floor is just like a puzzle, which needs you to find out the relative pieces to accomplish a completed design. Besides, the final effect after installation between normal laminate flooring and parquet floors is different. It will appear united and completed for normal laminates, which just looks like a huge picture and each part is slightly different. That’s because the initial big board is indeed pressed by a large piece of color paper and then cut into required sizes as per customers finally. From this point, parquet laminate is totally different. The relative parts look similar just like produced from the same mould. After reformation, Sunspeed Flooring can offer various parquet laminate now, besides normal designs like beige parquet, coffee parquet and coral parquet, there are also new arrivals like “Eternal Light” and “Baroque Spirit” and those new designs are more popular with irradiation effect. No matter how it changes, our final goal is to decorate your room with comfort and beauty. Still looking for parquet laminate flooring? Why not come in and give Sunspeed Flooring a shot?
  2. There are many differences between laminate and vinyl. Laminate flooring are only plank boards, while vinyl flooring may be sheet or planks; laminate flooring is made of wood materials, while vinyl floor is made of plastic; laminate flooring is installed through click systems, while vinyl flooring is installed either by glue or click system. Above are obvious differences between those two products. Of course there may be other slight differences for example, vinyl flooring is thinner than laminate flooring, it's elastic, more waterproof and fire resistant.
  3. There are many differences between laminate and vinyl. Laminate flooring are only plank boards, while vinyl flooring may be sheet or planks; laminate flooring is made of wood materials, while vinyl floor is made of plastic; laminate flooring is installed through click systems, while vinyl flooring is installed either by glue or click system. Above are obvious differences between those two products. Of course there may be other slight differences for example, vinyl flooring is thinner than laminate flooring, it's elastic, more waterproof and fire resistant.
  4. It is unbelievably remarkable how the last twenty years have increased the range of material used for home flooring. Once only hardwood, linoleum or carpet, the inclusion of tile, bamboo, cork and laminate floorings have given homeowners a wide range of styles and material to choose from. With incomparable advantages laminate flooring is becoming the most popular flooring material in homes across North America and the rest of the globe. Meanwhile, many laminate flooring manufacturers are getting into laminate flooring industry to satisfy the gradually increasing demands for laminate flooring, including Quick step, Pergo, Shaw and Sunspeed Flooring. Though laminate flooring is well accepted by most consumers, it’s not perfect, there are still pros and cons. Pros: Laminate flooring is produced by hot pressing 4 distinct layers together which assures the durability and wearing resistance. Melamine resin on the top layer makes it resistant to scratch, impact and preventing fading. Depending on manufacturers, most laminate flooring has a warranty of at least 10 years and the average is 15 years. Care free maintenance is another shining point of laminate flooring. For the special material of the top layer, liquid and stains are hard to attach onto flooring surface although they can eventually soak in if let stand. Easy installation will totally satisfy your curiosity of do it yourself. Produced with click systems, laminate can be installed easily just by a slight tap. Besides, this flooring can be installed on existing flooring without having to tear up the original flooring. Stylish designs enable laminate flooring not limited to traditional wood appearance. Cloth, carpet, stone and tile, all these mimics help to make laminate flooring present diversely. Anyway, if you are still interested in traditional wood colors, knotty pine laminate flooring and parquet style laminate flooring are good choices.Even with all these advantages, perhaps the most important one is the cost. Laminate flooring prices have been coming down steadily over the last few years, while quality has improved. Modern laminate flooring is virtually indistinguishable from hardwood flooring, but it only costs a fraction of solid flooring prices.Cons: Laminate flooring is not hardwood. This means it adds little to the value of the home, and some people find it unattractive because it isn’t ‘real’ wood.You also cannot refinish a laminate floor. Damaged or worn flooring needs to have the individual planks removed and replaced to restore the appearance.Although the pros overweigh the cons when it comes to laminate flooring, there will remain hold outs who don’t like laminate flooring on the principle that it’s not a real wood. However, for the price, ease of durability and installation, it’s hard to beat laminate flooring.
  5. While purchasing laminate flooring, many consumers are confident that they could get relatively cheap price from flooring suppliers after round and round bargains and they may chuckle for the final victory. But are they the final winner? Just as I mentioned in one of my articles named What Does Laminate Flooring Price Depend On, laminate flooring prices depend on many factors like the size, thickness, wearing resistance… Some of which can be judged visually, but some can not. For example, two vital elements of wearing resistance and core board are hardly to be checked unless by some professional tests. We all know laminate flooring wearing resistance is divided into 5 levels according to European Standard; they are AC1 to AC5 with the quality changed from low to high. Maybe you need commercial use of AC4 level, and the contract is signed on condition of AC4, but the final product which is delivered to you may be AC3 for residential use just because your supplier wants to cut their cost. As to the core board, though every laminate flooring manufacturer claims their materials as HDF which is required by European Standard, while during the actual production, some manufacturers may use MDF board instead to save cost. So if your supplier provides you lower wearing resistance products with MDF core board at relatively cheaper price than the right product you need, do you still think you have got the cheap laminate flooring? Now you may realize the importance of finding a reliable supplier. Price is crucial, but it’s not the only criteria. Consider more factors while choosing laminate flooring manufacturer, for example the credit and service.
