Any attempt to save on building materials carries a certain risk. The seller of cheap goods can not always provide the required documents confirming the quality and safety of products, its origin remains a mystery. You should not buy cheap materials for decoration of residential premises, since it is impossible to predict what harmful emissions it can release into the air.
Cheap products usually mean not very popular, but numerous domestic and Chinese brands. Small Asian companies offer flooring, posing as European manufacturers. At a very low cost, laminate types produced under own brand by large construction networkers can also be sold. Certain questions about its characteristics arise almost always.
The use of cheap laminate in the decoration of living rooms can harm the inhabitants of the house. Typical symptoms of the harmful effects of finishing materials: fatigue, sore throat, headaches.
If a repair has been recently carried out and household members feel any negative impact, the quality of the surrounding materials may be poor.
In the production of any type of laminate, melamine is used. It is part of the glue, paint and varnish and resin products. Thanks to the melamine resin, which is present in the laminate, the material acquires resistance to mechanical stress and aggressive environments. For operation, these characteristics are very important. In the laminate, melamine resin is necessarily present, but its quality may be different. The production method determines the result.
In the manufacture of a cheap laminate, the most affordable raw materials are usually used, the indicators of which leave much to be desired. In addition, melamine resin can be included not only in the upper layer, but also in those that lie below. As a result, the material begins to actively release formaldehyde. The resin itself does not pose a health hazard, but formaldehyde, which is released when excess is present during heating, is a toxic substance. Both people and pets can suffer from it.
The quality of melamine resin is closely monitored by manufacturers of expensive laminate. There are certain standards that are necessarily followed in this case. Cheap products do not always correspond to them.
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