Flooring is the most important part when building or renovation a home. Two types of flooring are common in use now, hardwood flooring and laminate flooring. Wood flooring gives a natural feeling and has a cool impact. People who like to have traditional homes, love hardwood flooring while on the other side an increasing amount of new homeowners are choosing laminate for budget reason.
Let New York Home Improvement dive you into the pros and cons of two types of flooring.
If you have experience constructing homes like Home Improvement Queens NY or starting a DIY home project, you must have some basic knowledge of the vast types of floorings. Laminate flooring is actually synthetic flooring but it gives an identical look too hardwood flooring.
Laminate flooring simulates wood (or sometimes stone) with a photographic applique layer under a clear protective layer. The inner core layer is usually composed of melamine resin and fiber board materials.
Hardwood flooring is pure wood and it is usually prepared by using timber. You’ll be given two options when choosing a hardwood flooring for your home either prefinished or finished which I explain more in a previous post. Hardwood gives a natural look and requires maintenance. You’ll have a wide array of options as hardwood comes in different styles, colors and finishes.
Pricing
By New York Home Improvement, we can compare the price of these two floorings by considering their manufacturing and installation cost. Hardwood flooring has low manufacturing costs; usually depending upon the trees from where they cut the wood and company overhead. Laminate flooring is considered synthetic flooring so its manufacturing cost is high due to cutting edge technology and products. Laminations, resins etc require time and money. The installation cost of laminate wood is 50% less than hardwood.
Durability and repairing
If we compare both types of flooring on the basis of protection, then both of the floors have different benefits. Hardwood looks gorgeous, and it can be refinished while laminate flooring cannot be refinished easily. If you have doubt that your floor can be affected by underground water, then laminate flooring is best for you because it can protect your home from damage. Laminate flooring is durable than hardwood flooring.
Outer look
Hardwood flooring looks like natural flooring and we realize some deep connection with nature when we have hardwood flooring in our home. Laminate floors give a sophisticated look. Laminate floors are manufactured by using latest technology and give looks like wood and stones.
Conclusion
By the comparison of two types of flooring, Hardwood flooring and laminate flooring, we can conclude that both of these floorings are good for your home depending upon your budget and home location. If you are living at some humid place like Queens, having water underground, then laminate flooring is best for your home and the professionals of Home Improvement Queens NY will do that for you.