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LAMINATE FLOORING
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The authentic, inspired-by-nature look makes laminate nearly indistinguishable from the real thing.
Benefits
WHAT IS LAMINATE FLOORING?
Laminate is a type of flooring made from composite materials that’s been available for around 50 years. Designed to add style and value to your home, its multiple layers provide resistance to the wear and tear of a family household lifestyle. It’s usually designed to look like wood but can also be found as tile and other style options. With the latest technology in the flooring industry, laminate flooring has really come into its own as a strong, attractive, economical, and low-maintenance type of flooring.
Beautiful, Stunning Design
Laminate can be an incredible design element to the room. Whether you choose a striking color or texture, it can be the foundation of a room’s entire design.
Warmth
Unlimited Colors
Color is an important aspect of self expression and design. Your options are truly limitless to create the look that is uniquely you.
Laminate Construction
With a look so natural and authentic, our laminate flooring might have you wondering just how we manage to make it look so much like real hardwood. The answer might surprise you.
On top of the decorative layer, the product is finished with a tough, transparent aluminum oxide wear layer to protect against scratching, staining and moisture. At this point, textures are added to intensify the flooring’s natural look.
The decorative layer, or photographic layer, is a high quality photograph of our most beautiful hardwood. Our hardwood design team creates products based on current trends in color and texture, and then we create our own images from the products they design. Our photographs are beautiful, high-resolution images with vibrant colors and stunning detail that give the product its realistic look.
WHY CHOOSE LAMINATE FLOORING?
Laminate. It looks like hardwood. It’s inspired by hardwood. So, why not just buy hardwood? You certainly could, but laminate has a long list of benefits you may not be aware of.
Design Versatility
Laminate is also known for its versatility. They can simulate the look of any number of natural hardwoods, just by snapping the perfect picture and transferring it to the floor; as well as natural textures and patterns, creating a very natural look.
Durability
Because of its multi-layer construction, laminate flooring is extremely durable. It’s ideal for active families with kids and pets because it’s easy to clean, resistant to scratching and fading. Higher quality laminates are known to last 25 years when maintained properly.
Affordability
Laminate is considerably more cost-effective than buying hardwood, and yet its authentic, inspired-by-nature look makes it nearly indistinguishable from the real thing. If you want the hardwood look on a budget, laminate is the perfect pick for you.
Popular Laminate Styles
Random Width
Exciting new random widths come in 3.58″, 5″ and 6.24″ boards all packaged together. Four planks of each width per carton. Designer imagery with all the realism of wood.
Rustic
Clean, light, white oak looks combine with darker, traditional wood color options. With the popularity of repurposing and recycling, this style compliments vintage and modern.
Wirebrushed
With the very real texture of registered embossing, this very popular style is more realistic than every before. The realism of wood give a refined sanded-down, sawn feel.
Popular Laminate Colors
Golds
Grays
Browns
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How to Clean and Maintain Laminate Flooring:
Laminate flooring is naturally durable, making cleaning a breeze. Here, we’re going to give you the crash course on how to care for your laminate flooring and keep it looking great for years to come. The main thing you should remember is that moisture and wood don’t mix – period. Since our laminate is made with wood, avoiding its exposure to moisture is a must.
General Cleaning Of Laminate Flooring
Laminate flooring is naturally durable, making cleaning a breeze. Here, we’re going to give you the crash course on how to care for your laminate flooring and keep it looking great for years to come. The main thing you should remember is that moisture and wood don’t mix (for water-resistant laminate see Repel link below) – period. Since our laminate is made with wood, avoiding its exposure to moisture is a must.
Do not use steam cleaners or wet mops, which may cause irreparable damage to your floor.
Use a damp cloth to blot up spills as soon as they happen. Never allow liquids to stand on your floor.
For tough spots, such as oil, paint, markers, lipstick, ink or tar, use acetone/nail polish remover on a clean white cloth. Then wipe the area with a damp cloth to remove any remaining residue.
Sweep, dust, or vacuum the floor regularly with the hard floor attachment (not the beater bar) to prevent accumulation of dirt and grit that can scratch or dull the floor finish.
Periodically clean the floor with cleaning products made specifically for laminate floor care.
Do not wash or wet mop the floor with soap, water, oil-soap detergent or any other liquid cleaning product. This could cause swelling, warping, delamination, and joint-line separation, and void the warranty.
Avoid using steel wool, abrasive cleaners, or strong ammoniated or chlorinated type cleaners.
