Phone Number
(636)-379-4947
Email Address
info@countyflooring.com
Locations
959 W. Terra Lane | O'Fallon, Missouri 63366
Laminate Flooring St. Louis & O'Fallon, MO
Family-owned laminate flooring sales and expert installation, serving the St. Louis metro since 2001.
Laminate flooring built for today's busy homes
Looking for laminate flooring St. Louis, MO and O’Fallon homeowners trust? Laminate flooring is a stylish, affordable, and durable option that brings the look of hardwood or stone into your home or business without the higher cost or maintenance. At County Flooring, our laminate options are designed for today’s busy lifestyles—offering scratch and fade resistance, easy cleaning, and quick installation. With a wide range of colors, textures, and finishes, you can find the perfect match for any space. Whether you’re updating a single room or renovating an entire property, laminate flooring delivers long-lasting beauty and performance at a budget-friendly price.
features
Expert Laminate Installation
Our expert installation crew installs every laminate floor we sell.
Realistic Wood Looks
Today's laminate looks remarkably close to real oak, hickory, and walnut.
Scratch- & Fade-Resistant
A tough wear layer built for kids, pets, and high-traffic rooms.
Water-Resistant Lines
Laminate options that handle everyday spills when cleaned up promptly.
Quick, Clean Installation
Click-lock planks install faster and cleaner than glue-down floors.
Free In-Home Consults
Book a no-pressure consult and we'll bring laminate samples to you.
See the full laminate selection in our online catalog, or visit the County Flooring showroom in O'Fallon to compare wood looks in person.
Comparison table
Laminate and luxury vinyl are the two products customers most often weigh against each other. Both are wood-look and install with a click-lock floating system. Here’s how they compare side by side:
Features
Laminate Flooring
Luxury Vinyl Tile (LVT)
Material Composition
Wood-based core (HDF) with a photographic layer
PVC-based core with vinyl layers
Water Resistance
Water-resistant (some waterproof options)
Water-resistant (some waterproof options)
Durability
Scratch and wear-resistant
Highly durable and impact-resistant
Feel Underfoot
Firmer, more rigid
Softer, more flexible and comfortable
Noise Level
Louder underfoot (can be improved with underlayment)
Quieter, especially with built-in padding
Installation
Click-lock floating floor system
Click-lock or glue-down
Best Areas
Living rooms, bedrooms, low-moisture areas
Kitchens, bathrooms, basements, commercial spaces
Looks/Styles
Excellent wood look, less stone options
Realistic wood and stone visuals, wide variety
Price Range
Generally more budget-friendly
Slightly higher, varies by quality
Maintenance
Easy to clean, but sensitive to standing water
Easy to clean, ok for spills and pets
Laminate flooring St. Louis homeowners choose most
Modern laminate is a multi-layer engineered floor built around a high-density fiberboard (HDF) core, topped with a high-resolution photographic layer that mimics hardwood, and sealed with a tough wear layer. The wood look has improved dramatically — many of our customers are surprised how close current laminate lines come to real oak, walnut, or hickory. It installs with a click-lock floating system, which means it goes down faster and cleaner than a glue-down product. Customers across Kirkwood, Webster Groves, Chesterfield, and O’Fallon tend to land on laminate when:
- They want a wood look on a hard surface that’s easier to live with than solid hardwood.
- They have kids or pets and need a wear layer that handles real life — scratches, paws, chairs scraping.
- They want quick installation that doesn’t require sanding, staining, or curing.
- They’re outfitting a rental, a new construction home, or a property they plan to keep for years.
What today's laminate is and isn't
Laminate isn’t true hardwood, and it isn’t luxury vinyl. The HDF core is wood-based, which makes laminate a strong, stable product in most rooms — but also why our team steers customers toward luxury vinyl flooring for kitchens, bathrooms, and basements where moisture is part of daily life. A few characteristics worth knowing:
- Laminate is dimensionally stable — it doesn’t expand and contract the way solid wood can.
- Laminate is hypoallergenic. It doesn’t trap dust or fibers the way some soft surfaces do.
- Most modern laminate lines have a textured wear layer that visually and physically mimics real wood grain.
- Laminate is water-resistant, not waterproof. When spills are cleaned up promptly and water doesn’t sit for an extended period, laminate holds up well; standing water can swell the HDF core, so we don’t recommend it for full bathroom installs.
Where laminate flooring works best in your home
The rooms where laminate really shines:
- Living rooms and family rooms — durable, wood-look, and comfortable underfoot.
- Bedrooms — quieter and warmer than tile, more wear-resistant than carpet for a wood-look bedroom.
- Hallways and stairs — high-traffic zones where laminate’s wear layer earns its keep.
- Home offices and dens — chairs and rolling office mats don’t damage modern laminate the way they can softer surfaces.
- Dining rooms — easy to wipe up dropped food and forgiving of furniture being moved around.
Where to consider another product: full bathrooms, mudrooms with constant snow-in, basements, and laundry rooms. For those, our team will steer you toward luxury vinyl or tile.
Our laminate flooring installation process
County Flooring installs every laminate floor we sell. A laminate install looks deceptively simple, but the difference between a quality install and a sloppy one is in seam alignment, transitions, and how the floor terminates at doorways and walls. Here’s how County Flooring approaches laminate installation:
- In-home consult or showroom visit. We’ll bring samples to your home or walk you through the full laminate lineup at our O’Fallon showroom.
- Measurement and material selection. Our team measures, factors in plank direction and waste, and helps you choose color, plank width, and transitions.
- Scheduling. You’ll get a firm install window and clear day-of expectations.
- Installation. Our crew preps the existing floor, lays the laminate, and finishes every transition cleanly. Note: County Flooring doesn’t do subfloor builds or repairs; if your project needs that work, we’ll flag it early.
- Walk-through. We walk the space with you before we wrap.
Why families across St. Louis and O'Fallon choose County Flooring
There are plenty of places to buy laminate in the St. Louis metro — what makes a laminate install hold up is the team behind it:
- Family-owned since 2001. A real person picks up when you call.
- A showroom you can shop. Our O’Fallon location is family-friendly and stocked with the lines we carry.
- Expert installation in-house. Our installers know each laminate line we sell.
- Low-pressure sales. We help you find the right laminate for the room — not the one with the biggest margin.
- Great communication, from the first showroom visit through final install.
- We stand behind our work. If something isn’t right, our team makes it right.
As a real estate professional, I have a lot of experience working with flooring companies. County Flooring is by far the most professional company in the St. Louis area. Their products are the highest quality and they go above and beyond to make sure the job gets done the right way the first time. I have recommended them to many clients and they are the only company I trust to work in our home. HUGE THANKS!
County Flooring has supplied the materials for our last round of self-installed laminate flooring, as well as installing other types of flooring for us. We were happy with the price and service, and the installers were friendly and professional. County is quick to get information back to us whenever we have had questions. Will be using them again in the future.
Ready to start your laminate project?
Laminate is one of the most practical wood-look surfaces on the market — and the right line, installed by a team that knows it, can transform a room without taking over your life for weeks. County Flooring has been the family-owned choice for laminate flooring in St. Louis, MO and O’Fallon since 2001. Visit our O’Fallon showroom to see the laminate lineup in person, or book a free in-home consult and the County Flooring team will bring samples to you, take measurements, and answer every question on your turf.