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There has been a discussion in the industry about whether vinyl flooring is suitable for home decoration. Today, we mainly analyze the reasons why vinyl flooring is not as developed as the fixture market in the home decoration market. Below, we will talk about why vinyl flooring has not been continuously popularized in the home decoration market economy. So we can find out the misunderstanding on vinyl flooring from the public and finally with a conclusion that vinyl flooring is good for residential/home applications.
It refers to the fact that we believe there is a lot of plastic, and many people mix plastic flooring with plastic panels. Plastic contains toxic substances that are harmful to the human body. But vinyl flooring and plastic are not the same thing. PVC can also be called polyvinyl chloride. PVC flooring is 100% free of toxic substances such as formaldehyde and benzene, let alone radiation. It is a green decorative material that will not cause harm to the human body. Some people are also concerned that the glue used for construction will not contain formaldehyde. It should be acknowledged that many defective manufacturers use glue of poor quality to reduce costs, some of which may contain toxic substances. However, the famous brands of glue used for construction now are special glue, green glue, and there is no need to worry about the release of harmful substances such as formaldehyde. Polyvinyl chloride floor adhesive is a specialized adhesive used for flooring, which has passed formaldehyde testing and is safe and non-toxic.
The total thickness of vinyl flooring made of general multi-layer composite materials includes 1.6mm, 2.0mm, 2.6mm, 3.0mm, 4.0mm, 5.0mm, etc. The structure is generally composed of 4-5 layers stacked from top to bottom. The structural design includes a wear-resistant layer (including UV treatment), printing film layer, glass and fiber layer, elastic impact foam layer, base layer, etc. The multi-layer development of composite PVC flooring can have a service life of about 10 years, while the popular plastic flooring products in the 1990s have a single market structure and generally do not choose wear-resistant or UV layers, resulting in low prices and costs. The usage method is generally 1-2 years.
Due to the unique advantages and huge development prospects of vinyl flooring in the past decade, some enterprises in the vinyl flooring industry have made significant progress in introducing equipment and technology in the field of luxury vinyl tile and commercial vinyl sheet flooring. They can produce high-quality PVC flooring that is comparable to imported products, and even domestic PVC flooring has been sold abroad. Currently LVT is widely adopt for residential applications. While homogeneous vinyl sheet flooring and heterogeneous vinyl flooring are also used in residential application, even though it is much more used in commercial applications. The PVC flooring sold in the market, especially in some building materials cities around the world, has gathered many small manufacturers who mainly compete for the mid to low end market. In order to cater to consumers and keep prices very low, there is naturally no guarantee of quality. So it has also caused the phenomenon of low quality PVC flooring flooding the market, and people naturally have misunderstandings about PVC flooring. In order to protect the interests of consumers, Longda flooring suggests that everyone should not seek small gains when purchasing PVC flooring. There is a saying that goes, ‘Cheap is not good, good is not cheap’, which is still very reasonable.
Vinyl flooring is currently mainly used in commercial construction projects by domestic enterprises. Many manufacturers only focus on major engineering construction projects and do not attach enough importance to home decoration. This is also something that the PVC flooring industry needs to continuously improve. Manufacturers encounter resistance in the promotion of home decoration due to various reasons, so they do not make efforts to promote it. The natural environment also leads to the inability to effectively promote the popularization of PVC flooring in home decoration.
Many products have been popular abroad for a long time before being accepted and recognized by public. The development of any new thing has a process of acceptance and recognition. In addition, people excessively pursue natural and high-end quality, mistakenly believing that only wooden flooring is green and environmentally friendly, and mistakenly believing that only marble flooring is high-end. People’s decorative concepts really need to change. I believe that people can correctly understand the advantages of PVC flooring, and PVC flooring will receive more recognition. The trend of using PVC flooring as a substitute for wooden and marble flooring is unstoppable
There is a serious phenomenon of lightweight construction in the market development, and many manufacturers do not attach importance to engineering construction. The floor quality is very good, but there is a problem in the construction design, which seriously affects the overall teaching effect analysis of students and leads to misunderstandings among consumers about PVC flooring through its service life. Here, we would like to remind consumers that when choosing PVC flooring manufacturers, they should not only focus on the quality of the flooring, but also on the quality management of construction. There is a saying that “three points for quality and seven points for construction”. If the quality of information cannot be guaranteed without construction personnel, it will also affect the service life of the floor. Longda flooring suggests that when choosing PVC flooring, we should not only focus on improving product service quality, but also pay more attention to building construction and after-sales service.
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