Recently laminate flooring has become one of the best selling floor coverings in the United States. Across the ocean laminate flooring is nothing new, as Europeans have been using it for more than 20 years. What exactly is laminate flooring? Laminate flooring is a tongue and groove interlocking flooring system. It is installed over the top of the existing substrate and simply lays there.

This has made it a natural for Europe and its older buildings. Less new construction goes on in relation to home sales than the building in the United States and Canada. Plywood, concrete slab, sheet vinyl flooring, hardwood flooring, or virtually any other basically flat hard surface is suitable for a "floating" laminate installation.

In a typical floating installation, only the joints are glued or attached. The body of the floor rests unattached to an appropriate underlayment.