Looking for Flooring?
Jul 10th, 2009 by admin
If your flooring is looking a bit worse for wear, now is probably the right time to make a decision about whether to replace it or not. 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 floor tiles are a superior quality floor product. These tiles are non-porous, long lasting with exeptional colour fastness enabling the tiles to retain stunning visual appeal for years to come. But let us look at the reasons why flooring tiles are a perfectly good option.
For kitchen and bathroom areas popular choices include laminate, vinyl and resin compound tiles. 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. Flooring products have improved greatly over the last decade or so along with the colour, style, finish and cost options available.
Your first decision relates entirely to your budget. For cost efficient options laminate and vinyl are the two most desirable choices. The cheapest option tends to be laminate tiles although vinyl and other similar resin compound tiles can also come in at reasonable prices and there tends to be a much wider choice in style too.
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. There is no comparison in quality but the finished results can be impressive to say the least.
There are of course real wood or marble options for the areas of your house, again it all comes down to what it is you are looking for that will suit your home and of course the all important costs involved.
Laminate and vinyl flooring have other benefits in that they are very easy to clean and no polishing required as with real wood. All you need is your mop and bucket.
Vinyl comes in rolls and tiles of various sizes and you need to choose what will suit the overall area that you want to cover. After deciding on the brand, the task of choosing the colour or pattern of the tile will be the hardest part due to the wide range of options that you often have.
An important tip especially when you are looking to re-floor a small area is to look out for the sales at the local suppliers. Often over stocks or replaced designs or colours will be offered at special prices so you may find a bargain with usually quite expensive brands of vinyl being offered at a discounted rate. Be careful if you want to cover a particularly large area of floor as they may not always have the exact amount required.
Just make sure you do your research, find out what special offers are available especially for the smaller areas such as the bathroom/WC. There are so many great deals to be found if you look for them.