Floating Floors

Floating Floors - Glossary

"Floating floor" is a term given to any wooden flooring that is not directly fixed to a subfloor. The term usually applies to laminate flooring and to engineered hardwood floor boards.

Adjacent boards are either glued to one another (tongue into groove) in the case of traditional T&G engineered boards or fixed to one another using a click system (see the click section of this glossary).

Floating floors are often laid on top of a foam underlay, which helps to suppress creaking and tapping of the floor against the subfloor in use. Where appropriate, for instance over a concrete floor, a vapour barrier can be used beneath the underlay.

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