BDU Laminate Flooring College™

Laminate Flooring 101

What you will learn: What laminate flooring is made from, what makes laminate flooring a good choice for the do-it-yourselfer, how laminate flooring compares to hardwood flooring, limitations of laminate flooring, cleaning laminate flooring.

What you will learn: About types of moldings for laminate flooring and their uses.

What you will learn: What makes solid hardwood floors, engineered hardwood floors and laminate floors altogether different; advantages and characteristics of laminate floors; advantages and characteristics of engineered hardwood floors.

What you will learn: History of laminate for use as a solution for floors; benefits of laminate floors; what is EPLF; what does AC rating mean and why is AC Rating important for consumers of laminate floors; future of laminate floors

What you will learn: Limitations of carpet; laminate flooring board as an easily cleaned surface; the importance of laminate flooring board underlayment.

What you will learn: Subtle benefit of underlayment for a laminate floor; how underlayment affects the experience of walking on a laminate floor; how underlayment affects how sound is carried on a laminate floor; how underlayment can help to even out a subfloor

What you will learn: the major varieties of underlayment and their characteristics