is underlay necessary for laminate flooring
When your base floor is anything less than perfect (minor gaps and seams), underlayment is needed to help smooth out those areas for the laminate. When you're installing on top of concrete, you'll want the extra padding that underlayment provides to make it softer to walk on.hen You Do Want Underlayment. I'm not trying to kill off the entire underlayment industry. In fact, underlayment is good and is recommended in a majority of the installations. One reason is because laminate flooring is so flimsy and insubstantial that it needs all the help it can get.