be carefull with laminant..My daughter had it put into new salon. We were not there when they installed it. The next day, I found all this green felt like powder all over the walls and everywhere else...It took me a week to vacuum it. The installers sawed all the wood inside the newly painted salon...The room had a cloud of dust from this....Two weeks later my eyes and face burned and after many visits to so many drs. and many months of intense burning finding nothing wrong... I later found a warning on side of the box that warned to use certain eye cover, face mask and certain vacuum that it is toxic...My eyes and face skin absorbed it and it attacted my nerves system...I was in bed with ice packs on my face for 3 months...that was back in 06 and I am still having trouble with burning...Now I am very sensitive to formaldyde, nitrates, and paraben in makup....I would never get lamanet floors in my house.......P.S. the drs. do not know anything about chemical sensitivity. My new eye dr. gave me information of a dr. that delt with it and had the test....and found the problem that this toxic compound left me with....I think if the lazy installers would of cut all the pieces outside, I wouldn't have this problem....I'' stick to tile.