--- title: "How to recognize laminate flooring?" url: https://flooring-manufacturer.com/info/tips/how-to-recognize-laminate-flooring.htm description: "Some people plan to shop hardwood flooring or engineered flooring. But at last they find what they have shopped is not what they want: it is laminate flooring. The sales of the sto" published: 2010-10-21 updated: 2010-10-21 --- # How to recognize laminate flooring? Published 2010-10-21 Laminate flooring tips 21 October 2010in[Laminate flooring tips](https://flooring-manufacturer.com/info/tips/) Some people plan to shop hardwood flooring or engineered flooring. But at last they find what they have shopped is not what they want: it is laminate flooring. The sales of the store “name” laminate hardwood or engineered type. So it is better that you can recognize laminate flooring before the shopping. Unlike engineered or hardwood type, the thickness of laminate flooring is usually 8mm or 12mm. The thick of other 2 types are usually 15mm or 18mm. The surface of laminate is strong wearing tolerant. It is hard to scratch it with a coin, while it is usually to scratch the surface of engineered or hardwood type. The core of laminate is usually density fiber board, while the core of the other type is not made of this type of material. The back of laminate is balance back layer. Though engineered flooring has a balance back layer on the back, but it is made of cheap wood. It is quite different from that of laminate. It is easy to recognize laminate flooring if you know these points. ## Categories - [Laminate flooring tips (11)](https://flooring-manufacturer.com/info/tips/) - [Questions (6)](https://flooring-manufacturer.com/info/questions/) - [Wood laminate floor (5)](https://flooring-manufacturer.com/info/wood-laminate-floor/) - [Related info (2)](https://flooring-manufacturer.com/info/related-info/) ## Recent entries - [Laminate flooring and bathroom](https://flooring-manufacturer.com/info/tips/laminate-flooring-and-bathroom-2.htm) - [China lamniate flooring and newspaper](https://flooring-manufacturer.com/info/tips/china-lamniate-flooring-and-newspaper.htm) - [What are the most possible problems of wood laminate floor?](https://flooring-manufacturer.com/info/wood-laminate-floor/what-are-the-most-possible-problems-of-wood-laminate-floor.htm) - [Staple a light cabinet on wood laminate floor?](https://flooring-manufacturer.com/info/questions/staple-a-light-cabinet-on-wood-laminate-floor.htm) - [About how to use laminate flooring decorate your house](https://flooring-manufacturer.com/info/tips/about-how-to-use-laminate-flooring-decorate-your-house.htm) - [The look of laminate flooring](https://flooring-manufacturer.com/info/tips/the-look-of-laminate-flooring.htm) ## Company - [About us](https://flooring-manufacturer.com/about-us.htm) - [Quality](https://flooring-manufacturer.com/laminate-flooring-quality.htm) - [Why laminate flooring](https://flooring-manufacturer.com/advantages.htm) - [Articles](https://flooring-manufacturer.com/articles.htm)