I have had many customers ask me this question, “What is Floating Flooring”?  Here is the easiest explanation:

A floating floor is a floor that is installed over a layer of underlayment.  This allows flooring systems to be connected or glued together without the individual planks being nailed or glued into the permanent floor. Instead, the “floats” on the layer of foam, felt or rubber underlay. The underlayment itself can be installed on the permanent sub-flooring surface.

There are many reasons why a customer would chose a floating flooring system, the most common being the sub-floor is a material upon which the finished flooring cannot be nailed, for example, concrete.  The two most common types of floating floors are Laminate and Engineered Hardwood floors.  For more information on the difference between Laminate and Engineered floors, see my blog on those two systems.