Ibis Laminate flooring is a floating floor meaning it’s not bonded to the subfloor beneath it. This is important to allow for the natural expanding and contracting of the laminate material; specially in Kerala climate, it needs to breathe. Individual planks are assembled together in a kind of tongue-and-groove application. IBIS flooring, while it may look like hardwood flooring to the naked eye across a room, is not real hardwood. Because of the inexpensive nature of laminate and the ease with which it is installed, it always add much to a home’s resale value.