Sir you have carpet, ugly carpet.  Yes madam but you to have ugly disgusting carpet and in the morning I shall have laminate flooring.

Laminate flooring has many great features, choice, durability , value but one of the best features is speed and how that translates into more value.

One cannot but admire the almost endless selection of laminate flooring products manufacturers continue to produce, from the exotic Brazilian hardwood to slate and tile and of course the traditional oaks, beech and maple - more and more choices of color and product types continue to be produced.  Even with all this selection the value of laminate is still second to none given its level of durability.

All of these are more obvious features, one of the greatest and most overlooked features is the DIY nature of laminate flooring.  You can pick up the product and within a few hours be walking on your newly installed laminate flooring - a perfect replica of some exotic hardwood or incredible slate tile both with today's registered and embossed technology and almost indistinguishable from real hardwood or natural stone tile.

Laminate flooring as a DIY product not only offers speed of installation but if you are willing to install it yourself can save up to 50% of the cost of the product installed.  Hardwood flooring can cost $2-$4 a square foot to install, laminate flooring can be equally high,  Given that laminate flooring from Builders Depot Direct is all under $1.50 a square foot this installation cost represents more than the cost of the floor itself.

New patented glueless locking systems allow professional DIY folks and novices alike the ability to install their own flooring on their own time schedule.  The night before thanksgiving if you must but anything is now possible, glueless locking systems have made us all floor covering installers.

DIY installation saves money and time we would recommend giving yourself sometime to complete the task before that big party, unless of course you decide to through a laminate flooring installation party.