Discuss Compare Laminate Floors - Useful Information for Comparing Laminate Flooring http://www.cottiercarpets.com/articles/laminate-flooring/58-compare-laminate-floors Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:51:35 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.cottiercarpets.com/articles/laminate-flooring/58-compare-laminate-floors#comment-14 Hi Lisa. Laminate flooring can be installed over many existing floors, including wood, tile, vinyl, and linoleum. Just make sure you flatten the existing linoleum flooring as much as possible, before putting your new laminate flooring down. Administrator Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:15:06 +0100 http://www.cottiercarpets.com/articles/laminate-flooring/58-compare-laminate-floors#comment-13 We want to replace on lino kitchen flooring with a floating laminate flooring.  The lino is attached by glue and isn't showing signs of coming off.  We just want a new look.  Do we have to move the old lino before installation?  The subfloor is concrete. Lisa Sun, 08 Feb 2009 22:51:08 +0100 http://www.cottiercarpets.com/articles/laminate-flooring/58-compare-laminate-floors#comment-12 Hi Dave. Glued is definitely better to make the flooring last longer. The only advantage floating offers is that it is very easy to replace, but that only happens so often so I would have to say go with glued laminate flooring. Michael Cottier Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:47:23 +0100 http://www.cottiercarpets.com/articles/laminate-flooring/58-compare-laminate-floors#comment-11 Which is better Glued or Floating? Dave Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:11:14 +0100 http://www.cottiercarpets.com/articles/laminate-flooring/58-compare-laminate-floors#comment-8 Hi Tracy. For Dogs I would recommend going with laminate flooring because carpet can tear easily by animal claws and pet stains stay forever in carpet. Vinyl is to easy to tear also by a pet's claws, and hard wood is just to darn expensive if dog's are just going to run across it and scratch it up. So the best flooring type for you would be laminate flooring because it is cheap, so if they tear it up the loss isn't as bad, stains clean up easy on it, and it does not tear or degrade easily. Michael Cottier Sun, 11 Jan 2009 15:58:35 +0100 http://www.cottiercarpets.com/articles/laminate-flooring/58-compare-laminate-floors#comment-3 Hi I would like to replace my flooring my kitchen,dining and family room are all one dining/kitch/entry are all large tile I need to find out what flooring would work best with dogs? Thanks Tracy Sun, 11 Jan 2009 10:30:30 +0100 http://www.cottiercarpets.com/articles/laminate-flooring/58-compare-laminate-floors#comment-5 Hi Jaime. Mannington is the better brand in my opinion, and has always held up longer then other brands of flooring have. I have never had the chance to install or sell Pergo, so I really couldn't tell you either way, but in my experience Mannington has been great. Michael Cottier Fri, 02 Jan 2009 14:31:22 +0100 http://www.cottiercarpets.com/articles/laminate-flooring/58-compare-laminate-floors#comment-6 We are replacing all flooring on the main level of our bungalow(except bedrooms) with laminate, as we have children and 2 cats. We have narrowed our favorites down to a MANNINGTON Revolution Plank with 25 year warranty as well as a PERGO Elite dark bamboo laminate, with 30 year warranty. PERGO is available here in Canada at Home Depot, MANNINGTON is available at one of the family run dealerships, as well as other larger chain flooring stores. Do you know which one is better quality-wise? MANNINGTON sells for $4.59/square foot plus underpad for $0.75/square foot. The PERGO sells for $3.99/square foot at Home Depot and has underpad attached already. I know Home Depot can buy in larger volumes, so is that the reason for the better price, or in this case, does the price difference indicate a quality difference too? I appreciate your insite. Regards, Jaime Jaime Fri, 02 Jan 2009 12:25:14 +0100 http://www.cottiercarpets.com/articles/laminate-flooring/58-compare-laminate-floors#comment-7 Hi David. You should replace baseboard radiators before you install your new laminate flooring, because removing and adding the new ones might damage the new floor. The durability of laminate flooring is alright with pets around, but you certainly will get scratches on it! Most laminate flooring can stand up good against sunlight, but some of the light colored ones do fade, so make sure you choose correctly. Michael Cottier Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:52:51 +0100 http://www.cottiercarpets.com/articles/laminate-flooring/58-compare-laminate-floors#comment-4 Thinking about replacing existing carpet with laminate wood flooring in our small ranch home in the living room, dining area, and hallway. As with carpet, will there be wear patterns over time in the high traffic areas. Also with replacing carpet will it now be colder in the home in the winter. Also I am planning on replacing baseboard radiators, should this be done before or after install of laminate flooring. Also how is the durability with pets, such as dogs with scratches to the wood laminate flooring. Also some areas of the floor have direct sunlight. Will this area fade over time. Sorry for all the questions. Thanks Dave David Wood Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:00:50 +0100