You guys are really concerned about the floor being cold hey? We are having duct work ran now for future forced air heat. On a side note, did I mention how much I hate posting with my phone? Sent from my SCH-I500 using Tapatalk
Laminate is junk in my opinion. You get moisture in between the seems and its done. It's got like a 16th of real wood on it. Tile or 3/4 oak is the way I would go.
If you go to it for a weekend in the winter the slab will never get warm. The concrete will work like a ice block and make it harder to warm up.
Well I'm going to look into getting floor heat. At least get the tubes put in now as Dan said. Sent from my SCH-I500 using Tapatalk
On the floating laminate I learned a couple lessons. It floats for a reason, make sure it floats or changing temps can be a real problem. As Dan said, trying to replace a single piece can be difficult and you may damage pieces to get to the one needing to be replaced. For us, we discovered the company we originally purchased the material had sold the design and the new company changed the interlockking feature so I had to get really creative to make it work and it still isn't perfect. You may want to order extra pieces to make sure you don't get caught in a deal like that. I do really like it though still. The other point is to not use the laminate transition threshhold pieces that come with most laminates. Choose a solid wood threshhold as they will hold up to foot traffic and vacuum cleaners much better.
Yes, my experience is that they are very durable. This product is being used in a lot of commercial applications and takes heavy traffic well. You will have to do some research regarding compatibility with heated floors.
