Can laminate flooring be sound resistant?
July 6, 2010 – 3:16 amI have installed laminate flooring in my bedroom. It make the room looks warm. But there is another problem: There will be some noise when people when people walk on it. Can I replace it wit other type which is sound resistant.
Actually this type of laminate flooring hasn’t appeared yet. : ) Laminate is of a floating type. The planks will rub the subfloor when it moves and then make some sound. So it is impossible that to remove the all sound when people walk on laminates. But the noise can be reduced a great deal with the following way: 1. Attach underlay to laminate during production. Then it is the attached underlay which rubs the sub floor rather than the back of laminates. 2. Use thicker laminates such as 12mm or 14mm thick laminates. It is much more difficult for thicker laminate floor to move. And thus there is less sound.