As the cost of wood is soaring high, the use of flooring is taking a front seat. Laminate flooring is flooring that is created using fibre board planks, and the outer surface of the same is covered with wooden photographic images. The outer surface can also be coated with other images like tiles or stones. As compare to wooden flooring flooring in UK is cheaper and easy on the pocket. Laminate can be laid in the living room, bed room, study, kitchen, etc. Expect for the bathrooms laminate flooring are suitable for most of the rooms in the house. Laminate carpet have a good aesthetic appeal as well as good durability against wear and tear and heavy footfalls also. The best part at a very low price you can actually get something that looks exactly like wood but comes at less expensive price.

Laminate is very easy to overlay. You can choose from a variety of laminate types like oak, walnut, cherry, merbau, maple or beech and many more so you can design your place as per your requirement. Also, because of the click and lock facility, the installation becomes very easy.

There are various grades of laminates also available in the market and different grades have different durability specifications which can be vary from 10 years to 25 years because in different grades is the different thickness size of the laminates. Flooring is available in different thickness which can be between 7mm to 10.5.

There are not only various types of laminates but various colors also. More than 200 cheap floors are presently available in the market but the most widely used laminate of all are the oak floors and h walnut floors. These different types of wood can also be made into various different styles of flooring. Charcoal black colored oak, traditional blonde shade oak as well as almost white colored oak flooring is also available. Even the other flooring can have different styles like oak.

As far as the maintenance of floor is concerned, there is not much hassle with that too. If they are maintained in proper way which is easy of course they tend to have a very good life span and prove to be a great value for money. Just try to keep the flooring dry as much as possible, and clean it with regular mopping and vacuuming every alternate day or daily basis. You even get cheap floor cleaning kits in the market which you can use for your flooring and increase its life and performance span.

Hence, if you are planning to design your new homes flooring or renovate your existing home in UK and you have a limited budget, go for cheap flooring alternatives.