Laminate:
If you love the look of hardwood, but just can’t work the cost into your budget, laminate flooring might be an attractive option.
Similar in design to engineered wood floors, it has a top layer that’s been finished and sealed mounted over layers of plywood or compressed fiber giving you stable and durable slats.
The main difference between laminate floor and real wood flooring is that the laminate option doesn’t have a real wood top layer. Instead, it’s an image captured using photo-realism technology of beautiful finishes like wood, stone, ceramic tile or stained concrete that’s covered in a plastic coating..
At Downton Flooring we have Laminate in 8mm, 10mm, 12mm, 14mm Long Plank in a variety of colours.
Laminate flooring is a popular way to achieve the look of wood or stone floors without paying the price point of said floors. Although in the past it has been known to look cheap and artificial, these days it is seen as durable, low-maintenance, and—thanks to increasing options for an excellent, photorealistic image layer—high-quality.