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Underlayment & prep

The quiet layer: moisture barriers, acoustic pads, leveling.

What homeowners should know

Underlayment is the quiet half of floating floors: moisture vapor control, acoustics, and minor unevenness. Match pad type to the floor warranty. Over concrete slabs, moisture testing beats guesswork.

How eFloorCovering approaches this category

We start with the room’s moisture and mess profile, then construction, then aesthetics. That order saved more regret than any finish sample ever has — a lesson from decades of helping people buy floors without a showroom handshake.

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