We here at the Laminate Plaza are pleased that you are curious of who we are and why we have built this website. The answer is simply, to make things easier for the flooring consumer. The choices are as extensive and e-commerce websites as elaborate as ever. Having gone through the process before ourselves, we at the Laminate Plaza understand how overwhelming it can be to pin down the flooring which best suits your needs.
This is why we have created a family of websites. Each one specializes in a different type of flooring. This way you can go from the Laminate Plaza to the Bamboo Plaza to the Tile Plaza and with a few clicks of a button become an informed consumer. Once you are familiar the Plaza website layout and the information we provided, it presents the consumer with a unique way to compare and contrast what’s best and worst in virtually every flooring type.
Want to get laminate but are not sure it is going to last as long as hardwood? Looking into getting laminate flooring but don’t think you can afford the cost of a professional installation?
Do you need a specific stain or style for your floor and are not sure if you can get it in laminate? What kind of maintenance is involved with laminate flooring? Is it better to have laminate or vinyl in a household with many dogs and cats and children? Such questions are those which are taken on head-first at the Laminate Plaza.
Laminate flooring itself has an interesting story.
It has been around since the 1970s but did not really become popular until the 1990s and 2000s. As with many new products, people are wary of something that looks great at a much cheaper price than the competitor product. Real wood was the way to go. If not, you got carpeting. This was how it was for many years before the housing boom really begun and contractors as well as new home owners were looking for a way to spruce up a home at a reasonable cost. Laminate was the answer. One could redo a whole home’s floor at a fraction of the cost of hardwood and even install it themselves – without losing the allure. A revolution in the thinking of the consumer was sparked as a result. It, in turn, irreversibly altered the state of the flooring industry. Today, it is as common as hardwood. People might not be aware of this, but this is because it is often difficult to tell the difference between the two.
What is unique or special about laminate floor coverings?
Laminate flooring is made with a "tongue" on one end and a "groove" on other end. This tongue and groove system makes installing a laminate floor like putting a simple puzzle together. All on has to do is click one end of the laminate into the other. It is clear when they have locked and then the floor is secured. No nail guns, hammers, heavy wood glues, or buzz saws needed - just your hands. This makes laminate a great install project for the average home owner whether they are a do-it-yourselfer or not.
Another novel feature of laminate flooring is its unbelievably real looking surface despite its synthetic makeup. This allows laminate to offer the aesthetic benefits of a real hardwood or tile product while also offering the green, cost, and maintenance pros of a synthetic one. Browse through our site and find out more about the laminate flooring phenomenon and decide what is right for!