A floating floor is not as mysterious as it sounds. In fact, if anything it is far less technical than other types of floors. You can install a floating floor right on top of the existing flooring if it is not in too much disrepair. There are huge benefits to installing a floating floor, and you do not need nails or a bunch of tools to do it. Here are some of the amazing benefits:

– Locking or snapping
– No chemicals or glue
– Expands and contracts
– Saves time and money.

A One Man Show

With a floating floor, you do not have to nail it down. It comes in interlocking pieces that will either lock together or snap. It looks great and has no possibility of cracks. In fact, the floating floor is so easy to install that you can pretty much do it alone. When you are finished, you have one solid piece without nailing or adhesives.

No More Sticky Situations

Speaking of chemicals or glue, if you have ever laid flooring, you know how sick you can when you breathe the chemicals adhesive most floors take. Nailing a floor in is just a bad and if you are not using a pneumonic gun. There are so many things that can go wrong if you incorrectly measure a regular floor but with a floating floor, you do not have any of these problems. It just pops right in and snaps together.

A Creaky Old House

If you have one of those old floors that expand and contract, making loud noises, and developing weird edges do not worry, you are not alone. Fortunately, this is not a problem with the floating floor. In fact, many people install them to avoid that problem. The floating floor snaps together to form one solid piece, which does not crack, creak, or groan. It also does not float, as the name implies. Instead, it lies upon the pre-existing flooring, provided it has been prepared, and is not in bad shape. By bad shape, we mean it needs to be relatively level with no gaping holes and it needs to be clean and clear of debris.

Spooky Noises At Night

Another benefit that the floating floor has over a regular hardwood floor is the price. Hardwood floors can be expensive to purchase and even more so to install. A floating floor installs in no time. With a hardwood floor, the nails will break loose when the floor\’s wood expands and contracts with time, heat, and cold. When you walk on it, the nail then pushes up and down in its hole making that creaking sound for which they are so famous. They do not fade in sunlight or discolor when water is spilled upon them. No wax or harsh chemicals are needed to clean them and they look great all of the time.

The All Night Job… NOT
Finally, you can save face with a floating floor. All you have to do is bring the materials in through the back door and tell everyone you are going to lay down a new floor. Spend the first hour doing so and the next seven sleeping on the couch. The next morning when your spouse wakes up and arises, pretend you actually laid a hardwood floor. You will get the great job treatment and the poor baby treatment all day long. Believe me; getting those two treatments together is not something that you want to miss. That is like an eclipse, it only occurs every 50 years or so.

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