A. The thickness is especially suitable for the the purpose of hardwood like appearances. The dimensions for the relevant finishes are as follows: pressed or painted V groove(807*126*12mm, 807*90*12mm, 805*143*12mm,), mould pressed finish(807*126*12mm, 807*143*12mm, 807*163*12mm), square shape(600*600*12mm, 500*500*12mm), UV-shine(1214*143*12.3mm, 1214*163*12.3mm) and hand scraped surface(807*163*12mm, 807*143*12.3mm).

B. 12mm laminate flooring is not easy to be curving due its thickness. So customers will not require thicker laminate flooring such as 14mm to avoid higher prices.

C. The 12.3mm laminate flooring can reduce much noise and it is more press resistant due to its thickness.

D. Its shape is like hardwood plank but the prices are much cheaper than that of hardwood. The price difference is often 3 times or even more. What’s more it is much more wear resistant and easy to install and care.

8mm laminate flooring is the most popular thickness. There are several reasons for this:

A. 8.3mm laminate flooring is much cheaper than 12mm due the cost of support material. Though it is a bit more curving than 12mm plank, the locking sytem of it still work well. But the price difference among 6mm, 7mm and 8mm is very little.

B. There are many possible quality problems with 6mm and 7mm planks:  1. The planks are so curving that they can’t lock each other very well. 2. The planks are too thin to hold the locking system at the edge. 3. The locking system on the planks is too weak to connect together firmly. But the quality of 8mm is very stable.

C. There is no big noise with 8mm plank when people step on it.

D. 8mm thickness can work with 297mm width. But for 6mm and 7mm,the plank is easy to buckle in the across side.

E. 1*20ft container can hold about 2630sqm of 8mm laminate flooring(pallets are included in container). For 12mm plank, the packing  quantity is about 1830sqm. So more 8mm laminate flooring can be put in 1*20ft container, which reduces the shipping cost a great deal.  

Someone planed to install laminate flooring in his rooms. But there is a round column in the rooms. The wooden profile can’t cover the transition area between the planks and column. He wonder how to deal with the problem.

Our reply:

It is a special case to cover the transition area between column and laminate flooring. A special copper profile can solve the problem as it is easy to change the shape of copper with the help of coppersmith. Buy some copper end cap. The end cap will be used to cover the transition area. But its position is upside down. Ask a coppersmith to make the end cap match the bottom of column and the neighboring planks. Then fix the end cap on the column and stick the transition area. Do touch the copper end cap in 48 hours. Finally the special profile is made.

Someone found the locking system of his installed laminate flooring got loosen. And the joints don’t look beautiful. And he wonders to how to solve the problem.

Our reply:

You need to use some special tools to solve the problem. The ways is as follows:

1. Insert some plastic or wooden spacers between the wall and planks to protect the laminate floor and wall during the maintenance.

2. Get some special pull bar. Use one end of the pull bar to pull the planks. And then tap the other end of pull bar with a hammer to tighten the locking system.

3. Dismantle part of the planks and then tighten the left planks if the installation area is too big. Then reinstall the dismantled planks.

Someone has installed access floor in his office. But he like wood laminate floor(L). He wonders if L can be installed on A.

In fact, wood laminate floor(L) can be installed on access floor(A) if the following pointes are noted:

1. The height of L should be the best digit as it is not easy to adjust the height any more after the install of L.

2. The total surface of access floor should be dry and flat.

3. If ventilation is required for A, the ventilation panel should be the high as L for the purpose of safe and convenient walk. And the special cut and trim work should be done on wood laminate floor to offer the space for the ventilation panel.

4. Make outlet on L for wire from access floor if necessary. Note the location of wire tank first. The special cut and trim work also should be done on L here.

There is a big area of wood laminate floor installed in someone’s room. Now he wants to disassemble it and install the planks in another room. He found that the planks are more quickly to be disassembled if he pulls the long side of one plank upward. And he wonders if it is a right way to disassemble the planks.

In fact his way is wrong. The plank he pulls is connected with other plans with locking system at both long side and short side. Part of the locking system will be destroyed with the way. And the plank will be bent and even broken with the way. So the planks can’t be installed again. In fact the people can begin to take the wood laminate floor out from the short side at the end installation area. Or he can have several people to disassemble the planks at the long side at the time. These are 2 right ways to disassemble the planks.

“V” shape groove will appear on the edge of 2 pieces of connected pressed V groove laminate flooring. The “V” shape is pressed one time with special machine. And the process of cut and paint at the edge is not necessary. So the problems of warp and brown space at the edge have been solved with the technology. The shape makes this type of laminate flooring(L) offers a hardwood like appearance. And the V groove space is strong abrasion resistant, and strong moist resistant with technology. With the technology, the formaldehyde release is also lower than painted V groove laminate flooring. The technology has improved its useful life and offered better look. There are 2 types of pressed V groove L: 12mm pressed L and 8mm pressed L.

Someone plans to set up stairs in the ready room. He doesn’t want to disassemble all the laminate flooring which is installed on floor. Instead he prefer a part of the laminate flooring(L) to be broken to do the work. And he wonders what work should be done for laminate flooring(L).

Instead the work can be done in the following ways:

1. Draw the shape of stairs base. Expand the shape with 8mm at each edge for expansion purpose of L.

2. Locate the space of L to broken and draw the shape of cut space on the floor.

3. Use the electric saw which work thickness can be controlled precisely. Set the work thickness a little less than that of the L. For example, set the work thickness as 8.0mm if the thickness of the L is 8.3mm. There are several reasons for the work way: 1）The blade of the electric saw will damage the subfloor or the blade will be damage by the subfloor if the blade works on the subfloor. 2) It is finish the work on the cut planks if the planks have been cut in this way.

4. Get rid of the planks with a knife if it still hasn’t been cut off.

5. Cover the laminate flooring in the work area for the stairs with pad to avoid the damage during the building of stairs.

6. Cover the transition area between the L and the built stairs with wallboard or quarter round to offer a beautiful look.