Whats Around the Bend for Laminate Flooring?
What’s Around the Bend for Laminate Flooring? Friday October 30, 2009 We spoke to Jacob Martin, of the online retailer Floors to Your Home, about where laminate and engineered flooring are today and where they are going. We even talked a bit about hardwood flooring, too. Trends in the industry are: • High-Gloss Flooring – for laminate. • Solid Hardwood Flooring – Not doing very good, industry-wide. It’s considered a “high tier” item that many homeowners cannot afford now. • New Species – Tigerwood is one “species” of laminate flooring that is becoming more popular. • Waterproof Laminate Flooring – What to do about laminate’s poor water resistance? New PVC
