Laminate Floors Are Not Real Wood

But, at the same time, they kind of are. Although laminate floors aren't hard wood, and there are ways to tell as much, there are some higher quality floors that you really must get down there with a magnifying glass to really be able to tell. There is, to be sure, real wood mixed in there as laminate flooring is based on a wood chip composite material, but that doesn't really tell you the whole story. If you can't tell if the floor is real wood or laminate, use your knuckles to knock on it. Laminate floors give off a plastic sounding tick, and wooden ones are more of a thunk or thud.