Floating floor: why is it so popular?

Painting walls or changing furniture are always good alternatives. But repaving the floor is – without a doubt – one of the most popular and effective ways to renew the look of your pharmacy. Now, due to its accessibility and practicality, floating floors have been growing in popularity, especially in renovation projects. Understand why, in this article!

Floating Floor: what is it?

When talking about floating flooring, it refers to one of the most popular methods of laying flooring. One way to understand this concept is to think of a puzzle. The different parts are connected to each other using lateral fixing. Well, the same thing happens here. However, in addition to lateral fixing, this flooring is not directly laid on the surface. That is, instead of using glue or mortar to lay the floor, insulating layers of cork or foam are used as a base. This way, the floating boards are fixed to each other and not to the subfloor. These layers are often called “underlay” and allow you to correct small surface irregularities, also offering “better thermal and acoustic performance”.

Practical

Floating floors are practical in every aspect. Installing floating floors saves money and considerably speeds up construction time.renovation and/or construction. As it does not require invasive construction work, it is a simple, quick and reliable process. Furthermore, a floating floor allows you to considerably reduce maintenance costs as it is very easy to maintain. Just use appropriate detergents to remove stains and/or marks and voilá.

Good sound insulation

Another advantage of floating floors is acoustic insulation. That is, thanks to the underlay of this floor, the vibration caused by walking or dragging furniture is strongly dampened. This fact helps to reduce the noise produced within any room.

Versatile

One of the strengths of floating flooring is its versatility. In addition to being suitable for any type of surface, floating floors come with a wide choice of sizes and finishes, construction techniques and material combinations. The floating floor can be composed of several layers ofwoodor several layers of one or more synthetic materials, with a finish that can imitate wood, porcelain stoneware or even stone.

Flexible

Last but not least, this fixing method makes it possible to adapt the floor to the temperature variations recorded in the space, without these causing cracks or irregularities in the surface. That is, when the pavement is directly fixed to the ground, it has little room to expand or contract with changes in temperature. This is not the case with the installation of floating flooring, as it has space to adapt to temperature changes.

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