Do not use any type of buffing or polishing machine on your laminate floors.
For spots such as candle wax or chewing gum, harden the spot with ice and then gently scrape with a plastic scraper, such as a credit card. Be careful not to scratch the flooring surface. Wipe clean with a damp cloth.
A more frequent dust-mopping or vacuuming schedule may be required in very sandy areas such as a beachside home.
Laminate Flooring Maintenance:
Keeping them looking great for years to come
As appealing as it may seem, avoid using home-made cleaners composed of products around the house and remember, never wet mop! As we mentioned in the first bullet point, never, ever use a steam mop of any kind. Steam mops use heated water that forces steam onto the surface of your floor. The joints in between the laminate planks lock together nicely and we work to ensure that they lock together very well, but they are not waterproof. Steam can and will make its way into the joints and steam is water. This steam from a steam mop can cause damage to your floor in the form of peeling, bubbling and swelling. Damage caused by these types of cleaning systems are not covered under your flooring warranty.
Follow these guidelines
Entry mats will help collect the dirt, sand, grit and other substances such as oil, asphalt or driveway sealer that might otherwise be tracked onto your floor.
To prevent slippage of area rugs, use an approved vinyl rug underlayment.
Use floor protectors and wide-load bearing leg bases/rollers to minimize the chance of indentations and scratches from heavy objects. As a rule, the heavier the object, the wider the floor protector.
Maintain a normal indoor relative humidity level between 35% and 65% throughout the year to minimize the natural expansion and contraction of the wood.
Heating Season (Dry): A humidifier is recommended to prevent excess shrinkage due to low humidity levels. Wood stove and electric heat tend to create very dry conditions.
Non-Heating Season (Wet): An air conditioner, dehumidifier, or periodically turning on your heating will help to maintain humidity during summer months.
Avoid excessive exposure to water during periods of inclement weather.
Keep your pets nails trimmed to prevent them from scratching your floor.
Never try to slide heavy objects across the floor.
Use a protective mat for furniture or chairs with castors.
Repairing Laminate Flooring
One of the many great things about Shaw laminate flooring is that repairs (if you need them) are fast and easy. Skeptical? Keep reading.
“Oops” happens. Repairing our laminate flooring is simple.
In the event that accidental damage occurs to one of the planks, minor scratches or dents can be repaired using color-fill materials that can be found at a local home center. These special filler materials will need to be color coordinated with your floor. When matched properly, the repaired area is often invisible.
Glueless laminate makes replacing individual boards a snap.
Our glueless laminate may be assembled and disassembled several times. Carefully disassembled glueless joints will retain their original locking integrity during re-assembly. New replacement plank(s) should be acclimated in the replacement area for at least 72 hours, to allow them to equalize to the conditions of the flooring in the room where the replacement(s) will take place.
When moving heavy wheeled furniture (pianos, buffets, etc.), prevent damage by placing a protective barrier of heavy cardboard or plywood between the wheels and the carpet.
Remove baseboard, wall base, or quarter-round as needed to replace the damaged board(s).
Take the flooring apart, one row at a time, by lifting the rows to detach them and then separating the individual boards. Be sure to stack the individual planks in the proper order for re-installation. This usually eliminates the need to cut planks for start or end of the row lengths.
Replace the damaged board with a piece from the edge of the original installation.
Insert the properly acclimated new plank(s) along the outer edge of the original flooring installation during re-assembly. This minimizes the chance that a newer plank might stand out from the wear condition of the original installation.
Re-install the baseboard, wall base, or quarter round, and the replacement-repair is complete.
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The mobile showroom brings convenience and selection right to your home so you can get a clear picture of what products will look best in your space.
Our mobile showrooms carry a wide selection of products so you won’t be wasting your time driving back and forth to different showrooms. Get it all done at one time.
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Schedule your in-home appointment easily with our calendar booking app. We'll confirm your date/time with you and bring our mobile showroom right to your door.
SHOP
From your home you'll be able to discuss your design ideas with us, get all your questions answered, browse samples and see what they'll look like in the same room.
INSTALL
Once your flooring arrives, it's time to install! Our team of professional installers will get started & finished faster than you'd expect. Our warranty is unmatched in the industry.
Our Mission
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Client Experience
In a world where we have so many choices, we want to simplify the process for you. No more “sample over-load”. We want this experience to be relaxing and fun! Your experience means everything to us!
