Another looking to do laminate.
As soon as exams end, we're looking to install laminate. We were set to go w/ hardwood, but a lower price and higher moisture resisitance is leading us to laminate.
We're leaning toward an Armstrong product carried at Lowe's. It called TimberRidge Heirloom Hickory (I think all Armstrong product lines that aren't glue are called Swiftlock).
The thing we like about it is that each plank is imaged as a single board. Further, the edges of each board have a bevel to create an interesting, if overly perfect, realistic look. Underlayment is already attached. 25 year warranty.
I'll post back w/ our results. Wish me luck!
Hint: Don't buy the quarterround mouldings that are sold w/ laminate flooring. They are 1) Expensive and 2) Because they're not solid wood, require every single one of your ends to have a mitered return to as to not to expose the MDF interior. We're going w/ cheap, paint quality quarter round and painting it to match the baseboards (Isn't it funny how the Pergo and Armstrong people try to get you to buy quarterround the color of the floor? Look at the display pictures at the flooring shop. Most mouldings are the color of the baseboard!)
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