Flooring

Using Real Wood Flooring vs Laminated Replications

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If your a fan of the look of a wood flooring, your options are to use real wood or a fake replication, typically a laminate. Each of these materials have features that them worth considering.

Wood Flooring

Wood can be finished in a number of different ways in order to give a different appearance. It can be waxed, varnished, sanded, roughed, painted and more. This gives you a lot of freedom on how you want your floor to look like.

Wood can also last a long time when it is kept dry.

 

Wood Style Laminate

Laminate can be printed with any variety of patterns you can think of, including wood. While this is a popular option for many, the look and feel of laminate is still some distance away from real wood flooring.

Laminate is more water-proof than wood, but it can be prone to bubbling up over time, and is more susceptible to damage.