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What is a floating floor?
What is a floating floor?  I get this question often from customers because someone has told them they should get it.  But, they don't understand what a floating floor is.  Do you?  (Lots of customers get this term confused).

Technically, a floating floor means that it is "floating" on top of the floor below it and is not directly secured to the floor (i.e. no nails and no glue).  Instead it is held down or secured around the edges of the room - the base molding/shoe molding and transitions.  This is often used if it is going over an existing floor or on top of cement - more abt this later.  Now, because the floor is floated and not secured to the floor there tends to be a bit more movement in the floor - you especially see and hear this in laminate floors and it's more noticeable if it was poorly installed. 
 
Given the definition, there are many types of floating floors as you'll see below, so anytime someone tells me they want or think they need a floating floor, I need to dig a little deeper to make sure I'm understanding their wants and needs because there ... more

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