Laminate Floor Flexes When Walked On

The wear layer of laminate floor contains plastic that doesn t degrade in landfills.

Laminate floor flexes when walked on.

Avoid cheap laminate flooring. New good quality laminate floor making cracking noise when walked on we recently had our hall and lounge fitted with good quality laminate our floors are concrete and we had the hallway already fitted with a much cheaper laminate which we removed this never made any noise when walked on. It may look real but it s still a synthetic that feels unnaturally hard and can be harsh sounding when walked on. Your weight stresses the interlocking tongues and grooves in the flooring causing.

Neither former nor latter applies as this is a new installation week old and the sub floor seems to be flat enough. Having read other topics and flooring faqs in internet it seems that this sort of problems is normally caused by the sub floor not being flat or floor expansion. Laminate flooring brings good looks at a less intimidating price point than high end solid wood. Your laminate floor will flex up and down adjusting to your uneven sub floor and the end effect will be damaged locking system micro gaps between boards and poor floor performance.

Some laminate even mimics.