What is a 'floating floor"?

A floating floor is one that is not attached to the subfloor. Most hard surface floors such as hardwood, ceramic tile and vinyl tile are attached in some way to the subfloor. However, laminates are not. Laminate flooring is installed by joining the individual planks together by a locking tongue and groove system, but the laminate flooring as a whole remains unattached to the subfloor, so it is referred to as a floating floor.  more

A floating floor is a floor that is placed by either clicking or gluing the boards together on an underlay foam cushion, generally 2mm to 3mm thick. The whole floor floats as one floor allowing for less distortion from movement such as expansion & contraction, today Floating is becoming the preferred way, however because of cheaper laminates, a portion of the public think that floating floors means a laminate floor, this of coarse is not true, if a quality floor has been laid well using the floating method, then you have a good product .A floating floor is none structural. Floating has been used in Europe since 1947 and soon will be the preferred way of installing. To lay a quality floating Floor: --Use a quality engineered timber floor--Prepare the sub floor, clean and make sure its dry--Use a quality underlay material--Use a quality D3 Adhesive in the joints--always leave sufficient expansion gaps against the walls and perimeter of the floor. Q: Can you wash a timber floor? Answer: ...  more

A floating floor is one that can be installed without being fastened to the sub floor. For example, laminates and some engineered flooring.

This is a term used to describe a floor layed down on top of underlay (very common). What this means is that the boards themselves aren't fixed to the sub floor underneath, only joined to each other. This allows for the expansion or contraction required as wood is a natural product.  more

A floating floor is where all the planks are either glued or clipped to each other, and not to the existing floor. All floating floors require an underlay between the existing floor and the new " floating-floor". The floor is held in place by mass, but can expand and contract freely, by means of expansion gaps. 26.  more

A floating floor is where all the planks are either glued or clipped to each other, and not to the existing floor. All floating floors require an underlay between the existing floor and the new " floating-floor". The floor is held in place by mass, but can expand and contract freely, by means of expansion gaps.  more