  6. Laminate flooring is becoming increasingly popular for one reason is the premium advantages laminate floors possess such as high wearing resistance, waterproof performance and anti-scratch performance. And the other reason may be for the beautiful colors it presents. With the printing technique improved, more and more natural mimic colors emerged. The color series stretches from wood to marble and cloth. And each series has been expanded vertically to enrich the current color collections. From wood species, you may get classical wood colors like pine, cherry, walnut, and you can also choose from peculiar wood designs such as merbau, wenge and spotted gum. Those products with obvious authentic wood features are especially popular, for example, knotty pine laminate flooring, rustic oak laminate flooring and vineyard cherry laminate flooring. Meanwhile, some antique wood colors have been hotly welcomed by more and more large laminate flooring wholesalers. The following pictures are the new launch products from Sunspeed Flooring. Dark and old color tone matching with knotty and scar gifts laminate flooring history and dignity. Though most consumers pursue wood effect laminate flooring to get the feeling of real wood floor, there are also some requirements for special decors like marble and cloth. But compared with wood colors, marble and cloth pictures are easily to be imitated and produced since they don’t have so many details as wood grains to consider.
  7. Referring to decoration, many people may think of flooring decoration, then considering which flooring is more suitable for them, wood flooring or laminate flooring, who can offer the best laminate flooring, are there American walnut laminate flooring or Brazilian cherry laminate flooring which bring exotic feeling… No matter what it is, it’s all about flooring and people seldom think about the accessories like skirting. Actually, skirting is also important for decoration, and different skirting colors may bring different effect. So how to select the right colors for skirting? Follow my four suggestions below and you will find the answer. No. 1 Consideration of the interior lighting conditions Skirting color is tightly connected with the interior lighting conditions. If it’s bright inside the room, any color of skirting is ok and that does not matter much. But if it’s dark inside, you’d better choose skirting with bright colors which will lighten the room to some degree; otherwise, the whole room will be enveloped with dark atmosphere. No. 2 Consideration of the room area In small rooms, warm colors bring depressing feeling while in large and wide rooms, cold colors make you feel void. Therefore we need to make a selection according to the practical conditions of our room. For small room, choose cold colors like white; for large room, choose warm colors like earthy yellow. No. 3 Consideration of door frame colors Another criteria for choosing skirting color is to select the same colors as door frame. No matter what the color is, as long as skirting color is the same to door frame color, the whole room will appear harmonious. And if you don’t want them to use the same color, then choose the similar ones. Remember, never try the different colors because that will make your room look weird. No. 4 Consideration of furniture colors Generally speaking, skirting is rarely focused unless it’s extremely striking. Want the skirting to be obscure? Just match its color with the furniture whose color takes a majority part of the whole room. After so many tips above, do you have a clearer picture about how to choose skirting color?
  8. Laminate flooring as one of the cheap decoration materials is well accepted by working class and young generation. Besides price, diverse colors, easy installation and maintenance are also advantages that attract consumers. But do you know what factors affect laminate flooring prices? No. 1 Core Board Just as the name saying, core board is the core part of laminate flooring. It’s a crucial factor that affects floor prices. Basically, floors produced with HDF core board are more expensive than those with particle board, and the price distance may be up to 1 USD. NO. 2 Revolutions of Abrasive Layer As we all know, laminate flooring is featured by wearing resistance, and its abrasion levels is classified into 5 grades (AC1 to AC5)by European Standard according to the revolutions of abrasive layer. High grade is corresponding to more revolutions. The more the revolution is, the higher the price will be. NO. 3 Quality of Decor Color The second layer of laminate flooring is what we called decor color which is mainly used to simulate real wood grains thus bring users feelings of hard wood floor. However, the color paper is sourced from both domestic and overseas. Laminate flooring with imported decor colors will be higher than that with domestic papers at price. No. 4 Surface Craft As an artificial product, laminate floor’s surface is produced with different designs according to consumers’ aesthetic needs. Presently, the most popular surface designs are embossed, parquet and antiquing. Those surfaces are beautiful with good looking and their prices are higher relatively because of more technical crafts they need. No. 5 Floor Specification Many consumers may be puzzled, since core board, abrasive layer and decor color are all the same, why there is still price distance? In that case, you may have ignored another factor, which is the board specification. Too long or too wide sizes of boards are difficult to manufacture thus the prices will be higher. What’s more, the thickness of boards can also affect flooring prices. Generally, thick board is more expensive than thin board. NO. 6 Floor Brand Now more and more flooring industries transfer their core point into brand culture. That’s because consumers are paying more attention to brands besides quality and price. To establish a well known brand, enterprises may sacrifice more. Famous brands will pay more cost for product quality, technique investigation and premium raw materials. That’s why brand products need more money than common ones. No. 7 After-Sale Service Presently, many consumers only focus on purchasing while ignore after sale service. Once there is product problem, they will have to pay extra fees to solve it. Good suppliers are always providing a chain of services from sales to maintenance and this will save much time and energy for consumers. However, this thoughtful service is usually made up by improving floor prices. After so many introductions, do you have any ideas about price factors of laminate flooring? While buying products we’d better take all the factors into consideration and choose the best one that is suitable for us.
