Relatively new to North America, laminates have a dense fiberboard core with a paper pattern layer sealed under high pressure both top and bottom with a plastic-like substance. Sold as planks and panels in wood, stone, tile and other looks.
hard surface flooring with a fibreboard core and melamine wear layer - available in blocks, planks, and squares.
Laminate flooring is a multi-layer synthetic flooring product, fused together with a lamination process. Laminate flooring simulates wood (or stone, in some cases) with a photographic applique layer under a clear protective layer.
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BALT Products - BALT - H Carrel, Laminate, 43w x 27-3/4d x 42h, Medium Oak - Sold As 1 Each - Sophisticated and private work areas. - 1" thick high-pressure laminate. - Resists stains and scratches. - Built-in grommet to keep wires out of the way. - Leveling glides for use on uneven flooring.
BALT - H Carrel, Laminate, 43w x 27-3/4d x 42h, Medium Oak - Sold As 1 Each
To create additional work areas to fit your space and needs use with the add-on H carrels. 1" thick high-pressure laminate resists stains and scratches. Front of the desktop surface is angled to provide space for a chair and user. Keep unsightly computer cables and wires out of the way with the built-in grommet. Leveling glides give the unit stability when on uneven flooring. Color(s): Medium Oak; Putty; Width: 43 in; Depth: 27 3/4 in; Height: 42 in.
Sophisticated and private work areas. 1" thick high-pressure laminate. Resists stains and scratches. Built-in grommet to keep wires out of the way. Leveling glides for use on uneven flooring.
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This is an actual installation of DuPont's "Tuscan Stone Bronze" stone-look laminate flooring. To eliminate "grout lines" going without a break from one end of the room to the other, which kills the illusion that it's real stone, some of the "stones" don't have grout lines at the edge of the plank -- they will match up with a similar un-grouted stone on another plank to create bigger, complete stones that extend across planks in both directions, IF YOU LINE THEM UP CORRECTLY! (The horizontal lines in the ovals here are the long edges of the boards. The top board here should move one small block to the left to make a giant 2 x 4 block at the top ellipse; the bottom board should move one block to the right to create a 2 x 2 block.) People, really -- I figured this out from scratch on the second row of the first job I ever did with this.
Spare Room (274/365)
3/30/08: My guest room has become a repository for all the things that have been taken out of my office in preparation for the laminate floor installation. Today, I accomplished both destroying and junking my crappy old couch AND removing by force all of the baseboards in the room. YAY!
scratches in laminate flooring
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