At the moment it is just for fun. About a month ago, all I knew about
was Costco's Harmonics laminate. Now I see that there are dozens of
brands, maybe a dozen major brands. So, I'm trying to learn a little
bit more and hopefully provide a little community for this sort of
thing.

Terry, if you aren't voting, you can get live results by clicking on
"View Results" underneath Submit Vote. I should probably have been
more sophisticated and asked for users' location, price paid, etc.
So far about 400 people have seen the poll
(http://laminateflooring.oncloud8.com/viewtopic.php?t=3), though only
about 78 voted. (Maybe people went back to see if the results
changed.) Here's what I have so far. As you can see, Pergo and
Quick-Step really dominate. If you tack on Harmonics onto Quick-Step
(it is really rebranded lower-end Quick-Step), it is the winner. I'm
not sure how the other ones are related yet, though I learned today
that Dupont resells a brand made by Faus, Inc.
(http://www.fausinc.com/) which is based in Spain, and which I've
never heard from. They hold 4 patents:
http://patents.oncloud8.com/?pns=US6...8061;US6691480.

Alloc Flooring
1% [ 1 ]
Armstrong Laminate Flooring
4% [ 3 ]
Balterio Laminate Flooring
0% [ 0 ]
BHK Laminate Flooring
2% [ 2 ]
Columbia Flooring
0% [ 0 ]
Harmonics Laminate Flooring (Costco)
4% [ 3 ]
Loc Floor
8% [ 6 ]
Mannington Floors
4% [ 3 ]
Meyer Laminate Flooring
0% [ 0 ]
Minfloor Laminate Flooring
0% [ 0 ]
Pergo Flooring
10% [ 8 ]
Quick Step Laminate Flooring
9% [ 7 ]
Shaw Laminate Flooring
4% [ 3 ]
ShawMark Laminate
0% [ 0 ]
Sovereign Laminate
0% [ 0 ]
TrafficMaster Laminate Flooring (Home Depot)
0% [ 0 ]
Tundra Laminate Flooring (IKEA)
4% [ 3 ]
Westhollow Laminate Flooring
0% [ 0 ]
Wilsonart Flooring
2% [ 2 ]
Witex Laminate Flooring
4% [ 3 ]
Other (which one?)
13% [ 10 ]
I'm not sure yet
5% [ 4 ]
I don't know if I even want laminate flooring
20% [ 15 ]



(jb) wrote in message . com...
(Tim) wrote in message om...
Good day everyone!

I'm doing a survey on laminate flooring. Please vote, it should take
no more than 15 seconds. Let me know if I'm missing any thing.
http://laminateflooring.oncloud8.com/viewtopic.php?t=3

Cheerfully,
Tim

Tim,
Won't posting on uk-diy somewhat distort your results? (Unless you're
surveying for screwfix maybe?). What's the research for?
jb.