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I liked their white washed looking board.

Laminate wouldn't work with our pup though.

Love to hear to people experiences with Tundra. I am deciding between installing the white washed Tundra or painting thrashed my floors white.

My parents have it in their entire house. It has been down three years and is holding up well, although they say the installation almost led to divorce.

I put it into my bedroom, shortly after I bought my place last year. It's okay, certainly better than the nasty, stained, turquoise carpeting that I ripped out. It was not my ideal choice, but I had a serious budget and nothing but plywood underneath that gross carpet.

It's held up pretty well, even with two dogs. I agree that it doesn't look finished at the edges, and I have thought about adding some molding, but I've got furniture pushed up against most of the walls so I really don't notice it. It does bubble up in one spot but it's only because I didn't realize until too late that my floor wasn't completely level under the carpet.

I'll probably rip it out at some point and put in carpet again, or real hardwood if I win the lottery or something.

I installed the whitewashed Tundra in an addition to my house which is connected to my bedroom. I decided it would be too costly for me at this point to install hardwoods to match the original in the adjoining room, so I figured the white would be a good contrast.

It actually looks pretty good and has withstood being subjected to my two rowdy dogs on a daily basis (though, admittedly, it's only been a few months). Installation was a fairly easy, though incredibly time consuming, endeavor. I attribute the time it took me to install it to my somewhat wavy subfloor, though. Baseboards were a must as far as I was concerned, but installing those were pretty easy as well (I didn't use the Tundra molding, but just used some I picked up at Lowe's).

All in all, I'm pretty happy with it considering the cost. Like Jennifer said, it's better than the carpet I ripped out. Except mine was a lovely navy color during the day which somehow turned into a purple color at night.

I hate laminate floor generally!! MAJOR DESPISE ;) !!!!!
Here in Germany almost everyone has it.
People even put it over vintage hardwood floor instead of sanding out the beautiful, warm and natural wood material.
Sure laminate floor is a clean way to renovate but I would be very unhappy to have to live with it. It's plastic. It's a fake. A photo of a tree cut to pieces.
I hate the sound it makes under the feet and the way it looks after a couple of months in use.

I THINK LAMINATE AND INGRAIN WALLPAPER ARE THE MOST OVERRATED HOME ELEMENTS OF OUR SOCIETY.

Three and 1/2 years ago, my husband and I bought a split-level house and promptly ripped up the 20 year-old blue, smelly and stained carpet in the basement. The slab concrete was stained and had 40 year-old glue all over it. Although I love the look of concrete floors, they are cold, and it was beyond our skillset to redo. Instead, we installed the Ikea tundra over the slab basement floor because Ikea's laminate was our only affordable option. It has held up extremely well, and matches the hard wood floors we have throughout the rest of the house. We have been quite pleased with it!

If anyone is interested, here is a blurry phone pic of my bedroom with the Tundra flooring (be kind, my room is still 'in progress'):

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b8dc01b3127cceb6748eb5f5a100000026108CatWLRu4aY

and here is the 'before', you can see a tiny bit of the horrid carpeting:

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b8dc01b3127cceb6748245f55700000026108CatWLRu4aY

I'd like laminate flooring a lot better if it came with pictures of something other than wood on it. Or in solid colors, like candy apple red, high-gloss white or electric green.

Ikea's laminate is much too thin...it's the cheapest there is, and you tell that by comparing the mm of laminate on the boards. Lumber Liquidators has better quality at a comparable price...may 40 cents more a square foot.

Question. has ANYONE put this over lowpile carpeting? I offered to PAY for new flooring in my 2nd floor apartment as long as it wasn't carpet. The landlord said, NOPE. So they'll be replacing the 17 year old carpeting with new carpeting. Given I have asthma and this is cheap, it says it won't work on THICK carpeting, but wondered if anyone put it over lowpile carpeting? I'm getting a little desperate.

I plan to install Ikea Tundra Laminate Flooring in my dining room / living room and continue the same floor into the powder-room area (room with dual sinks but no toilet/bath/etc.). I’ve already purchased the actual Tundra Flooring and Niva Fiberboard Lining.

Regarding the pre-installation, any thoughts on the following:

1. Purchasing the Niva Polyethylene Liner (comes in roll) and placing this in between the Niva Fiberboard Liner and the Tundra flooring?

2. Doing the same thing but instead of the Niva Polyethylene Liner, use the Sparra Vapor Barrier - again above the Niva Fiberboard but below the Tundra Laminate?

I’m attempting to add further protection from spills once the floors are already down. Any have any thoughts in the matter?

Hi All - Just bought 120 sq feet of white tundra for our kitchen floor. We ripped up the crooked, cream tile with grey grout (YUCK-O), and found hardwood floors that are were destroyed with thr thin set, water damage, etc. So, worth saving? No. They were cheaper hardwood in the first place ala 1930- our house is modest, not a mansion.

We'll see how it goes!

I just purchased and installed the Ikea Tundra white laminate flooring. After having previous experience putting down Costco's laminate flooring I deemed the Tundra was not quite up to the Costco quality.

Nevertheless, the cost was compelling. The instructions were poor and so was the installation kit. After 4 hours the 5th course was laid down, and we gave up for the night. The plastic installation block cracked, which later turned out to be a god-send.

The next morning I rummaged through my stock wood pile and found a magnificent piece of 2 by 6 hardwood. I cut a piece about 7 inches long and made a long shallow notch on the bottom to match the plank thickness from the surface down to the tongue.

I laid the block on top of the plank with the notch's shoulder up tight against the block. With one single blow from the mallet, the plank click into place, and only a couple of taps at the end tightened up the gap.

I finished the floor in less than two hours, and a whole lot less blue language was used. Also, no planks were chipped anymore. The room turned out great! I have pics for those interested on webshots.

Pops, I would love to see pics. I am ripping out disgusting carpet over a concrete floor and am deciding between the ikea laminate and hevea parquet flooring. I just don't know which to go with though leaning toward ikea because (1) the price and (2) it's so reversible, if I hate it I can just take it out in a couple of years and replace with something else when I have more funds.
thanks, Rose.

Hi all - I'm moving into an apartment (renting) that has awful hardwood floors - they're worn out and they have an odd checkered pattern with two contrasting colors of wood. So, I'm thinking about getting Ikea's laminate flooring and I'm wondering if: 1) I can install it over the hardwood floor, 2) whether I can uninstall it without damaging the hardwood floors whenever it is I move out of this apartment and 3) whether I can take them with me when I go. Thanks much!