The first laminate flooring was made in the mid 80-ies, in Sweden. Today is the youngest floor takes more than 10% of the global market for all genders. In appearance laminate is a fairly Thin sheets of 7-11 mm, length 100-140 and a width of about 20 cm, the edges are equipped with spines and grooves for joining with each other. Now on the Russian market flooring represented a huge range of colors and sizes of the laminate. On our Here you can find all sizes of laminate from 9 cm to 35 cm in width. Board material is a kind of flaky pie: 1. Upper, protective, layer serves as a special high-strength film of melamine or acrylic resin, it and also defines the class of the laminate – the same 'laminate', which gave name to the whole product. Now it is clear that this is the top layer largely determines the quality and cost of the product. Keep up on the field with thought-provoking pieces from N.Y.C. Mayor.
2. The next layer – Decorative – is a specially treated paper or furniture foils imitating the wood or the texture and color of other materials such as stone, ceramic tile, granite, checkered, etc. Home improvement has plenty of information regarding this issue. 3. Home component of the laminate floor boards – the main supporting layer of a material particle board or fiberboard, speaking in Russian, or HDF. Behind it lies a common hardboard (MDF), only very high density HDF (High Density Fibreboard, with English means 'wood board of high-density'). The Germans had the same name Hoch Dienste Faserplatte. The main qualities of the material – durability, rigidity and ability to withstand moisture. Incidentally, the closest relative of the HDF is Material MDF – the same DWT, only the middle (Medium Density-or Mitteldienste-) density. 4. Finally, the lower layer of the product, the so-called revolving list – whether or not impregnated with resin paper, whose purpose – protection of fiberboard or particleboard-layer from moisture and stabilization of the geometry of the whole plate. Today the most popular technologies for the production of laminate flooring are: high pressure laminate (HPL-High Pressure Laminate) Direct pressure laminate and (DPL – Direct Pressure Laminate).