Floating Floor
Definition of Floating Floor
With a floating floor, planks are not glued or nailed to the subfloor. Instead, interlocked floor boards float freely above the subfloor.
It’s an easy and time-saving flooring installation method that can be used with laminate, engineered hardwood, luxury vinyl, and carpet tile flooring materials.
Floating floors are versatile and can be installed over uneven and irregular subfloors. The fact that they are not attached to the subfloor makes them impermeable to water and moisture, so you can use them in bathrooms and basements.
Example of Floating Floor in a Sentence
“When improperly installed, floating floors can be annoyingly noisy and creaky.”
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