The subfloor is wood and it s above a concrete basement the man where we bought the laminate said we needed a underlayment but the flooring already has it we put laminate in our hallway an 2 bedrooms about 9 years ago and never used extra underpayment.
Wood laminate underlayment.
Quietwalk sound absorption and vapor barrier 100 sq ft premium 3 mm flooring underlayment.
A hardwood underlayment will be a bit different than a laminate underlayment.
While laminate underlayment softens your footfall it can also make the flooring feel hollow.
This natural cork underlayment has a thickness of 0 25 inches and is an ideal option for tile hardwood and laminate floors.
Whether you are using an underlayment to create a floor moisture barrier floor sound barrier or for soundproofing.
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It is a feeling that is apparent when you walk from a solid surface such as tile to a laminate floor with underlayment.
On some laminate floors the laminate underlayment comes pre attached to the individual boards eliminating the need for another underlayment layer.
Laminate flooring with denser felt underlayment more closely approximates the feeling of real wood flooring.
In most cases you will not want to use a vapor barrier type underlayment when installing laminates on a standard plywood subfloor because wood is a natural material that needs to breathe installing a vapor barrier over this can cause moisture to become.