Dream Home - St. James  12mm Oceanside Plank Laminate

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No additional Underlayment is necessary for padding attached laminate flooring.

IF YOU CHOOSE TO USE ADDITIONAL PADDING:
Laminates having pre-attached padding can also be installed over an underlayment. When doing so, Lumber Liquidators recommends the use of our Bellawood Premium underlayment or ECO Silent Sound underlayment. These quality underlayments will best support the joints while ensuring superior thermal sound reduction qualities and are highly recommended for use with condominium associations, project planners and building specifiers.

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Our Tranquility 4mm and 5mm click together vinyl products would be recommended and can go in full bath areas or where moisture is a concern. Thank you for your inquiry.

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This is a product of the USA.

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Yes you can!
You can find complete installation instructions on the product page by clicking on the specs tab and then clicking on - Installation Guide.pdf
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I have a Bellawood floor that holds up extremely well to our Hound Mix, Pit-Boxer, and another young mutt and a cat. Not to mention nieces, nephews, and work shoes. Excellent finish. It's not scratch free but no wood floor could be with these dogs. Harder floors like hickory (41% harder than Red Oak) or exotic floors will dent less easily. 3/4" hardwood can also be refinished several times. Light colors will hide potential scratches. Remember nothing is scratch proof but some do better than others.

Our higher warranty Laminate flooring holds up very well to dog nails and wear but cannot be refinished. Advantage is it's less expensive both for product and labor. Higher Warranty the better.

Our Schon engineered flooring has 7 coats of Treffert or Klumpp (made in Germany) highly resistant polyurethane finish with aluminum oxide anti-scratch and a 55% gloss. Being a natural material it may dent easier than laminate but it's real wood. Engineered can be refinished carefully once or twice.

For Bamboo our Morning Star brand has a similar finish that Schon and Bellawood has and offers the hardest type of bamboo floor produced, "Strand Bamboo". It can be refinished too but only by professionals with bamboo experience as it's a grass product and more difficult than hardwood. Stranded would be my only choice if going with bamboo.

Resilient Vinyl flooring is a very tough floor and the most resistant against damp areas. 

Regardless of the floor you choose, keeping nails trimmed is a good idea. Another idea is to cover nails with vinyl claw covers.

Proper care always helps. For general cleaning a swiffer type system works best. Not one that sprays the floor however. Lightly damp is fine but never soak or flood mop your floor. Have a no shoes policy as much as possible. Use felt pads on all furniture. Sweep often. Dog accidents, when cleaned up quick isn't an issue but if left to dry it can burn finish.

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The adhesive that is used in bonding our Bamboo, Cork, Engineered, and Laminate flooring products contain very low amounts of Urea Formaldehyde. We feel that our products are very safe and most meet California CARB Phase I or California Phase II regulations, which is listed on the boxes. We also list MSDS sheets for most of these products on the Lumber Liquidators website “Flooring 101”.

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In half baths yes when it is protected by a throw rug by sink. Due to the excessive moisture present in a full bath we cannot recommend any of our solid natural flooring or laminate products for this application. I would suggest one of our vinyl Tranquility products. Thank you for your inquiry.

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This product question would be better answered by our Sales Department, they are more familiar with all of our flooring products and can better assist you with your questions.
Please call our Sales Dept. @ (800) 476-0007 for pricing and availability. Thank you for your inquiry.

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Despite today's advanced technology, water spills, dirt and other abrasive substances can damage any floor's finish. Location, traffic patterns, how often the floor is vacuumed and cleaned, children and/or pets are all factors that influence wear and durability.
I would suggest one of our vinyl Tranquility products. We have a now a 4mm click together product that can go in full bath areas or where moisture is a concern.
Thank you for your inquiry.