No
The floors themselves install in a very similar fashion. If you want a floor with a lot of shine, you will want to go with hardwood. If cost is an issue, laminate.
No, ceramic tile needs a firm subfloor, without movement, and one not prone to moisture. Laminate is none of those.
It is estimated that a laminate floor can last up to 20 years, before it needs replacing.
Yes. You should use a good quality underlay with it though to reduce the noise of the laminate knocking on the tiles.
No
No. You have to glue your linoleum on the hard surface, but Laminate is a floating floor and always move.
A laminate tile, which is a floating floor, can be installed with no backboard.
No, laminate is floating type of floor installed over an insulation pad. Hardwood floor has to be nailed, stapled or glued to the subfloor. If you do manage to install hardwood on top of laminate sooner or later your Laminate floor will expand due to high temperature or humidity and it will create gaps between hardwood planks.
It means that the floor is not glued or nailed down to the subflooring surface. anonymous@oola.com
Because it shouldn't be there ! -Laminate flooring is supposed to be laid on foam mat and left 'floating', NOT glued to the floor.
Swiftlock flooring is laminate flooring that is installed as a floating floor. The boards simple lock together and as they are floating and allow space along the perimeters it allows for expansion of the Laminate.
Yes you can, if you are talking about a floating floor, like pergo.
The floors themselves install in a very similar fashion. If you want a floor with a lot of shine, you will want to go with hardwood. If cost is an issue, laminate.
No, laminate is floating type of floor installed over an insulation pad. Hardwood floor has to be nailed, stapled or glued to the subfloor. If you do manage to install hardwood on top of laminate sooner or later your Laminate floor will expand due to high temperature or humidity and it will create gaps between hardwood planks.
If you are installing a floating laminate floor, you can easily put it right over the tile.
No, ceramic tile needs a firm subfloor, without movement, and one not prone to moisture. Laminate is none of those.