Apr 6, 2013

Parquet : Laminate flooring or laminated?

Parquet : Laminate flooring or laminated?
Photo by : SamFa
The floating platform, successful product created in the 60s, saw a tough competitor emerge in a short time reached new heights of market: Laminate flooring.

Without intention technically detailing each of these competitors, we internalize in the details and the practical effects for the consumer that these two giants of interior decoration can offer.

In order to reach an audience neophyte in the field, then detail the pros and cons and the competitive advantages of these materials, with a table of attributes comparatiba:

Transit Resistance: This item wins the whole laminate, its surface layer is significantly more resistant to the floating platform , where children dwell, laminate flooring is most preferred.

Strength to tread: The floating platform gives us the feeling of walking on a pavement solvent, laminate flooring instead (except options 10mm or more thick), is weaker (not less resistant).

Maintenance and cleaning: Both are low maintenance items, ergo, all practicality, however the parquet  laminate offers greater resistance to household chemicals and eliminates stains where the floating platform claudicaría.

Durability: Considering the handicap recycling of floating platforms (allow between 2-4 polished thin), this would win the tug of war, but we must not dismiss the laminate flooring brands that offer guarantees to wear over 25 years, which is something.

Appearance: Of course, on this side who stands out is the floating platform, it is made from natural wood and is today, through technology, laminated parquet in many cases makes difficult its perceived artificiality by the human eye, so and all, this is what accredits pacrial laminated flooring.

Price: In general, the cost of laminate flooring is below the floating platforms, however there are premium brands that emulate the latter in price to many floating platforms. In this case, the division number of slats of each table is inversely proportional to the price (the lower the number of slats division, the greater its value).