Laminate flooring
As laminate flooring or colloquially simply " laminate " refers to a floor covering which consists of a layered structure consisting mainly of a fiberboard, paper and melamine glue.
History and market volume
Laminate materials are used since the 1920s for building equipment, for example, work surfaces, window boards or wall panels. As a high -pressure laminate flooring was developed by the Swedish company Perstorp in Trelleborg, which brought first laminate flooring from 1980 to the market (in short " HPL " for High Pressure Laminate ) but only in the year 1977. After the rapid establishment of laminate flooring in the market the business under the brand name " Pergo " was outsourced, the company still holds numerous patents on laminate surfaces. The adhesive- free connection of laminate flooring ( Click systems ) was introduced in 1996, and since 2008 have textured surfaces available. In Europe 2010 by 20 producers around 400 million square meters of laminate flooring were produced in Germany, demand in this year more than 80 million square meters.
Design and production
Construction
The following layer structure is to be understood from the upper side (on the one 's ) to the bottom (which is located on the bottom ):
Production
Add to the cooled and ground support plates, the decorative paper and overlay is applied. Most lasers are used for the alignment of the papers, so that the later lay any deviations occur in the decoration image for this step. At the same time the return is applied. It is followed by a hot pressing, in which the melamine curing adhesive. During the following procedure the tongue and groove are milled or with multiple cutting heads profiles, which are used to connect the individual laminate parts.
Exposure Classes
The stress classes of laminate flooring are regulated in EN 13329. They allow you to laminate flooring for the particular purpose required to buy based on tests and experience, without have knowledge of individual strength values must.
Care
To obtain the laminate flooring it is particularly important that water or other aqueous fluids are wiped up immediately. When water flows into the connecting joints of different laminate flooring sections, the wood fibers can extend into the support plate and produce bumps and waves. These bumps can not be removed, since the swelling pressure of wood has also destroyed the holding structure of the adhesive.
Taking care of a laminate floor is pretty easy. It is possible to regularly suck the resulting wool or dust mice with the vacuum cleaner and wipe occasionally with a slightly damp cloth or mop over the laminate.
House dust allergies it can be helpful, especially in the winter time, to be interpreted as a small carpet. This causes the dust in the carpet stores and is not distributed by the heat circulation in the room air. The carpet can then dust outside the apartment.