  9. Laminate flooring as one of the cheap decoration materials is well accepted by working class and young generation. Besides price, diverse colors, easy installation and maintenance are also advantages that attract consumers. But do you know what factors affect laminate flooring prices? No. 1 Core Board Just as the name saying, core board is the core part of laminate flooring. It’s a crucial factor that affects floor prices. Basically, floors produced with HDF core board are more expensive than those with particle board, and the price distance may be up to 1 USD. NO. 2 Revolutions of Abrasive Layer As we all know, laminate flooring is featured by wearing resistance, and its abrasion levels is classified into 5 grades (AC1 to AC5)by European Standard according to the revolutions of abrasive layer. High grade is corresponding to more revolutions. The more the revolution is, the higher the price will be. NO. 3 Quality of Decor Color The second layer of laminate flooring is what we called decor color which is mainly used to simulate real wood grains thus bring users feelings of hard wood floor. However, the color paper is sourced from both domestic and overseas. Laminate flooring with imported decor colors will be higher than that with domestic papers at price. No. 4 Surface Craft As an artificial product, laminate floor’s surface is produced with different designs according to consumers’ aesthetic needs. Presently, the most popular surface designs are embossed, parquet and antiquing. Those surfaces are beautiful with good looking and their prices are higher relatively because of more technical crafts they need. No. 5 Floor Specification Many consumers may be puzzled, since core board, abrasive layer and decor color are all the same, why there is still price distance? In that case, you may have ignored another factor, which is the board specification. Too long or too wide sizes of boards are difficult to manufacture thus the prices will be higher. What’s more, the thickness of boards can also affect flooring prices. Generally, thick board is more expensive than thin board. NO. 6 Floor Brand Now more and more flooring industries transfer their core point into brand culture. That’s because consumers are paying more attention to brands besides quality and price. To establish a well known brand, enterprises may sacrifice more. Famous brands will pay more cost for product quality, technique investigation and premium raw materials. That’s why brand products need more money than common ones. No. 7 After-Sale Service Presently, many consumers only focus on purchasing while ignore after sale service. Once there is product problem, they will have to pay extra fees to solve it. Good suppliers are always providing a chain of services from sales to maintenance and this will save much time and energy for consumers. However, this thoughtful service is usually made up by improving floor prices. After so many introductions, do you have any ideas about price factors of laminate flooring? While buying products we’d better take all the factors into consideration and choose the best one that is suitable for us. Posted by Becky from Sunspeed Flooring.
  10. Laminate flooring is only 6mm thick at the beginning of launch. While in the following years 8mm products became the leading. But in recent years, laminate flooring becomes thicker and thicker which pushed 12mm board onto the top position. Meanwhile, a few 13mm and 15mm flooring products have emerged therefore enriched the diversity of laminate flooring at the thickness. But this trend also makes many consumers puzzled: Thickness is a very important factor which should be considered seriously while purchasing laminate flooring, the question is what kind of laminate flooring is better, thick or thin? To this question, laminate flooring suppliers have their own answers: Answer 1 Thick laminate flooring is more comfortable. 8mm laminate flooring is only 4mm thinner than 12mm product. However, the slight difference brings large distance at price. According to flooring salers, neither 8mm nor 12mm products have heat dissipation or bending problems as long as their quality is assured. The main point is foot feeling and thick floors may offer better foot feeling. Answer 2 Thin laminate flooring is better at density. Unlike the above answer, some laminate flooring manufacturers may recommend thin boards for the density of thin board is higher than the thick ones. Suppliers provide explanations why thick floors are thicker. That's because flooring machine can not press large amount of crushed wood materials into boards as strong and steady as thin boards. Thus makes the density of thick board lower than that of thin boards. And the thick board is easy to bend while impregnated with water. Professional Answers from Experts The thickness of laminate flooring has less affection on product performance. Consumers could do the procurement by their favors. Thick floors do offer better foot feeling and it's true that the density of thick floor is not higher than thin floors. But that doesn't mean the saying that some thin floor manufacturers boaster that Europe countries prefer thin floors because of its better quality is true. It's actually a misleading because European countries have low requirement to floorings, they pay more attention to the practical application of flooring products. So Europeans' favors can not be regarded as an advantage of thin laminate flooring. Of course, thick floor lovers should care more about quality but not only foot feelings because it do occur bending problem if the quality is not assured. For more professional purchasing suggestions about laminate flooring, please don't hesitate to contact Sunspeed Flooring sales team. They will spare no efforts to solve problems for you.
  11. Hi Reena, You'd better remove vinyl floors firstly and then install laminate flooring. Don't worry, laminate flooring is easy to install and maintain. You may find some videos teaching installation from website and just follow it. Of course, large brands may offer installation service as well.
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