Are you certain that what you have is laminate? Laminate flooring isn't glued or nailed during installation, but a floating system. If what you have now is, in fact, glued and nailed to your subfloor, then generally speaking, yes, you can float a new floor over it, it's not really recommended, but it's possible. Just keep in mind that your new floor is only as solid as whats under it. So if you have weak adhesion areas, or movement in the existing floor, or damaged areas, those are the areas where your new flooring will have the higher risk of becoming damaged. As a first step, I would make sure you know what you have, and exactly how it was installed. You cannot float a new floor over another floor that can move. So if theres only nails and maybe some glue here and there, I'd say no way. It won't last. If you need help figuring out what your current flooring is, and you can post a picture, I'm sure we'll be able to figure it out or someone here on Houzz may know also. Here's a link to our post on Subfloors for some more info.

Hey Guys, For those of you who are asking how the Aqua Guard floors have held up. I would not recommend them. I have the Northpoint Oak engineered hardwood. Unfortunately their website does not have reviews. Our floors have been installed for under a year now. Even though they're advertised as being water resistant for up to 24 hours if any water gets on the floors and sits for more than about 10 minutes the wood graining turns black and does not disappear when the wood dries. I have tried to clean the black staining out of the grooves with toothbrushes toothpicks and more. We've contacted Floors and Decor about it and they sent out an inspector. The reason why we went with these floors was because they had such a good warranty. Well the inspector said the problem had nothing to do with manufacturing and they would do nothing about it even though they could see that there was an issue. I'll attach some photos and you can see the dark staining inside the grooves. It makes the floors look dirty and it only happens where liquid touches it.

Me too. No dog but looking at my current flooring (engineered) it looks like I throw knives at the floor. I do know that I have dropped a few, point side down naturally and there are dings in the flooring that look awful. I am thinking of going with the Estate Oak Cocoa. I like the random widths. This would be installed in my kitchen that will be undergoing a remodel in about March 2021. It will also go in the halls, living room, dining room and half bath.

DO NOT BUY Aguaguard Water Resistent Engineered flooring. We bought $6,800 worth of AguaGuard Hyde Water Resistant Engineered Bamboo flooring from Floor & Decor, and hate the product, but we’re stuck with it. They say they will give a full refund if you’re not happy with it – if the boxes are unopened. But they instructed us to open the ends of all the boxes to acclimatize it, so they won’t take it back. What’s wrong with it? 1. It is easily scratched. We had half a room installed and scratches were already visible. They were not rough on it in any way as they worked. The warranty says that it “Will not wear through the finish under normal household traffic conditions (scratches or reduction in gloss level is not considered wear). So they have covered themselves on this issue. 2. We had 2 pallets of flooring, and each one was a different color. When we contacted the manufacturer and sent pictures, they said the color varies and this is to be expected. Variations in wood colors is understood, but I would expect each box to contain various shades rather than whole pallets (bought together at the same time) being different from each other. Half a room was finished and the next box used didn’t match the rest of the room. Our contractor opened a claim with Floor & Décor and went back and forth with them for two weeks until they finally agreed to take back the boxes that hadn’t been installed and give us a full refund. So the guys loaded 130 thirty-pound boxes up and took it back to Floor & Décor, where they were told that no, they couldn’t be returned because they were all opened. Again, they were opened as per their instructions to climatize them. So they brought 130 thirty-pound boxes back to us. Now, we’re unable to return it so we have no choice but to install an entire house worth of mismatched flooring that will be all scratched up in no time.