Engineered board or laminate, which is better?

During renovations, a serious and multifaceted question can often arise - which is the best flooring - engineered wood or laminate? Today we will try to answer this question!

Flooring

The flooring can protect your home from heat loss, and your neighbors below or basement from accidental flooding and general noise when walking. Also, it will make your home the most comfortable place on the entire planet Earth, to which you want to return again and again!

Properly installed coating is a guarantee of long-lasting service and comfortable movement on it!

REFERENCE! When installing the covering, it is better to entrust this complex and responsible procedure to a highly qualified craftsman who will be able to use all his experience to improve your home.

Very often the choice stops at two options - these are:

1. Engineered board (ordinary floor boards);
2. Laminate (commercial flooring that can be made from various materials, including wood).

Let's consider their advantages!

Engineered board, in essence, is an ordinary wooden covering. Its advantages include its lower price tag and ease of transportation.

Also, engineered boards can be varnished yourself and made into the desired shade and color, which can bring special pleasure to men who know how to do this and get “masculine” pleasure from it.

If a board “fails,” it is easier to replace it with a new one than to do this procedure with laminate, where it may be difficult to install and select the desired texture and color.

Laminate, first of all, is distinguished by the presence of various composite materials that can perform additional protective functions. For example, laminate flooring contains a waterproof coating, which will reduce the risk of moisture penetrating under the laminate and reduce the likelihood of liquid accumulation under the floors.

REFERENCE! Thanks to the variety of production materials, you can choose a laminate that will practically reduce the noise level when walking, if there is an urgent need for this - it is softer and resembles carpet.

The advantages also include a wide selection of design solutions (external coating options) and ease of installation. Laminate manufacturers, in their competition, strive to reduce installation time and bring more comfort to the installer, which will allow better manufacturers to fill the flooring market: here competition “plays into the hands” of the consumer.

How to make the right choice?

To make the right choice, you need to clearly understand what final effect you want to achieve and what parameters you need.

If you want cheapness and simplicity, choose an engineered board!

If you have a need for an exquisite design and the financial opportunity allows it, laminate is your choice!

Selection advice: never pay attention to such a parameter as “wear resistance”.Both materials are incredibly wear-resistant (if you just walk on your floors, but their service life can reach more than 300 years), however, unscrupulous sales consultants at hardware stores may begin to speculate on this topic, forcing you to purchase a more expensive material!