I want to be laid again (Laminate Flooring)

Member Name: outmymind

Product:	Laminate Flooring
Date:	05/08/03 (3301 review reads)
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Advantages: Nice looking, no carpets burns

Disadvantages: cold and slippy

Laminate Flooring has become very popular in households across the country in recent years becasue it is quite cheap and looks lovely and is supposed to be healthier than carpets. I have laminate flooring in three of my rooms, the living room a spare bedroom and in my own bedroom. I am now thinking of going back to carpets throughout the house.

Laminate flooring comes with tongue and groove sides which make it easy to slot together so it doesn't really need a professional person to fit it but sometimes a fit young fitter is nice eye candy and worth paying for! If you do it yourself you have to remember to leave a small gap round the edges because the wood can expand in heat and without a gap it can warp. You can cover the gap with special beadings which can be bought to match the flooring.

One of the reasons that I am thinking of carpets is that I'm finding it hard to keep clean now that I have a dyson vacuum cleaner. The dyson is great on carpets because it has a brush head thing that gets right into the pile but that cannot be used on laminate because it marks it. I don't think that the dyson works so well without the brush head and it takes ages to vacuum the laminates. After vacuuming they also need to be mopped so that takes time and they get dusty quickly so they need doing often.

Other reasons that I don't like it are that I like to do housework with the curtains closed and dressed like a sexy lady with just my stockings and underwear on. I find that I slip around a lot in nylon stockings on the laminate floor so I have to wear slippers which don't make me feel so ladylike. Another reason is that when walking on it with shoes it gives a clumping noise and echoes a bit and it can make a room feel a bit cold. It isn't very comfy for frolicking on either.

Laminate flooring is lovely to look at but for practical purposes I think I prefer carpets for comfort and cleaning and a warmer house.

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