Is there a reason why you would use/choose a floating floor over real wood? Does it make a difference in the Florida climate? We had a floating floor in one of our homes and we hated it for sooo many reasons!
1. It was hard to keep clean and you had to dry it after mopping or it would streak.
2. The floors were cold.
3. They were noisy, every sound was magnified.
Although, the floors in that house weren't level so the 'floating' floor did help with that
When we bought this home we had all of the carpet removed and had real, solid oak floors installed. We love them! When we got the area rug we went to the carpet store and bought a piece of the soft back carpet (not foam back and not traditional jute back) and had it bound. With the soft back carpet/rugs you don't need a pad under an area rug, the soft back is made for use over hardwood.