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Consumers guide to hardwood flooring
While I am no expert in the field, I have bought, sold, and installed several thousand square feet in the past few years.  At the request of some others I thought i would make a brief guide to the variety of hardwood flooring products that are available in my marketplace.
 
Laminate flooring - this flooring is the cheapest product.  Basically think of it as a piece of hard compressed cardboard with a photograph of wood grain on the top of it.  Some laminate looks convincingly like real hardwood floors, some does not.  All laminate requires a thin underlay product to help cushion it (about 30 to 60 cents a square foot). Cheap quality laminate is thin, the boards do not lock together smoothly, and the photo of woodgrain on the boards is very repetitive, meaning every third or forth board will look the same.  This type of flooring should cost around 79 to 99 cents a square foot.
Some cheaper and older style laminate floor requires that you apply glue between the boards to secure them together.  All newer style has a better tongue and groove which 'clicks' the boards tight together.  Generally, the better quality laminate flooring you buy, ... more

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