Quartz laminate that is not afraid of water and suitable for underfloor heating

Our apartment has laminate in the kitchen. Although it is from a well-known brand and has a 33rd class of wear resistance, it swelled in the locks in some places from moisture. The kitchen is a place where water gets on the floor often, but you don't always notice it. It turned out that for our laminate, even small drops that we did not wipe off immediately can be fatal.

Began to look - what can replace the laminate. We are not planning any renovation right now, but I wanted to ask the price and understand if there is an alternative to floor tiles when it comes to the kitchen. I have a lot of criteria for the material: "wooden" surface texture, wear resistance, moisture resistance, and I also don't like linoleum. In the reviews came across a quartz laminate.

At first glance, it is no different from a conventional laminate. But only at first glance. If in a conventional laminate the carrier layer is pressed small sawdust in an adhesive mass (in fact, fiberboard), then in

quartz laminate Fargo- pressed finely dispersed ground stone with plasticizers.

Thanks to this base, quartz laminate not afraid of water. It can even be installed in the bathroom. And also under the quartz laminateany underfloor heating system can be installed. This material has good thermal conductivity due to the stone base.

Quartz Laminate much faster mounted. The new generation locking joint makes installation easy, even for laymen. And it is quite possible to do without helpers. It is not necessary to saw it - an incision is made along the front surface and the tile breaks easily along the cut. Installation - up to 200 m2 without thresholds. This suggests that the material has minimal thermal expansion.

If the floors are perfectly laid out, then the quartz laminate underlayneed not. But I recommend always placing a backing, as the slightest grain of sand between the tiles and the floors will crunch.

Quartz laminate prices are slightly higher than vinyl tiles, which require glue and are not suitable for underfloor heating. It is also inferior in strength to quartz laminate.

In general, I found a solution for my kitchen. I will put quartz laminateand no more bulging floors.