04-11-2014, 05:39 AM
We have laminate fake wood floors in our house that were put in by the last owners, I don't know what brand it was. It has held up through house breaking two puppies, one of whom had a bladder the size of a thimble, with no sign of buckling or damage. It is also very slippery with even a tiny bit of water on it, that is how I broke my leg.
My brother in law is a builder on Orcas Island, he builds houses that become vacation homes that sit empty all winter, and he uses a lot of bamboo laminate and wood laminate flooring. He tests various brands by putting samples in a trash can full of water and then checking them over a preiod of time. He has had certain brands test well one time and then fall apart right away another time, so he tests what is available right then. His theory is that the flooring is being made in different factories with a lot of latitude on the specs, so depending on which lot you get performance will vary.
Carol
My brother in law is a builder on Orcas Island, he builds houses that become vacation homes that sit empty all winter, and he uses a lot of bamboo laminate and wood laminate flooring. He tests various brands by putting samples in a trash can full of water and then checking them over a preiod of time. He has had certain brands test well one time and then fall apart right away another time, so he tests what is available right then. His theory is that the flooring is being made in different factories with a lot of latitude on the specs, so depending on which lot you get performance will vary.
Carol
Carol
Every time you feel yourself getting pulled into other people's nonsense, repeat these words: Not my circus, not my monkeys.
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Every time you feel yourself getting pulled into other people's nonsense, repeat these words: Not my circus, not my monkeys.
Polish Proverb