Solid Hardwood, Engineered and Laminate Flooring - Is there such thing as a floating floor that truly sounds like Solid floor?

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thaxx
08-19-07, 06:52 PM
I need to find a product combo of underlayment and a engineered (preferably 5" hand scraped) flooring that you can not tell it isn't nailed or glued down. I currently have some glue down to concrete engineered wood, and tile that I will be covering with the floating floor.
Thanks, Mike

Jack the Contractor
08-19-07, 07:42 PM
Yes, they have floating floors. I just installed a very large one, and one more to install in a couple of weeks. It is a laminate, and you put a very thin plastic pad underneath it. Looks just like a solid floor, sounds like a solid floor, and easy to install.
thaxx
08-19-07, 07:56 PM
And the name of this magical product?

Carpets Done Wright
08-19-07, 08:17 PM
Yes, they have floating floors. It is a laminate, ........sounds like a solid floor,




LOL!!!! Yes, that is a magical laminate!!!!


The thicker engineered wood floors do sound better then a thin laminate, but nothing like a glued down or nailed wood floor.
thaxx
08-19-07, 08:35 PM
LOL!!!! Yes, that is a magical laminate!!!!


The thicker engineered wood floors do sound better then a thin laminate, but nothing like a glued down or nailed wood floor.

That's what I kinda figured, I just thought maybe cork underlayment with a well built thick engineered might work.
Smokey49
08-19-07, 09:04 PM
Not that I've ever seen. Any floating floor I've ever done sounds like a floating floor. Nothing compares to the real thing.