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Beautiful and Innovative Laminate Flooring


Laminate flooring offers a wide selection of designs that offer the look and feel of beautiful hardwood, ceramic tile, and slate. Laminate is a composite designed to endure more-than-average wear and tear. A direct-pressure manufacturing process fuses four layers into one extremely hard surface.

Laminate is constructed of four layers:


  • The back is reinforced with melamine for structural stability and moisture resistance
  • OptiCore™ - Shaw's laminate coreboard that's strong, stable, and moisture-resistant.
  • Providing the floor's beauty, the decorative layer is actually a highly detailed photograph that gives the laminate the appearance of wood or tile
  • Melamine wear top layer is a tough, clear finish reinforced with aluminum oxide, one of the hardest mineral compounds known to man, to resist staining, fading, surface moisture, and wear


Laminate Construction Diagram

The resulting floor is a technological breakthrough. There's no staining, no fading, and no wear through.

Shaw's VersaLock®AG™ and LockNPlace™ glueless installation methods both make installing your new floor fast and easy.

Other noteworthy features:


  • Shaw Laminate flooring is incredibly durable and stain resistant. Such problem spills as nail polish, grease, and mustard simply wipe off.
  • Patented tongue-and-groove locking technology eliminates unsightly gaps at the seams.

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