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Flooring is the surface layer of a floor. It can be both indoor and outdoor. It is one of the most important building materials; the quality of the flooring will have huge impact on the quality of the whole building. Normally flooring is the most used place. You might not look at the roof, you might not touch the wall, you might not use the stair, but you will definitely wall on the flooring once you step into a building.
People might ask: how to choose the most suitable flooring?
This bothers so many people and still they are making mistakes when buying their flooring.
This article we will talk about the factors you need to consider before buying your flooring.
It’s an in-depth article that takes 20 minutes to read.
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Function is always the most important factor when buying your flooring, you will need to make sure it will 100% fit your needs.
If you are using in outdoor area, you will need to make sure the flooring is durable in rain, sun and worm. For example, regular rubber flooring, normal laminated wood flooring and cork flooring are not suitable for outdoors. While stone flooring, ceramic flooring, Wood-Plastic Composite Decking flooring will be very suitable.
If you are using in hospital and medical lab, you will need to need make sure the flooring is antibacterial and fungicidal. In this case wood flooring, bamboo flooring, or even stone & ceramic flooring are not suitable. And the best choice should be vinyl flooring and rubber flooring.
If you are using in airport or traffic stations, you will need to make sure the flooring is durable in heavy traffic, fire resistant, water proof, skid resistant, scratch resistant, soft and comfortable to walk. In this case bamboo flooring, wood flooring, stone flooring are not good choices. And the best choice should be vinyl flooring and rubber flooring.
If you are using at school, especially the kindergarten school; you will need to make sure the flooring is durable in heavy traffic, skid resistant, scratch resistant, soft and comfortable to walk. In this case bamboo flooring, wood flooring are not good choice. Stone and ceramic flooring might be ok, but vinyl flooring and rubber flooring are better choice.
If you are using in library, you will need to make sure it is durable in heavy traffic, sound absorption and noise reduction, comfortable to walk. In this case the better choice is resilient flooring, included vinyl flooring and rubber flooring.
If you are using in dancing room, you will need to make sure it is resilient, soft and comfortable. Then vinyl flooring and rubber flooring are better choice.
If you are using in electronic area need anti-static function, then you will need to make sure it will have anti-static function. Then ESD (electrostatic discharge) vinyl flooring and other anti-static flooring are the only choice.
If you are using at home, then almost all the flooring are good, but you still need to consider other factors below.
There are so many materials for flooring.
You will first need to consider the material can fit all your function needs, and then the material you like.
Normally wood and bamboo flooring are for residential usage. While the rest of the materials can be for both residential and commercial usages.
Flooring looking is very important; actually the first thing come into mind for flooring is the looking. Even before they step on the flooring, visual perception is always earlier than touch perception.
Bamboo and wood are very classic style. Not too many colors.
Stone and ceramic flooring are old style. Only some colors. But stone is the better choice if you want some really high end flooring.
Carpet is warm. With many patterns.
Vinyl flooring is the best choice if you need all kinds of colors. You can even print whatever you want on the vinyl flooring, the printing quality is good, looks vivid and beautiful.
The colors are very important for some hospital, it can make the people feel relax. And it is also very important for school, especially kindergarten school, the colorful flooring will make the classroom beautiful.
Cost is always one of the most important factors in buying things; no matter you are buying flooring for your own house, or you are buying for a big project in many buildings.
You will first need to set up your budget and then make the selection in your budget range.
Normally: Stone flooring > Wood flooring > bamboo flooring > carpet > ceramic flooring > rubber flooring > vinyl flooring
Of course it will be also depends on some of the high end flooring, above is just for reference.
The installation is also very important.
For one thing, some of the flooring is ok to DIY, such as vinyl plank and vinyl tile, it is even loose lay, or self-adhesive, so there will be not too much extra cost for it.
But it might be very difficult for stone and ceramic flooring, this will need subfloor material and very heavy and not easy to handle.
Of course most of the time, it will need to ask contractor to do it, only professional people with professional tools and skills can finish the job well.
Cleaning and maintenance are also very important for flooring.
Take water proof for example, if there is water on the floor, it will be huge difference if you spend 20 minutes with it or 1 minute with it.
For household, you will need to clean every day, and you will need to make sure these jobs are easy and not annoying.
It is even more important for big building; there will always a team for cleaning and maintenance. You can imagine how many time and money you can save with suitable flooring. Vinyl flooring is very easy to clean and maintain.
This article is written by Longda Flooring (www.longdaflooring.com), a leading vinyl sheet flooring manufacturer from China.
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