Vinyl Flooring  With manufactures like Stainmaster (Invista), Congoleum, Mannington, Domco, Tarkett, and Armstrong you will not have a problem finding a vinyl floor in your price range and decor. Some vinyl flooring is so detailed that it is hard to tell them from the real thing. The most popular vinyl flooring construction method today utilizes the rotogravure process. This allows vinyl flooring to capture the look and feel of any natural flooring material with the added benefits only found in vinyl flooring. Vinyl floors come in various wearlayers and will dramatically effect the overall performance of your new floor. Having a basic understanding of the 2 most common wearlayers will help you choose the right floor for your needs. Urethane - most of your middle to upper end vinyl floors come with a urethane finish. The enhanced urethane finishes protect your floors from scuffing, asphalt sealer tracking, and most spills wipe easily off with a clean rag, or paper towel. PVC - (poly-vinyl chloride) this is your basic vinyl floor wearlayer, which gives good durability, but lacks the easy maintenance features found in the urethane wearlayers. Scuffs, and marks may be difficult to remove. Both of these two types of wearlayers do a good job of protecting the underlying printed layer from being destroyed by wear. The higher end vinyl floors offer thicker wearlayers, additional maintenance enhancements, as well as much better styling and design features.
Why Buy A Vinyl Floor?
Vinyl flooring offers many benefits not found in other floors.
• The preferred flooring for high moisture areas, such as kitchens, or bathrooms. With small children around, a vinyl floor can take the worry out of accidental spills.
• Ease of maintenance, especially with Mannington's NatureForm products, makes these floors an excellent choice for busy lifestyles.
• Superior selection! Vinyl flooring offers a wide range of styles, colors, and textures to match any home decor, which gives consumers more options than found in any other floor type.
• Vinyl flooring offers consumers many affordable price points to choose from.
• In remodeling, vinyl flooring can resolve the height problems that can occur around door jambs, and built in appliances. |
