Laminate Wood Flooring

[mart32]

i'm about to replace my lounge floor from carpet to wood effect laminate. Then i realised i might cause damage when i'm in my heels. Has anyone had problems with these floors in female footwear?

[Sharon]

It depends on the quality of the laminate. Some are much harder than real wood and shouldn't be a problem. Some Pergo floors are like walking on stone.

[JoAnnDallas]

My sister's house had hardwood floors and it's been no problem walking in heels, even spike heels.

[Jenny Beth]

Most laminates extremely durable so you shouldn't have a problem. A word of advice though, if you are doing this yourself wear a dust mask when cutting, the dust is VERY unhealthy.

[Julie York]

I have had trouble with laminated floors. Whenever I hear my neighbour going clip clop clip clop clip clop clip clop clip clop all &^%^%$ night and then it goes quiet..... but oh no...clip clop clip clop......




Expect death threats.

[Jonien]

It all in the quality some are made of a wood a wood chip polpe thay are not very good for fernishing let alone heels so I would suggest going for the MDF type thay are byfar more stronger
There is just one thing though is the sound I love it, it is so fem but if you have to be discreat you have been worned

[Deelite]

Yep, no problems for me, i have 5 inch stiletto boots and they do not leave a mark.

What i did is before i walked on the floor i used an offcut and tried to make dent in it with my heel, it did'nt mark so i knew my heels would'nt damage the floor.

Hope this helps.

Dee.

[Gemma]

I have recently done my floors and have had no problem and have stone flooring in my kitchen and bathroom, its great listening to the different sounds they make as i cross from one to another, in my heels of course, but the laminate flooring does get quite dirty at times and is forever being mopped

[Anita]

in the 70's i worked for a hardwood flooring company and stilletoes did untold damage Some dance halls made wearers fit plasic caps to their heels But was a waste of time Modern "wooden" flooring is mostly photo'd laminate on MDF Never seen a tree in its life but is very hard whereas real wood ismuch softer and will mark with a stilletoe as will certain vinyl floorcovering
Hope this helps
Anita

[jo_ann]

skip the cheap laminate. Get real hardwood for the same price. I bought bamboo flooring for $2/sq ft, and it's EXTREMELY hard (I think there's only one wood flooring harder), very resiliant to denting. I got it online, but you can try a local lumber liquidators to save on shipping (150 sq feet ended up costing me $150, but not paying tax helped balance it out). Here's about what I got:
http://www.lumberliquidators.com/images/db/durclbamhc_tn.jpg

hardwood really is easy to install, just need to read up a little bit on how, and definetely spend the $25/day to rent a 45° pneumatic nail gun.. way too much work to nail each piece by hand.

[Wenda]

I would like to expand upon Julie's comment. My facility is designed to resemble a well-known dance hall, hence lots of laminate. Noisy as hell! DO NOT use cheap laminate! My son and I resurfaced his main floor with good quality laminate, but, where his dog slops water on the floor, the laminate is bulging. It chips. I have installed authentic hardwood, with much more acceptable results. wenda.

[Julie]

I installed Pergo several years ago because of my dog, an Alaskan Malamute. I was worried he'd mark up a real wood floor. To date, neither his claws nor my heels have done any damage to the flooring.