Hardwood, Laminate or Bamboo Flooring: Which one should you Buy?

Hardwood, Laminate or Bamboo Flooring: Which one should you Buy?

This article will discuss about various types of flooring like bamboo flooring, wooden flooring and laminate flooring. Do not forget to research well before you go to flooring companies to buy the products.

Wooden Flooring

Wood gives classic feel and suits best if you love some classy touch. Wooden floors are very beautiful but only the cons; it is hard to maintain. Even a slight mishandling can damage natural surface of wood. You must always take an extra care so that you can extend the lifespan of your hardwood for long period being it a very durable floor type.

Hardwood requires more maintenance as compared to laminate boards and hence not advisable to install on heavy traffic areas.

When it comes to cleaning and maintenance of wooden floor boards, never use water or any sort of water-based cleaning substances. Woods can easily decay if immerged into water. Use a good quality wax to clean the parts where there is heavy moment of peoples or pets. Frequency depends upon the traffic and movement of peoples. Wax helps to slow down the action of damage. If you can afford real hardwood, it is more visually appealing and can add a great value to your house.

In case something goes wrong, hardwood can be easily maintained by using sandpaper for imperfections.

Bamboo Flooring

When bamboo flooring comes to mind, without a second thought, everyone is likely to believe if such thing exists. How can a food of giant and cute animal be floor to humans? Do believe me, we humans, have been using bamboo for so many tasks from eating (Asians do eat bamboos) to flooring.

There are so many advantages of bamboo flooring being a beautiful, strong and environment friendly. These days, so many business persons have already understood the value of bamboo flooring and have been using it as a flooring material.

Laminate Flooring

If you are thinking about laminate flooring and still in confusion how laminate flooring differs from wooden flooring, just keep reading. The key difference is that, we can install laminate over any surface, but we cannot install wood over some surface. It is always a good idea to use waterproof glue to install laminate flooring. At high temperature, when a composite wood is pressed together, laminate floorings are formed. Woods are almost 50 percent costly than laminate flooring.

As it is made by compressed wood, laminate flooring is more durable, and less vulnerable to scratches, wear and tear and moistures. When it comes to cleaning and maintenance, laminate flooring is very easy to clean.

Compared to wooden flooring, only the dark side is, it is less visually appealing. It is very hard to repair laminate flooring in case something goes wrong. Most of the laminate flooring comes with different board snapped together to form a complete flooring, you can replace individual boards. The problem is, sometimes it is hard to mix up old and new flooring causing you trouble and cutting a big sum of money out of your pocket.

Before going into the market, make sure you do some research on your own about different types of floors, it’s pros and cons yourself.

Binaya Adhikari is an Seo Expert working as a Seo Specialist for one of the leading IT companies in Sydney.