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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 583695" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Chances are what is leftover that is given away is laminate flooring. It looks like wood but behaves VERY differently. It IS easier, you just snap the boards together. But they don't seal together like the old tongue and groove hardwood and since you don't put a layer of sealer over it all, it is easy for liquids to get between the boards and damage the supports. We did put it in thank you's room, and it was okay. It was NOT super durable as advertised and he wasn't very hard on it at all. Having looked at the laminate flooring from all sides, if you have a big leak you are going to replace a bunch. Only the top is sealed. When water gets into it there is nothing on the sides of the boards or even the part where they snap together to keep it from absorbing the moisture. One neighbor had to replace hers after 2 yrs because she used a normal sponge mop on it. Directions didn't say not to, but I guess she didn't wring the mop out enough because it only took a few months for that new flooring to start bubbling and showing problems caused by absorbing moisture. This wasn't cheap stuff, or the most expensive, and she didn't have any big spills or plumbing issues to cause the problems. I will NOT put laminate in an area that gets much traffic or moisture.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 583695, member: 1233"] Chances are what is leftover that is given away is laminate flooring. It looks like wood but behaves VERY differently. It IS easier, you just snap the boards together. But they don't seal together like the old tongue and groove hardwood and since you don't put a layer of sealer over it all, it is easy for liquids to get between the boards and damage the supports. We did put it in thank you's room, and it was okay. It was NOT super durable as advertised and he wasn't very hard on it at all. Having looked at the laminate flooring from all sides, if you have a big leak you are going to replace a bunch. Only the top is sealed. When water gets into it there is nothing on the sides of the boards or even the part where they snap together to keep it from absorbing the moisture. One neighbor had to replace hers after 2 yrs because she used a normal sponge mop on it. Directions didn't say not to, but I guess she didn't wring the mop out enough because it only took a few months for that new flooring to start bubbling and showing problems caused by absorbing moisture. This wasn't cheap stuff, or the most expensive, and she didn't have any big spills or plumbing issues to cause the problems. I will NOT put laminate in an area that gets much traffic or moisture. [/QUOTE]
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