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Vinyl, Laminate, Wood or Marble – What Floor Do You Want?
By OnTopic | December 27, 2009
If your home flooring is getty tatty it is time to make the choice on what to do about it. Making that decision often will depend on the room that requires the work. If it is only a small area you will find there are much greater inexpensive options available as you can buy last of stocks or end of line products. Bathrooms and kitchens require durable materials due to the traffic and the exposure to moisture.
Amtico Spacia flooring is a superior quality resin compounded flooring product. These tiles are non-porous, long lasting with exeptional colour fastness which means the tiles retain excellent aesthetic appeal for many years after installation. Let’s look into the reasons why flooring tiles are a fine alternative.
For the wet or kitchen areas there are two popular choices in the lower budget categories, these are laminate flooring and vinyl flooring. There are various differences, the main one being that a laminate will give you more of a wood type look without actually being wood, if that is the kind of look you are after.
Vinyl comes in a wood effect too and you might be amazed at the sheer number of colours, patterns and styles you can get. Go for a symetrical pattern such as a chessboard effect or go for completely different and contrasting tiles in rooms such as your kitchen, bathroom, WC or laundry room. No longer is vinyl required to be in one standard colour like it was many years ago. As with the rest of the world, flooring and the options available have improved in leaps and bounds.
Your first decision relates entirely to your budget. For cost efficient options laminate and vinyl are the two most desirable choices. Laminate is generally the least expensive choice. However, you can also find vinyl at comparable prices with a wide range of styles to suit your floor space.
We would all love to use real marble or real wood on our floors but the cost can make that option an impossibility. Fortunately there are a great many flooring tiles available that give the same appearance and cost significantly less. Obviously the quality can not be compared, but the overall results are surprisingly effective.
There is always the option of having real wood floors or even marble tiles but it’s all about getting the right look for your home and the overall cost.
Immitation floor tiles have many benefits and you will often find they are manufactured to be very easy to clean and low maintenance and many also have excellent durability.
Vinyl often comes in large sheets as well as tiles so you can choose the look that suits your specific area of the house. There are many colour and finish options in vinyl, laminate and resin compound tiles that it might take a long time choosing which colour would look best.
A good tip for getting an excellent bargain if you only need flooring for a small area or need to re-floor a small section is to look out for ‘clearance’ sales at local suppliers. These clearance sales are often because of over-stocking or end of line products. Be careful if you want to cover a particularly large area of floor as they may not always have the exact amount required.
Whatever you choose, make sure you take the time to check out what is on offer and as above, make sure you search out specials! Especially for smaller areas of your house like perhaps the bathroom and toilet areas. There are so many good deals to be had and so many choices to be made.
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