I am wondering if anyone has experience with a glueless floating hardwood floor? I read about Glueless floating hardwood floor on FloorFacts.com and I like the idea of a real wood floor rather than using a laminate floor. I could go staple down but I would rather avoid it. Any comments would be appreciated.
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The only diffrence with this floor and a laminate floor is the top coating. Laminates tend to have a plastic top while these hardwood floors have a wood top.
With all floating floors you need to be sure that 1. Floor is clean and level. 2. Floor material has been left in the area in which it is to be installed for several days. 3. That you follow the manufactures directions to the T. Otherwise if you have any problems later on your warranty will not be void. 4. Be sure that the floor your placing this onto is dry. Also if the floor is over a damp basement or crawl space that that is corrected BEFORE you place the floor down. Otherwise it will cup and swell. Not a good thing. 5. Be sure to leave the proper amount of space around the edge as required. I have seen great floors buckle and bow because of not enough room for expansion. 6. Be sure that this floor can be placed in the area you wish it to go. Many of these floors have been placed in kitchens and baths only to find that the edges swelled up because of increased moisture from baths and moping of kitchens. 7 Be sure to understand the wearing of the floor. Do you have dogs? Is this going into a main entrance area? Be sure to have plenty of throw rugs around to pick up loose dirt that comes into the house. As many of these engineered floors have a very thin wear layer that once scratched cannot be fixed.
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