The chamfer should hide the cracks that appear in the joints over time.
The bevel should make the laminate flooring look like a floor covering made from natural materials.
Types of laminate
Today, floor covering manufacturers offer two types of laminate for sale:
Classification by type of laminate
Laminate with edges made at right angles (regular laminate).
Laminate with edges beveled at an angle of less than 90° on two or all four sides (beveled laminate).
As a floor covering, regular laminate is china mobile databaseby the absence of gaps between the panels, forming a monolithic, artificially created surface. The main purpose of the chamfer is to give maximum similarity to a floor covering made of natural wood. The panel chamfer, visually separating the boards from each other, allows you to copy the properties of a natural plank flooring with the greatest accuracy.
There are different types of chamfers.
Classification by shape:
V-shaped chamfer with a depth of up to 4 mm;
U-shaped chamfer with a depth of up to 2 mm.
By depth:
large chamfer (chamfer depth more than 2.0 mm);
fine chamfer (chamfer depth up to 2.0 mm).
By location:
double-sided chamfer located along the long sides of the panel;
four-sided chamfer, made on all four sides of the panel.
straight chamfer;
a shaped chamfer obtained by milling followed by grinding;
a rolled chamfer formed by rolling on a woodworking rolling machine.
Advantages and disadvantages of laminate with chamfer
Like any other building material, laminate with beveled edges has its own advantages and disadvantages.
Advantages:
One of the important advantages of laminate in the house is the copying of the texture of natural wood species
Hides seams in joints that increase over time under the influence of loads and seasonal changes in temperature and humidity.
Laminate with beveled edges compensates for minor (up to 2 mm per 1 m) unevenness of the base due to the flexibility of the locking joints.
Provides the maximum degree of copying the texture of natural wood species.