When you walk around your home, chances are that you don’t give the flooring a second thought. As long as it is solid and serving its purpose, you hardly notice it. You clean it and maintain it. You repair it, when necessary. As long as you can walk across it to get from room to room, you are not concerned with its construction.

Your flooring consists of the materials you see – hardwood, tile or carpeting. And it consists of the materials you don’t see – the underlayment. While most people focus in on the looks and feel, spending extra money as necessary to get what they want, it’s the underlayment that can significantly play a part into the quality of your flooring choice.

The flooring underlayment makes it possible to have “floating” floors. Rather than have the flooring attached to the actual subflooring, an underlayment is installed. This underlayment lays on the subflooring. It provides extra insulation, reduces sound, minimizes any imperfections of the subflooring, and helps give your floor a smooth, level appearance. [Read more…]

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